Pool green 15,000 gallons

[PoolDoc]

Membership upgraded. -ben

(there are some stickies in the "Metals" section of the forum -- where I'm moving your thread -- that may help.)

[PoolDoc]

Another one. Darn. Now your thread is moved where it should be, so you can post again!

[biggun]

Woohoo I can post.

OK I got a pool sample today.I will be using the pool store until I can get a kit.

free chlorine =0ppm
total chlorine=.3ppm
combined chlorine =.3
ph = 7.4
hardness=290 ppm
alkalinity w stabilizer correction=129ppm
cyanuric acid=5ppm
copper=0
iron=0
total diss solids=1500ppm

They recommend adding 1/2 gal acid, 2lbs stabilizer and 5 lbs shock. I have been using super zappit but recently switched to clorox but I dont know how much to add.Any help appreciated. thanks in advance.

[biggun]

Man in my picture it looks good lol. It iwas just cloudy I hate to add stabilizer while it keeps eating chlorine. I need help lol.

[Spensar]

Is the pool still green now? As you kill off the algae, it will go from green to clearer but cloudy and bluish until clearing up afterwards.

Good read here.
http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthr...You-have-ALGAE!!!

To compute the amount of bleach/liquid chlorine this calculator is excellent.
http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthr...18-bleach-calc

Your ph at 7.4 is good, so I don't see why they want you to add 1/2 gallon of acid as that will reduce the ph, and makes no sense. Stabilizer can come after you get the water cleared up.

The experts will way in, but for now, if the pool is not clear, you need to get the chlorine level way up above 10 ppm and keep it there until the water is clear. Chlorine is used up as algae is killed, so you need to check the chlorine level a couple of times a day and add bleach as needed to keep the level up.

When you shock and the free chlorine goes to zero, it gives the algae a chance to bounce back and you lose ground.

[biggun]

Ok thanks. I will keep adding clorox daily till it clears.

[Watermom]

It doesn't have to be Clorox. Most of us use generic Walmart bleach.

[Spensar]

Ok thanks. I will keep adding clorox daily till it clears.

Yup, it isn't elegant, basically keep hammering the algae with chlorine until it clears up :-)

I opened very late this summer and my pool was dark green, couple types of water bugs, thriving ecoculture. I ran it up to and kept it at around 20 ppm and it was clear in 3 days. The only adjustment I made was to bring down my PH level as it was high. I balanced my water after the water was clear and chlorine levels down to normal levels.

[aylad]

Also keep your pump and filter running 24/7, cleaning the cartridge as your pressure indicates. Many times, the cloudiness is due to dead algae that just needs to be filtered out.

How's it looking now?