Algae Problem with Cloudy Water

[bmlocal175]

I'm still showing orange on my test, so it seems to be holding. I checked the cya and it seems to be 55-60. So for now I take it I can not add any for tonight and check it in the morning?

I swam today and the water seems clear until you go under water and visibility is not that far. Hopefully be better tomorrow.

[Watermom]

Yes, you can skip the evening dose.

Be sure you are running your pump 24/7 while trying to clear the water and backwash the filter when the pressure rises 8-10 psi over your clean filter pressure. Is the pressure rising by the way?

[bmlocal175]

Not really. My system usually runs around 20 psi and its still right there. I didn't have a real bad case of algae just enough though where I couldn't get rid of it permanently because I did not shock right. Pool is looking a TONS better. So if I'm orange in the morning go ahead and just run the SWCG like normal and wait for my kit to post full test results? If I'm not orange that means the chlorine was still fighting something and continue to maintain the orange throughout the day again?

[Watermom]

Keep the SWCG off while you are clearing up the pool. Using it to superchlorinate to shock level will greatly decrease your cell life. Wait until everything is clear and then turn it on for maintenance doses of chlorine.

You want to keep the chlorine high until the water clears. Has anybody talked to you about doing an overnight chlorine loss test? (This thread is getting long and I don't want to take the time to re-read the whole thing right now to find out.) If so, how long ago did you do it and what were the results?

[bmlocal175]

I shocked last night 8 gallons of 6%. I checked in the morning and it was still orange but I put in 3 gallons just to be safe for the day. Checked this evening and it was still orange. So If its orange in the morning it will be over 24 hrs of shock levels and it would of held a full night without dropping. I won't be able to check anything with accurate readings until the 2006c comes. I think I'm on the right track though. Thanks a million.

[BigDave]

I'd keep the FC at shock level (yellow-orange to orange) until you can get an accurate measure of FC and CC. Your endpoint for shocking is loss of less than 1ppm FC between sunset and sunrise and less than 0.5ppm CC. We generally reccomend maintaining shock level an additional day for good measure.

[bmlocal175]

Well checked it this morning and its still the same shade of Orange as last night. I'll continue to monitor it today and keep it orange. I've been adjusting the swcg so much before I started this I'm not sure where to put that when I start using that again. I guess Ill just have to experiment with it and keep track of the chlorine.

[CarlD]

Sounds like you are finally getting it under control. Great job!

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[PoolDoc]

Just remember, chlorine will KILL the algae, but it won't CLEAR the cloudiness from dead algae particles.

What does your pool look like, at present?

[bmlocal175]

It actually looks pretty good. A little better than yesterday. I could see the bottom of the deep end yesterday but its a little clearer today. I will jump in later today and look underwater with the goggles. Yesterday my visibility underwater wasn't very good but better than the day before by a little. I just vacuumed again this morning and did a brush. Less stuff to vacuum than yesterday.