Last straw...a Frog lives in there!

[PoolDoc]

And, one more note. It came up in the private support team section that I didn't warn you that high chlorine may lighten your liner. It is possible that that will happen.

In cases like yours, there is not a perfect answer I can think of:

1. Super high free chlorine offers some risk of liner bleaching, and definite risk of swimsuit bleaching, and can leave lingering very high chlorine levels which is hard on fashion swimwear.

2. Unstabilized halogen residual, via sodium bromide, can led to high to very high chlorine consumption in the weeks following.

3. Use of ammonium chloride (Yellow Out) would require letting your chlorine drop (and the problem get worse!) before starting treatment, and will render the pool unusable for a week or more, with lingering irritant chloramine residuals. (Been there; done that; had the pool user complaints!) Unlike free chlorine, monochloramine sensitization does seem to occur, and apparently results in some pretty severe effects, even at drinking water levels of MC.

4. Drain and refill, which can damage your liner, and force you to get a new one

Supplemental algaecides aren't really compatible with chlorine levels like this.

[Watermom]

Hey, Kcoussou---- Ben knows me well. I'm with you on the frog thing! I do not want to be swimming in a pool where there are critters of any sort. (Not even Kermit the frog!)

[kcoussou]

Thanks for all the help here! I am thankful!!

I just added 35 gallons of 6% bleach at 10pm. Should I test the chlorine level in the morning? Should I vacuum or brush it? Do I get a sample to test before or after I brush it?

[kcoussou]

Good news!! Frogs are dead!! (that is plural, because apparently my nemesis from yesterday had a smaller friend)
And the pool is blue, cloudy but blue nonetheless!

I needed to lower the water from more rain last night, so I vacuumed to waste the algae clumps that I found until the water level was where I needed it to be. (trying to take advantage of the free water) Then I regular vacuumed all the sides and bottom.

Checked the chlorine levels. FC is 83 and CC is like 0.5. It looks like I am on the correct path, but I am still a little confused at the CC level. Seems to me like it would be higher since something is obviously working.

So, I am thinking that all I do now is check chlorine levels, sweep, filter 24/7 and wait?

[aylad]

The CC comes down as a result of the chlorine killing off whatever it's fighting, and by exposure to sunlight. So it's normal for it to be coming down--that's a good thing!!

And you've got it--filter, check chlorine, sweep, and filter some more.....

Janet

[kcoussou]

My pool is beautiful!!! I can see the bottom again! Water is clear!!! We cannot swim because of the flooding rain, but it is pretty to stand there with my umbrella and admire!! Thank you all so much for helping me get there!!

But now I have another question...now what? Because my CYA is high, that means I need to keep the chlorine high, correct? Do I use the Best Guess box to help me keep chlorine where it needs to be? What about the pH and Alkalinity? Do I begin testing those now too?

You are all amazingly wonderful frog-getting-rid-of people!!

[PoolDoc]

Stay above 50 ppm, till 100% of your algae is gone; then follow the Best Guess Chart for normal levels.

[Watermom]

You are all amazingly wonderful frog-getting-rid-of people!!

Ben and Jan, we've probably been called lots of things through the years , but I think this is a first for this description, wouldn't ya say?

[PoolDoc]

She's not talking about me! I would have rescued it, before it perished.

Or at least, before it was too far gone for some nice fried frog legs.