the old opening with a green pool

[Poolidiot]

Keep Cl up at 20,

Michael

Stabilizer . . . . . . Min. FC . . . . Max FC . . . 'Shock' FC
=> 0 ppm . . . . . . . 1 ppm . . . . . 3 ppm . . . . 10 ppm
=> 10 - 20 ppm . . . . 2 ppm . . . . . 5 ppm . . . . 12 ppm
=> 30 - 50 ppm . . . . 3 ppm . . . . . 6 ppm . . . . 15 ppm
=> 60 - 90 ppm . . . . 5 ppm . . . . . 10 ppm . . .. 20 ppm
=> 100 - 200 ppm . . . 8 ppm . . . . . 15 ppm . . .. 25 ppm


I know i am the idiot of this forum, but with CYA of 120 doesnt he need to keep hi CL at 25 and not 20?

[waterbear]

If this were my pool I would drain half the water to get the CYA down to about 60 ppm first. Then I would shock it (with either sodium hypochlorite or cal hypo) and keep the chlorine at 20 ppm until the pool clears and the FC is holding with no CC. Then I would make sure my FC never dropped below 5 ppm! And I would never, ever, ever use pucks again, just bleach!

If you are planning on keeping your CYA at 120 then you should get the chlorine up to 25 ppm and keep it there until the pool clears and the FC is holding at at least 8 ppm.

[day1]

Get some clarifier....blue quart bottles at walmart or anywhere. You can also get concentrated, which is what I get. Turn on pump and pour about 1/2 the bottle all around pool and move it around with your hand or a tool (I use an old broom). Keep pump running all nite into next day. I had same problem till I did the clarifier thing. Next day you'll have to vac pool, because clarifier will bind with particles and sink them. Best $10 you'll ever spend. Good Luck!

[Wayne LaBanca]

Different types of algae seem to thrive at different temps. I have a small pond in my yard and notice in the early spring, when the temps are mid 50s in the day, I get a profusion of hair algae. Once it starts to warm up, I see the hair algae disappear and the suspended algae forms take over.

There is another form of algae in there that survives all Winter (30-40 degrees). Of course, in the pond the algae is a good thing. Keeps the fish happy.

Wayne

[brent.roberts]

I want to support the approach suggested by Evan (Waterbear )

With your CYA levels way up at 125 you're going to need to shock at very high levels to get it effective and then continue to hold quite high levels all summer.

You've got to get rid of the algae and the easiest way to start is to pump half of it our and get your CYA levels down to an reasonable level at the same time.

I just wrote up the plan under the heading CYA help a few lines from your posting on this thread.

If the pool is concrete and you don't have a ground water level problem, you could brush and then vacuum to waste and you'll get rid of a huge amount of the algae before you start spending money on chemicals.

And I'd save the algecide until its clean. Chlorine will work better and cheaper at cleaning up the mess. Use polyquat if you think you must, as a preventative. Many of us on the list only use polyquat in a double dose for winterizing to avoid the mess you're openning to.

Good luck