Time to Take My Pool Back from Leslie's

[pentachris]

I filled out the chart. Not really asking anything yet. I assumed that the right place to start here was with accurate test results from the recommended testing products, so I was going to wait on that to come in from Amazon before I started trying to do anything. This was mainly intended as just a "get established" post.

I threw four pounds of 73% NaClO in and scrubbed yesterday evening. Right now, the pool looks blue and cloudy. It's got a LOT of dead algae in it. This seems to be a problem in my clean up efforts; I'm not sure if my filter is operating efficiently. I started vacuuming it before I scrubbed it, and saw the algae blowing through the outlet valves, right back into the pool. I went to Leslie's and got some floc, thinking that would help me get the algae out. The instruction label didn't say that I should vacuum it to waste, which I thought I should. Googling the product actually lead me here. That's when i started reading some things on this site and these forums that made a lot of sense.

Anyway, if you think you can help me from here instead of waiting on the test kit to come in, I can provide you with some basic water info that may not be as accurate as what the new test will show. I guess the sooner the better. My wife wants to have some of her girlfriends over to swim on Aug 11. Seeing as how I enjoy looking at women in swimwear, I'm eager to oblige.

Thanks for your response and offer to assist.

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Sorry - in my previous post, I meant calcium hypochlorite (Power Powder Pro), not sodium hypochlorite.