CYA levels

[dubbedout]

Each day it's looked a little less green..Today I would say its just really cloudy. The pump has been running 24/7 since Sunday. The scum balls and skimmer sock are still turning green, cleaning both about twice daily.

[Watermom]

Ok. Keep the pump running 24/7 and backwash any time the pressure rises 8-10 psi over your clean filter pressure.

[dubbedout]

I just want to say THANK YOU! If it weren't for this forum theres no telling how bad this could have gotten and how much $$ I probably would have spent at the pool store trying to fix it. All it took was a good shock with the bleach! I'm still cleaning the scum balls and the skimmer sock as their still turning green but the water is 100% better already.

I wish I would have taken a before shot, but here's the pool as it sits right now.

[Watermom]

That is such a pretty pool!

[dubbedout]

Thank you! It looks even better today. Its hard to believe how green it got in such a short time, even when the CL was at 8ppm. I'm extremely thankful for your help and am going to go ahead and subscribe to the forum, hopefully that little bit helps.

[Watermom]

I'm extremely thankful for your help and am going to go ahead and subscribe to the forum, hopefully that little bit helps.

Thanks! We would appreciate that very much! Glad we could help you!

[dansdad]

I had .2 cl in my pool 8.2 ph absolutely no cya. I have I
1 gallon of instant cond. and I just added 1 gallon of 8.25 bleach. Should I wait till tomorrow to add the conditioner or do it tonight. Thanks Dave I should say I have not added the cond as yet

[BigDave]

I think this post belongs in another thread.

[dansdad]

Thank you will do

[Themadczar]

$9 for a case of 3 121oz bottles of bleach ain't bad!

For future reference, comparing bleach prices is tricky since there are several variables (price, quantity, and concentration) so sale prices can be deceiving. But there is a simple calculation that enables a quick, accurate assessment. Price/ounces/concentration. So for your bleach, $9.00/363 ounces/8.25%= 30 cents per ounce of chlorine. As a point of reference, I by bleach at Aldi at about $0.21/oz, and if I remember correctly, Walmart's regular price is around $0.28/oz. I recently found pool chlorine on sale at Menards for $0.14/oz! If you can remember to start with the price then divide by quantity and concentration, you can always compare prices and know on the spot if a sale is really a good deal (I rarely find even sale prices that beat Aldi here in NW Indiana).