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[PoolDoc]

You can send the pics to poolforum@gmail.com; include the thread #23086

Thanks.

[BigDave]

Ben is absolutely right. 18" of water is not deep enough to safely add the acid directly to the pool. Diluting it first in a better controlled environment makes sense. Sheepishly, I didn't post that here - telling myself that we were already pretty far off topic.
I will still stand by A->W (unless it's already quite dilute). FWIW I've seen a drop of water dance on a volume of HCL and I've seen it explode splashing HCL all around.

[BigDave]

Perhaps the Acid -> Water posts could be moved into a new thread (China Shop?). I fear I've hijacked this thread, haven't seen the OP in a couple pages.

[PoolDoc]

Will do.

Moved here: http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php/23191

[Traxl]

After 3 doses of bleach, the algae appears to be gone, however the pool is still very cloudy. I picked up another batch of bleach, hopefully after a few more applications the pool will clear up so I can start adding water.

I sent two emails to poolforum@gmail.com, the first email has before and after pictures for the first night. The second email has a picture taken moments before the third dose was added.

Also, I received the K-2006, test results are as follows:
FC - .5 ppm
CC - 1.5 ppm
pH < 7.0 (6 drops to reach 7.0 on base demand test)
TA - 0 ppm
CH - 30 ppm
CYA - 0 ppm (the black dot never disappeared)


Thanks again for all of your assistance and patience

[Traxl]

Now we have an additional problem to report...

I noticed a wet spot near the pool this morning, and measured the water level this evening. We had some light rain today, so I don't know an exact amount, however I do know the pool lost somewhere around 2.5 - 3 inches of water in the last 24 hours. My gut tells me that I managed to rip the liner while brushing the algae, however the water is too cloudy to see anything to verify. My calculations say I have lost around 1200 gallons.

Does this sound like a possible (or probable) fix?

I hate to keep throwing chemicals in the pool if the end result is a new liner anyways....

[PoolDoc]

You might want to keep chucking bleach in in the evening, to avoid having it go green again. It DOES sound like it's the liner, but you might be able to patch it.

Wait 24 hours and see if you lose another 2+"

[Traxl]

Thank you PoolDoc.

I just put another 4 gallons of bleach in, hoping that sooner or later the water will clear up so I can inspect for tears in the liner. Will report the water level tomorrow evening.