Filter / Pumps / New Pool

[rkooz]

Will avoid using the Star Shock as I have no idea what the "other" ingredients are. I am filling up the pool and added the bleach (2 doses) after 6 inches. I'm waiting for the water to get above the skimmer and I will turn filter on. Manual states to leave on for 6 hours.

Water currently looks yellow. I will test sometime tonight after pool is near full with the 3 part test.

[Watermom]

Are you filling from a well or city water?

[rkooz]

City water

[Watermom]

Yellowish tinge to the water sounds like it could be metals. Look in the back of your toilet tank and see if there are water stains and if so, what color?

[rkooz]

The mark there is brown.

[rkooz]

Also, can someone point me in the right direction in how to read an hth 3 part tester. I tried the pH side. I inserted into pool to fill to top line, put in 5 red drops, closed top inverted and inverted back and the entire column was red. I either have high pH or I'm doing something wrong. Similar thing happened on the chlorine/yellow side.

[Watermom]

How high was your chlorine when you tested the pH? If it was higher than 5ppm, then you'll get falsely high pH. You can dilute the sample to test when your chlorine is past 5ppm. Take 1/4 cup pool water and 1/4 cup distilled water, mix it and then test pH with that.

For the chlorine side of the tester, if your chlorine is higher than 5ppm, you can use the chart at this link to help you interpret the colors that are off the scale of the tester:> http://pool9.net/oto-chart/