My 6-year old is dying to swim and I've got green water even with high FC levels

[rox29160]

29 May 2014

The pool water is a light green and the dried green film on everything when I took it out of storage was about the same color, just light green I guess. The green gunk inside the wet hoses is a lot darker.

I just looked at the hose that has been soaking in the bleach solution this afternoon and there is not much change at all. I stuck my finger in there to what I could reach and it does not wipe off. I can scratch it off with a fingernail. It is not slimy at all. It actually feels a little rough.

I never have been able to get the CH test to work right. The test starts off a light pink (not red) and turns a light violet (not blue). I just tested the CH at 50 ppm, using these colors. I have always had trouble with the CH test even when the kit was brand new. Reading over one of my previous posts about this, it used to start out blue though.

These are the original reagents since I never test for it. I was told by somebody that it doesn't really matter for vinyl pools. I just installed my new UNICEL cartridges. My daughter and I sure hope they work. I think she has given up on the pool.

Not seeing any difference in the pool in close to 2 weeks and after buying about 40 gallons of bleach, I am pretty close to that point myself.