Re: Pool water is green
I have put in baking soda, shock-our pump is a hayward sand-we use the drops test kit and up until today our PH was at 7.6-currently it is 7.2. Our chlorine was good yesterday but no chlorine today. Our pool is inground-don't know the exact volume but it measures 30x9 and is 8 ft deep and 4 foot shallow end
Last edited by PoolDoc; 05-22-2014 at 07:39 PM.
In ground -vinyl -sand filter-skimmer tabs 30,000 gal and is 16 ft wide 36 ft long
Re: Pool water is green
1. What drops kit?
2. Get a cheap local OTO / phenol red kit and 12 gallons of PLAIN 8% bleach from Walmart or equiv.
3. Add chlorine in 3 gallon doses each PM, till the green turns gray or brown. Test chlorine beginning the 2nd evening; skip chlorine dose if OTO test result is orange.
4. Stop adding other chemicals unless pH is below 7 or above 8. Only test pH when OTO result is medium yellow or lighter.
Last edited by PoolDoc; 05-23-2014 at 08:08 AM. Reason: result = OTO test result
PoolDoc / Ben
Re: Pool water is green
We use the HTC OTO/phenol red kit and our pool is a 30,000 volume pool-(my husband just told me that). I may have gotten that wrong before. Will my water really turn orange?? Thanks for your help
Pam
In ground -vinyl -sand filter-skimmer tabs 30,000 gal and is 16 ft wide 36 ft long
Re: Pool water is green
Your pool water won't turn orange. He was talking about the test sample!
Re: Pool water is green
Oh my gosh!! I am really not that crazy!! lol But I did read that wrong -thank goodness! But am I reading it right that the water will turn gray or brown??
In ground -vinyl -sand filter-skimmer tabs 30,000 gal and is 16 ft wide 36 ft long
Re: Pool water is green
Dead algae may be bluish gray or brownish before the filter removes it.
Re: Pool water is green
The pool dimensions on my profile are wrong. How do I change this? --(9x30 inground pool ~10 gal, sand filter, skimmer tabs)~~ Our pool is 30,000 gal and is 16 ft wide 36 ft long.
In ground -vinyl -sand filter-skimmer tabs 30,000 gal and is 16 ft wide 36 ft long
Re: Pool water is green
We have added the 12 gallons of bleach and our water is still green. We are showing high levels of chlorine and our ph is 7.8. What next?
Thanks-
Pam
In ground -vinyl -sand filter-skimmer tabs 30,000 gal and is 16 ft wide 36 ft long
Re: Pool water is green
What does "high" chlorine mean? A reading that we really need is CYA. Your needed chlorine levels are dependent on that reading.
Re: Pool water is green
Our tester is reading at the highest mark on our chlorine which is 5-not sure what the CYA is you mentioned?
In ground -vinyl -sand filter-skimmer tabs 30,000 gal and is 16 ft wide 36 ft long
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