Open Green and Cloudy & No CYA

[Winicott]

I think I need to do a bucket test to figure what this pool needs. Right now I feel like I am feeding a bottomless pit.

6:45 am the FC was 1.8 CC was 0. Added 1.5 gal bleach and checked again at 830. FC was .8 and CC was over 2. Could this rapid burn off be from the sun? I added a dose to get me to 10 ppm and in under 2 hours it was lower than when I started?

Will adding CYA at this point help with any chlorine demand? I wonder if getting the FC levels to hold longer will help.

[PoolDoc]

You certainly can do that => http://pool9.net/bucket-demand/

But a lot of times, it's not really useful, unless you are willing to drain and refill your pool. That's the only other option.

[Winicott]

Harumph. I think since it is holding some FC overnight I will just keep dumping in chemicals.

[Winicott]

So...
Based on what I added in Dichlor I am at 28 cya.

I have readings this morning of FC=10 ppm. Hooray.

Cloudy blue, but I just figure that I need to brush and filter to fix that.

What concerns me is my Ph is now less than what the scale reads on my test. I added 2 cups of Borax to bring it up, but I wanted some guidance before I did much else. The test read a yellow color.

Hardness 290 I filled with well water and the well has very hard water.
Alk 120

Thanks for any assistance.

[Watermom]

Get the pH up ASAP. Readings below 7.0 are acidic and can damage your pool. Add a half a box of Borax, wait a couple of hours, retest and keep re-dosing until your pH is above 7.

[Winicott]

I started at PH 7.2 then I added chlorine bleach, then I added Dichlor to bring up CYA. Which of these lowers Ph?

So Far I added 2 box of Borax. Test at 1130 pm indicates I am still at 6.8~7ish.

[Watermom]

Dichlor is acidic and lowers pH. Continue adding Borax to get pH up over 7.0.