Re: New User in Maryland with big problems
Thank you for you reply. I filled out the forms that you linked to.
There have been further developments since my first post that I want to include for your information. First, since doing the bucket test for chlorine demand I mentioned in my first post on Tuesday of this week and getting my FC in the bucket to 12.0ppm I have not done anything with it except test for FC periodically. Three days later my bucket is still at 12.0ppm FC. Also during that time the FC in my pool was hovering at around 0.5 - 1.0 ppm with 1.5 ppm CC. This seemed to be enough to get the water to turn a dull grey-green instead of the bright green it had been previously.
Last night I added 18 Gal of 8.75% bleach to the pool in two doses. First I added 8 Gal at 8:30pm. At 9:30pm my FC was 6.0 and my CC was 1.5. Then at 11:45pm I added 10 Gal 8.75% Bleach. At 12:45am my FC was 35ppm. This morning at 8:30am my FC was at 27ppm and I forgot to record CC. At this point the color of my water was a grey-blue with a hint of green. At 12:00 ppm my FC was at 22 ppm with the water being entirely grey-blue. At last test at 4:00pm my FC is 6.0 ppm and my CC is .5ppm. My water is still a very murky grey-blue.
I'm unsure what to do next. Should I keep trying to keep the FC up around 20ppm? If so, for how long? Or, now that the algae is dead do I wait and see if I am able to keep the FC in a reasonable range? Or, something else entirely? It feels like I may be rounding the corner on this one, but if this season has taught me anything so far it's how quickly the water can go from looking like its getting better to as green as ever.
Thank you for your time and assistance.
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