Algea and high chlorine

[crandies]

When I check my chlorine daily, where should it be and does that even register on the HTH 6-way kit?

[Watermom]

No. While you are trying to clear your pool of algae, you need to be keeping the pool at shock level until it clears. After the algae is gone, then you should begin running your maintenance chlorine levels which area again based on your CYA reading. For a CYA of 50, those maintenance levels would be between 3-6 ALL the time. If you dip below that, you risk another algae bloom.

Chlorine levels higher than 5ppm will not register on your 6-way kit which is an OTO chlorine test. That is why I recommended that you order a Taylor K2006 as it can measure levels way past 5ppm.

In the meantime, use the chart I linked for you up in post #2.

[crandies]

Thank you so much. I haven't lost electricity yet, but I applaud any woman who can stir her pool everyday with a broom.

[Watermom]

Nah, I didn't use a broom. I was actually in the pool. I would reach as far away from my body as I could and pour a little bleach and then swirl and dance around and make the water move and slosh around as much as possible. Then, I would do it again until I had put as much bleach in as I wanted. I did have on an old suit that I didn't care if it got faded.

[crandies]

That's very funny and I still applaud you !