Hi,

I took the cover off our 16,000+ gal AG last weekend and discovered sludge. I posted a few days ago on the Algae thread and am now getting that under control after dumping 9 gal of bleach into the pool.

My test #s (Ben's 233) on the 7th showed zero CL at all, a pH of 7.2, ALK - 80, CAL 120, CYA -also zero. Then the bleach dump.

Today I got:

FC - 11.5
CC - 0
TC - 11.5
pH 6.8!
Alk - 80
Cya - 0

I know I need to add 20 Mule team. I saw on another thread (from CarlD) to add a whole box and wait 6 hours and test again but what then? How much to add in increments to raise the pH .2?

Do I need to add any CYA at this point or just wait for the CL to start dropping?

I'm vacuuming out the dead algae bodies but the sides of the vinyl are still green/brown all the way down to the bottom. What can I do to get rid of that? I tried a scrubbee from the deck and it doesn't remove much. It was that way before I added the bleach.

Thanks for the help.

CoffeeBean