Just Embarking on the BBB Method - Help Needed

[mbar]

You should keep your pool at shock untill you maintain the level overnight. To clear your pool you will have to take your chlorine up to shock, and leave it there testing often. It won't clear until you kill all of the algae. You can swim with chlorine at 15ppms, it won't hurt you, it may fade some swimming suits though. But if you have combined chlorine, I wouldn't let them swim.

[CoffeeBean]

Mammallama,

Thanks for the formula. The problem I've run into is that it *doesn't* slope uniformly. About half way down the length the middle starts to slope down but the edges - about 18" out from the pool walls - remain at the same "elevation" as the shallow end. I've tried measuring the depression and subtracting it from the volume as if it was a standard 52" 16X32. It's certainly not scientific. I'm still waiting to hear from Doughboy.

Mbar,

Thanks for the advice. So far I have no combined cl. I'll see what the morning brings for TC. The kids have been drooling over the pool since the sludge cleared up. I haven't even dropped the ladder for fear they'd get into it. The walls are still green/brown but, unless I'm just deluding myself, I think it's a little lighter than it originally was.

I ordered some chem refills from Ben. Hope they get here soon. My Cl powder is grey and it says to replace when that happens.

Coffeebean