Mustard alge??

[conductor500]

Not sure if this is my problem but from what I read here it might be. First let me say I am waiting on Ben's test kit should be here any day. I have a 5-way kit from wal-mart that I have been using since I bought the pool last year and has worked well until now, here's what I have:
27 AG (16000 gal.)?

Ch. 15
ph. 7.4
alk 125-130
CYA 80
Hardness 0

Last year my cya ran around 30 after opening this year seems that it is around 80-90, (not sure what took place over the winter). All was well everything was staying balanced only problem was I didn't have a tester that could test my Ch. to the level it should have been with a cya of 80-90 and by that I just guessed. Now I know about distilled water.
after a couple days of hard thunder showers and hard rains my pool tirned a cloudy milky color and then yellow stuff appeard on the bottom of my pool.
after reading other post here I just swept bottom of pool and backwashed and rinsed and just added another gal. of bleach. I went through all this just to ask you guys/gals if I am on the right track. I can see the bottom it,s not terribly bad but I want to keep it from getting that way. I am adding bleach every day (about a gal) and have been for 3 days now. Not sure I see much progress with the condition of water, but now I vaccumed the bottom maybe that will do the trick

[aylad]

One gallon of bleach in a pool your size is only going to raise your Cl by about 4 ppm, and with a CYA of 80, if you're trying to get up to shock level, you need to get to 18-20. The things you are doing are the right things to do, just up your Cl a bit!

Janet

[conductor500]

does anyone know what percent ch. that wal-mart bleach is? It's not printed on the lable. it,s the generic great value brand
Thanks

[Watermom]

If it is the ultra, it should be 6%. At the bottom of the middle part of the back label under where it says - danger: corrosive, it notes that it is 6%.

[conductor500]

OK, pool is all clear. I would have never known that that was alge, I always think of green slimy stuff. I guess it could have gotten that bad if it had gone untreated. This site has saved me lots of $$$ since I bought this pool last year. Ijust received Ben's kit yesterday, just wish the CH. tester went higher it's the same as the 5-way from walmart (only goes to 5). Just have to do the dillution or do a partial drain.
Thanks again for this site and all the help. You guys are good.
Tim

[Watermom]

Which kit did you buy?