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    Unhappy Intex pool green/cloudy - help please!

    Hi! I need your help please!

    I have a 48 inch by 18 foot Intex pool. I know the filter is inadequate. I also use a device called a Slimebag to further filter the water - I love it! It attaches to the hose that filters the water back into the pool and you can really see what the filter misses! But I'm a newbie and didn't know that my ph would need attn. with all the rain and heat....

    We've had hot weather and alot of rain the last week, my pool is turning green/yellow and cloudy. My readings at the pool store yesterday (Monday) were:

    tot. chlorine 0.9
    Free chloringe 0
    PH 6.2
    total alkalinity 48
    CYA not tested by themTotal Hardness 110

    At the pool store yesterday, they had me add a box of BP100 which raises the PH (did it at 4 p.m.)

    Then they had me add 1 lb. of chlorine granules and 1/4 bottle (about 8 oz.) of algicide. I ran the filter from 5-midnight after that.

    Began running the filter again at 8 a.m. today. Tested my levels with my test kit at 11 a.m. Very upset at these levels! Please help me fix this, feels like I wasted a DAY!!

    Now my chlorine is at 0.6, PH at 6.8 my kit doesn't test much else.

    Can you please tell me what to do next or what else you need from me?

    Does time of day matter when adding chlorine? It is 100+ and humid here today in Chicago area.

    Please tell me how much of what to use (bleach, borax, etc.) and in which order, what time of day to do it. Do you have a bleach calculator that goes by feet/inches or wondering how I can convert too.

    I sincerely appreciate your help!


    Thanks,
    Mary
    Last edited by meallen22; 08-01-2006 at 01:19 PM.

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