Help! Big Time!

[PoolKid]

I don't know what to do!

I have a above ground pool, about 5 weeks ago, my pump broke, and i left the pool with out a cover on and i stoped putting chlorine in it and now i just got a new pump thats comming friday, the water is all green, bugs everywhere,

What should i do since its septmeber?

Should i try to clean the pool, if so how?

Should i leave it alone and wait for spring, if so do i need to put a cover on cause i dont have a cover.

I cant take the pool down.

[Phillbo]

Add a bunch of bleach to start getting it back in shape would be my thought.


Why did you stop chlorinating when the pump broke?

[PoolKid]

I am just stupied, What do you mean bleach? The one you buy from the store for your wash? just pour that in? will it bleach the liner? dose the filter need to be running when i do that?

Any other suggestions?

[ChuckD]

Heh, kinda new here, aren't ya Kid?
This forum's all about using normal, unscented bleach (or other forms of chlorine) and avoiding the dreaded pool stores.
Check out the 'stickies' at the top of this discussion. Everything you need to know. You'll save Big Bucks and I promise the best looking pool.

If I were you, I'd clean it up, balance the chems as advised here and cover it.

Welcome and don't be afraid to ask questions (and read the stickies).

Chuck

[PoolKid]

Hey ChuckD,

Thanks for the advice, :P

The only problem is cleaning it up i don't know how to, I am not very handy at pool stuff lol

Im going to check stickys now.

But if you can explain in detail what i need to get and where and how to put it in, that would be great.

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Also Do i need to have the filter to do anything? Cause that wont be here till friday.

The pools Green but not so green that you cant see the bottom.


The Stuff that i have left is this:

A whole Bunch of Chlorine tabs

Aqua Chem algaecide liquid

and a half a bag of shock,

LOLLLLLLLLL! thats all i have?!!?@!?@!

[ChuckD]

First you need a test kit that will give you results for high levels of chlorine (up to 25 or so) since that's how you'll clean up the algae. The FAS-DPD test is the best. It's included in Ben's great test kit, but I hesitate to recommend it right now. He's having some trouble getting them out. No test strips allowed tho. They aren't reliable.

Get a decent kit and get your circulation going, read, read, read and give us some numbers, then we can talk about what you need to do. Also we need to know what kind/size is your pool and what kind of filter.

C.