Help! Green pool here is China Grove Texas!

[mzorola]

We have a 30'x52" round pool. The pool was nice amd clear this winter but turned very green with the increase in temp. Here are my numbers:

free chlorine: 2
total chlorine: 5
c chlorine: 3 (I dont remember what the c stoof for-lousy notes!)
PH: 7.2
Total alk: 240

I have been shocking the pool to no avail. I can kinda see patches of blue and green through the water and the pump has been running non-stop. I have new sand in the filter.

This is my first season just using chlorine. Last season I got fooled into using baqa-something or other. I let that work itself out over the winter.

Any help is appreciated!

Marcos

[JohnT]

Switching from baquacil will eat a lot of chlorine. You have to keep the chlorine at shock level, and check it several times a day. Your FC of 2 is way too low and the CC of 3 shows you still need to shock. You need to get to and stay around 15 ppm chlorine. Most here use bleach for shock.

[mwsmith2]

This is my first season just using chlorine. Last season I got fooled into using baqa-something or other. I let that work itself out over the winter.

I can assure you that it has not worked itself out over the winter! 1st step for you is to go the the baquacil forum on this site and read up on how to do a baquacil conversion, since that is what you are doing, like it or not!

Michael

[mzorola]

Is my total alk at 240 a problem?

Marcos

[aylad]

Not for right now--your biggest problem is getting the conversion over with--you can work out the alk problems later.

Janet