I'm confused

[CarlD]

No, the aeration causes pH to RISE, not fall. If you have low pH, it's not from aeration, more likely from Tri-Chlor puck.

You will need at least 5 gallons just to get your FC to shock level. With the way your water looks, you may need another 5 later in the day.

PLEASE read the stickied sections. You are going to need to test your water and add bleach 3x/day.

You may want to get the 5 gallon blue carboys of 12.5% Liquid Chlorine from the pool store--spend the extra $4 on the screw-on nozzle--it's worth it.

Each of these carboys is like 10 gallons of ultra bleach. It can be more convenient, especially when using large quantities. You bring the empty back to the store because they are reusable.

[topless]

Well, I had to postpone everything I planned for today. I went to vacuum the pool and the gasket in my valve went bad. So, while I was picking up cya, I got a new one and installed it. Right now the silicone is drying, so I can start again this evening after I put the valve back together.

[Jeffski]

That is some nasty pool water.

[haze_1956]

That is some nasty pool water.

Looks the lazy river my kids were in at a Hotel in Myrtle Beach a few years ago.

Had I known then what I know now!!

[Poconos]

Since you are in one of those unique situations where you need a bunch of chlorine AND calcium you may want to use Calcium Hypochlorite granules. Address two things at once. A lot easier to handle than bleach. About a year ago I got a 100 pound bucket of cal-hypo 67% for about $140 including tax. No great bargain but with the price of gas it's not worth trying to find the absolute best deal. If you have a sand filter it is especially easy to add. Just dump it in the skimmer and let it dissolve in the filter. Dissolves in a matter of minutes, not hours. Just make sure the label lists calcium hypochlorite as the active ingredient and nothing other than inert stuff. And before someone pops up and scares the wits out of everyone, if you have an in-line chlorinator be sure it is empty....no pucks.
Al

[topless]

Since my last post, I decided to use calcium hypochlorite and cya that I can purchase through a customer of mine. I decided that having to purchase a large quantity and store it is more cost effective than what I've been doing. 50lbs of cya will last a long time, but it will store in a 5 gallon pail or 2, that I have plenty of. The cal-hypo I'm getting a 100lbs, and will store it the same way.

If you think it's nasty now, you should have seen it Friday when I open it for the first time since Nov. It smelled bad too. So far, I'm having lots of fun, Friday I installed a new pump motor, this one was under warranty. This year has been cool and I have no heater. I have a lot of trees, so I will only get to use the pool this year 2 months or so. Every year I debate whether or not to just fill it in.

[Poolsean]

PLEASE be very careful with cal hypo storage. Just a spill of soda or motor oil mixing with it will ignite the cal hypo. Keep it isolated and DRY, out of any possibility if anything mixing with it.

I saw a pool distributor burn down because a guy on a forklift drove over a busted open 1 lb bag, and an oil drip ignited the cal hypo. You cannot add water to put it out!

Biolab, a more recognizable name in the pool industry, burned their GA facility down a few years ago.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...4/ai_n13797497

[topless]

That's good to know. Funny, you see it for sale as shock, everywhere, but that warning is not very obvious.
I plan on keeping it in clean dry 5 gallon buckets that have rubber lid seals. I also was going to put in some of those moisture control packets. (I bought some for another reason)
But, I did not know about the oil or soda danger.