algae help

[Spensar]

Went home today and dumped 7.5 gallons of bleach slowly into the skimmers. Everyone at work with a pool thinks I am crazy.

..........................Will the chlorine go away on its on or will I have to jetison water to return to normal?

BC

Just say your shocking with liquid (or pool) chlorine and don't use the word bleach, they will nod their heads in agreement that way. It's amazing how many people think bleach is stronger than "pool chlorine".

The chlorine will go away very quickly. It gets used up when it fights the algae, and in clear water it dissipates normally, especially on sunny days.

[bcrumb]

I've gotta hand it to you guys. I had to work a Midnight and dayshift in conjunction at work and was gone from home for over 16 hours. Came home around 2:30 pm today and the Cl was down to around 5 or 6 ppm. Added 1.5 gallons of "liquid Chorine" and took a nap. Woke up, tested again and still not much higher, added another 1.5 gallons. Have to go buy more now! I can already tell a big difference in appearance. Still have a long way to go though. I gotta say I am reluctant to buy a good test kit though. It seems like so much trouble to test that way. I have limped along for 5 to 6 years hardly ever testing and only taking in a sample once or twice a year. I guess that is how I got in this predicament, huh? Couldn't I just take a sample once a week to leslie and let them do the work? I have not seen my CYA level rise any as of yet, as indicated in a reply by Janet. I still have some black mold in the clip that seals the steps to the liner(will have to get in to scrub it out) and inside the outlet jets though. I am off until Sunday night now and can keep a closer check on it. Thanks for all the help everone. I will continue to post progress.

BC

[jhm]

Couldn't I just take a sample once a week to leslie and let them do the work?

Testing is easy, and a lot easier than taking a sample to leslies no matter how close it is. Seriously!

[bcrumb]

Just got home from Leslies again.
fc--------5
tc-------5
ph------7.4
alk-----120
ch-----230
cya-----30
Bought a big DPD test kit. The cL readings above are not accurate because they are the max readings she can read. She did not bother to dilute the sample. I tested FC to 15ppm with my new test kit. I did not test TC. Leslies says my phosphates are high and sold me a 36 dollar bottle of Phos free. Should I use it or take it back? I also got more CYA but will wait until after shocking cycle is complete before adding more to get to CYA of 80.
BC

[Watermom]

Take the Phos free back. You don't need it.

[bcrumb]

I already did. I took it back after reading some of the other posts about it. I printed some of them for the Leslies lady. She was not impressed. Still shocking!. Although I did accidentally let the level drop to 7.5 today, I immediately added more bleach.

BC

[bcrumb]

It all seemed to work. All the algae appears to be gone. I followed the direction here as best I could. I alsc cleared up all my rust stains with absorbic acid and used metal free to get rid of the metal. Thanks for all the help!

Bcrumb