Starting off just like I left last season :(

[scootchu]

You do need to invest in a good test kit. Definitely worth the money. While you are fighting this, test at least 2 and 3 is better times per day and each time, add enough bleach to get back up to 20. Try to sustain the high reading and not let it yo-yo up and down.

I still don't think your numbers are right, though. I have never seen a CC reading of 10. Retest and repost.

You aren't filling from a well, are you?

The water is half city and half well, refilled last year after a liner replacement. But that was a while ago and city water has been used to top it off, why?

[Watermom]

Sometimes well water has metals in it and thus can cause greenish tint to the water.

[scootchu]

Well good thing you are paying attention because I'm not.

I checked my water again today.

FC >10
TC >10

I was looking at the 20 for Bromine on the test strip chart
PH is around 7.2-7.4
ALK is around 130

I don't have a Calcium test, just a hardness test in which I get low

I have just about got all the acorns out. It's tough when you cannot see them.
The Robo-Kleen has been running and bringing up pollen and crud.

I put a stocking on the skimmer basket which has had to be cleaned twice in 2 hours.

I put another 3/4 gallon of bleach in.

Thanks for sticking with me.

[Watermom]

No problem. By the way, the hardness test is the calcium hardness. Low is fine for a vinyl pool despite what some pool stores will tell you.

[scootchu]

I just ordered the Taylor 2006 kit today. Hopefully it will help me get a hold of things a little easier.

[stma]

WaterMom: But at what point do you start considaring the filter/sand as the culprit ??/ I'm on day 11, and 23 gallons of bleach later. i have seen zero change in my pool water...still green and cloudy..so much to the point I have not vacuumed yet....brushing, yes...but I can't see past 18 inches from the top....
I'm wondering if the WalMart sand I bought (which was 1/2 the price of ANYone else locally) is actually my problem ?? (the old saying, "You Get What You pay For" is starting to ring true for me ???

[scootchu]

When did you install your new sand? If it's new I do know that it's not as efficient as older dirtier sand at removing particles.

In my world I have added a total of 12.5 gallons of bleach over the last 2 days. The filter is on 24/7 and the robot is running too.

I still have cloudy green water, but I can now see faint image of the yellow robot at the bottom.

The filter isn't getting bogged down anymore and the skimmer stocking really helps with the little stuff.

On avg what kind of timeline can I expect to see improvement and more of the bottom?

It's a 17,000 gallon 48" pool.

[Watermom]

WaterMom: But at what point do you start considaring the filter/sand as the culprit ??/ I'm on day 11, and 23 gallons of bleach later. i have seen zero change in my pool water...still green and cloudy..so much to the point I have not vacuumed yet....brushing, yes...but I can't see past 18 inches from the top....
I'm wondering if the WalMart sand I bought (which was 1/2 the price of ANYone else locally) is actually my problem ?? (the old saying, "You Get What You pay For" is starting to ring true for me ???

stma --- It is usually best not to jump into the middle of another thread because it gets complicated trying to help two people at once. I just replied to you in your other thread about posting a current set of water testing results. (FC, CC, alk, ph, cya). Repost that info on the other thread and also over there tell us if you bought pool sand or play sand. I doubt it is your sand. Let's continue on the other thread. Thanks.