Starting off just like I left last season :(

[scootchu]

Concerning your PH bounce: HOLD OFF ON THE ACIDE!!! High Chlorine levels will affect the PH reading indicator....(I just found that out today ,page 11 in the Taylor manual)...If and when the CL levels go down, test the PH again....it will be substantially lower !!....

Thanks for the tip.

It rained hard last night so I added another gallon of bleach before I went to bed. I added another 3 gallons of this morning. I am starting to wonder how much bleach it's going to take. I have purchased 21 1.4 gallon jugs of it in the last 3 days and before that about 10 gallon jugs from Big Lots. My recycling guy is going to have a fit.


The pool is still light green, but it is starting to show signs of improvement. It is a bit easier to see the robot or at least the color of the robot. LOL Also the water is cleaner, with less suspended crud thanks to the skimmer sock.

The robot brought up a small pile of acrorns last night and hasn't gotten stuck, which it does when it would hit acorns. It does bring up about 5 pounds of goop each time. I will have to give the poor thing a medal for going over and above it's job description.

If I can get there I will take a sample to the pool store today.

Should I keep the sump pump running and bringing water from the opposite side of the pool to the skimmer??

[stma]

First up: Big Lots bleach (which I bought 20 gallons of the other day) is no more than 3%....if its the Sno-EEE brand, you'll ntice that the ingredient legend does not give a percentage number....So the $1.30 you're paying is really not much of a deal after all....Walmart/ Aldi etc can probably give you a better deal overall...

Any how, if things are getting better in the water, you're well on your way..I'd keep the PPM's up, continue brushing and backwqshing as needed..as for me, my green water issue is turning out to be a metals issue....(THANK GOD I finally found that out)...

Sorry, but I cannot answer the question concerning the sump pump....BUT KEEP BLEACHING !!! a little improvement today will constantly improve over the next few days....You're getting there !!!! (I only wish I was so lucky)...

[scootchu]

So with metals in the water it will be and stay green?

With the amount of bleach I have in this pool I cannot imagine how the pool has not at least turned cloudy blue.

Yesterday I tried the dilution test with what little distilled water I had (I use it to clean records) and with just a 1/4 of the vial filled with a pool sample the reading was still off the charts with the max being 3, so my gut feeling is I have a ton of Chlorine in there.

My wife had picked up the Big Lots bleach on her way home from work. I bought 7 of the 3 packs of Clorox at Sams for about $6.86. Each jug in the pack is about 1.4 gallons. I am down to a jug and a half.

The robot is coming up very light now and the water is very clean as far as particles go.

I am beginning to suspect something else since the water is taking so very long to clear. Monday will make it 2 weeks with the filter running 24/7.

My wife is off today and she is taking a sample to the pool store. Do I have to ask for them to test for metals?

[stma]

The way I've been reading things, IF your FC numbers are holding overnite, then the bleach has accomplished it's job at killing any algae blooms....The next step is looking at the metals issue...This is exactly the point I'm at today...Ive poured near 35 gallons of bleach in a 7500 gallon pool in the past 13 days and have seen NO CHANGE !!!....one of the gals suggested taking a Vitamin C tablet, place it in a sock, crush it with a hammer and rub the sock against the pool wall.....IF in fact the rubbing takes off a stain or lightens the vinyl (which you'll see pretty quickly) the problem is metals....

I'm headed out within the hour to buy a Metal out product which I'm praying will help with this pool water....

But try that Vit.C sock and see how you make out....it sounds as though we're both in the same boat...gotta love that well water !!!!

[Watermom]

stma,
It is probably not a good idea to post your e-mail address on the forum. Lots of spam harvesters out there. Our forum has lots of "spiders" all the time. Better to just let him send you a private message instead or give him your e-mail address within your private message. Just my opinion.

By the way, if you decide you want to remove it from your post, you can hit the 'edit' button and go back in and do so.

[scootchu]

The way I've been reading things, IF your FC numbers are holding overnite, then the bleach has accomplished it's job at killing any algae blooms....The next step is looking at the metals issue...This is exactly the point I'm at today...Ive poured near 35 gallons of bleach in a 7500 gallon pool in the past 13 days and have seen NO CHANGE !!!....one of the gals suggested taking a Vitamin C tablet, place it in a sock, crush it with a hammer and rub the sock against the pool wall.....IF in fact the rubbing takes off a stain or lightens the vinyl (which you'll see pretty quickly) the problem is metals....

I'm headed out within the hour to buy a Metal out product which I'm praying will help with this pool water....

But try that Vit.C sock and see how you make out....it sounds as though we're both in the same boat...gotta love that well water !!!!

But and there always is a but, there isn't any staining. I suppose I will just wait and see what the pool store test shows and go from there.

I guess I am just at a loss right now because I haven't seen things change like they have in the past. I keep expecting to come home or wake up and see a significant difference and know that I am on the right track, but I don't.

I will post my test results later today.

[scootchu]

Taylor Kit arrived and this what I am dealing with right now:
PH - 7.2 added acid earlier
ALK - 80
Cal - 40
CYA - 110
FC - 63ppm !!!! That was diluting a 10ml sample 1/3 pool 2/3 distilled water
42 drops

Could that be right????

CC -0

Still cloudy green although a bit lighter shade of green.

HELP!!!

[aylad]

With a CYA level that high, it's going to be almost impossible to get the chlorine level up where you need it to clear the pool. I strongly advise to drain about 1/2 the pool and refill, and go from there!

Janet

[CarlD]

Taylor Kit arrived and this what I am dealing with right now:
PH - 7.2 added acid earlier
ALK - 80
Cal - 40
CYA - 110
FC - 63ppm !!!! That was diluting a 10ml sample 1/3 pool 2/3 distilled water
42 drops

Could that be right????

CC -0

Still cloudy green although a bit lighter shade of green.

HELP!!!

No. Dilution is only effective for the OTO chlorine test. The Taylor test should be good to at least 50ppm if not 100ppm (100 drops vs 200 drops). So your FC number is spurious. Sorry.