Bleach..How Much is TOO much

[stma]

As always, thank you guys (and gals) for your input...It is true concerning the PH indicator...prior to shocking last nite, my PH read 7.2...
As for the Yellow Out. Green to Clean items: I have no idea what I have as I cannot see past 20 inches into the pool...on Day 12 and absolutely nothing has changes as it pertains to the color and condition of the water....my filter "did" clog every few hours upon start-up, needing constant backwashing but that has since stopped and I'm running a constant 11psi..Unfortunately that is the ONLY positive change so far.......

I did find that my BigLots 5.25% bleach was actually only 3%...(and after thorough testing last nite, I think it's not even 2%)...AND my wife did admit she placed a gallon of 6% Ultra LEMON SCENTED in last week.....

I'll be keeping up with the shock level bleaching for now as this was always a cure-all in the past....after that, it's time for the sledge hammer !!!

[aylad]

Keep going--bleaching it will work when coupled with a good dose of POPP. (Pool owner patience and persistence). I highly recommend staying away from the Yellow-out and other treatments since they tend to cause other problems down the road.

Janet

[Water_man]

Long time no hear. Can you please report what's new?
Hope you have progress.

[stma]

Nitemare contimues !! ...16 days and NO change...The green ,cloudy mass is still holding me at bay...

Via Marie (mbar) suggestion, I tried the Vitamin C "capsule in a sock" method, rubbed it on the sidewalls of the pool and saw stains disappearing :>...Within the hour, i was down to the pool store buying a metal out product, praying that was FINALLY my issue....I waited all day yesterday for the FC to drop to 2 (as suggested by the pool store) and PH at 7....i applied the product, filtered overnite and as of 5 minutes ago, there's been no change.... Although my patience is LONG, LONG Gone, I'll wait a day or two to see if the metal out does anything.....If not, I'll attempt the Ascorbic acid routine...

Ironically enough though, yesterday was the first day since opening that I let the FC levels drop below 20...while the 96 degree sun "baked out" the FC, I started seeing traces of the pool bottom..?? Coincidenc or not ?? I dont know.....

Prior to the metal out:
FC : 2
PH:7.2
ALK: 100
CYA: still awaiting a test..

I'm just hoping this is REALLY a metals issue, so that I can finally tackle THAT problem first hand...

[Water_man]

What does that product supposed to remove? A metal? Which one? Could the store analyze your water and determine? Why would you suddenly have a metal?
Sorry for your on going trouble.

[stma]

Metal Free supposedly suspends the metals...My fill water is from a well and I was told by some area folks that metals have been pretty bad this year...But the final indicator is that my light blue bathtub has a green tint to it....almost IDENTICAL to my pool water.....Metal is either copper or Iron....

the local pool store uses test strips for their determination(s)...Based on that alone, i refused the sample test....

Hopefully things will clear somewhat BUT ITS THE CLOUDING that has got me baffled...All the Bleach (almost 40 gallons)..The Brushing...The Backwashing...The skimmer socks etc, nothing has taken care of that cloud...If I assume correct that metals have fallen out, hopefully the sequestering will work, however the clouding could be it's own issue...

Been a terrible beginning !!!