Weekend Baquacil Conversion

[Watermom]

I don't think the tabs are going to help. You need to shock the pool and tabs aren't going to give you that shock. Can you shock it as soon as you get home in the evening and then again right before you go to bed at night and then again in the morning? Then, on the weekend, really hammer it with bleach as often as you can. Someone may have a better idea, but that is my suggestion. Algaecide isn't really going to do anything for you at this point. Keep your pump running 24/7. Hang in there.

[mjones]

OK, I just put 8 lbs of shock in pool(bottle says 56% available cl). It already looked a tad bit lighter shade of green, but that could be because we added more water. I am not sure about the CL level. I have tried strips & oto. Strips say hardness about 100, total cl 5 ish, f cl way over 10, ph 6.2-6.8, alk 80-120. I can't understand the oto. tried the diluting thing, oto said +3 cl? I don't know.. I am confused & to the point that I just want to keep putting cl in every 8 hours or so. Hoping it will clear up soon.
I bought 4 gallons of plain ole bleach, 1 1/2 gal of clorox "outdoor"?, says it makes up to 30 gallons?? and the 8 lb bottle of shock. The bottle of shock said not to mix with cal hypo?? what does that mean?

[mbar]

Your ph is really low, I would add a box of borax asap, test after 2 hours, and add more if needed. You don't want your ph below 7, that could damage your liner. Chlorine is more potent when the ph is low, but you shouldn't let it get lower than 7.2 on your test, because the ph may be even lower than the test shows sometimes.

[mjones]

Not much difference this morning. I just added 4 gallons of 6% bleach. I was wondering if I need to go ahead & change my sand, because of psi so high, & skimmer isn't sucking very hard.

[mjones]

what do you mean by "damage" my liner? Re: my low ph?

[Watermom]

PH readings below 7.0 are acidic and thus can damage the liner.

[duraleigh]

mjones,

You would do much better to start your own thread so you can get the help you need.

You will not have too much luck testing with strips. post your test results from a drops-based kit and we can give you help.

That "outdoor" Clorox you used is not wise....you are putting stuff in your pool that is not helping you....post for FC, CC, CH, pH, Alk, and CYA.

[skystone]

does the sand in the filter need to be replaced when this is all said and done?