water problems

[tshirt25]

being a pool owner for only a few years it takes a new trick each year for various problems, this year was a cover that was never put on I know I know terribly wrong and im paying for it now pool was a swamp with 15-20 big batches of leaves in it water was green thoughht about draining and starteing over but i thought i would use chemicals first. i drained about 3000 gallons of my 12000 pool (above ground ) filled with water and began to shock my still green water . had water tested to see where to go first needed calcium needed stabilizer needed PLENTY of shock 4 or 5 bags clcium hypo 4 or 5 bags shock now my green water is just milky/ cloudy pool store said to keep shoking doubling and doubling till its clear how long should this take, filter is runnig constantly backwash daily

[dallas]

I am having the same problem. I have shocked my pool several times over the weekend to kill off the algae and now my pool is milky/cloudy. The pool store recommend I use a product called Pool First Aid. I looked at the bottle but it does not list the active ingredients. Has anybody heard of this product or have any advise on how to clear up this milky mess?

[Watermom]

First let me say, welcome to the forum to both of you!

dallas -- probably best to start your own thread for replies rather than combining with this one. It is hard to help two separate problems within the same thread. Start a new thread and then I'll delete your post in this one. (Anybody who wants to reply to dallas, please do so in his new thread instead of here.)

tshirt25 -- We really need a current set of water testing results taken with a drops-based kit (no teststrips)to be able to better advise you. Repost with your numbers and somebody here can help you get this cleared up.

[tshirt25]

thanx and i appreciate the help, i look at the drop test kits and they look like chemistry sets chlorine ,bromine,hardness, alkalinity ,ph,i have only used strips but i will pick up a drop kit and test for a better reply

[Watermom]

The kit we usually recommend is the Taylor K-2006. You many find it cheaper online than in your pool store. I think in a recent thread someone bought it for under $50. If it is much past that at your local store, make do with test strips for a couple of days and buy it online.

[polyvue]

The kit we usually recommend is the Taylor K-2006. You many find it cheaper online than in your pool store. I think in a recent thread someone bought it for under $50. If it is much past that at your local store, make do with test strips for a couple of days and buy it online.

I think I would have purchased the K-2006 at one of my local pool stores (even at an inflated price!) but none of them even carried it. The best I could find was an equivalent to K-2005 (DPD) at Leslie's. Later bought the standalone FAS/DPD chlorine test (through an on-line source) to complete it.

To the member who asked about Pool First Aid, be sure the algae is dead first, since this product is just enzymes and floc (clarifier) and not designed to kill it. MSDS and information (abstract) on paper discussing properties of constituent compounds can be found here:

http://www.lesliesmsds.com/DocumentC...4-5e14eca292d8

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/j...11286/abstract