Am I on the right track?

[aylad]

Run your pump/filter to get all the dead stuff out--a Cl of 60 ppm oughta do the trick! Remember that the bleach kills the algae and should turn the water blue/cloudy, but the filter gets the dead stuff out. If you'll test for Cl at night after the sun is off the pool, and test it again in the morning before the sun hits it, when there's 1 ppm or less cl loss, then you can let your Cl drift back down into normal ranges.

Janet

[Furbabyvet]

This morning the water definitely looks better. It is not yet crystal clear, but much improved over where we started. My FC is about 40 ppm now. I will check again at noon.

Thanks for the words of encouragement. I was getting nervous there for a while!

[Furbabyvet]

Hallelujah! After 5 days and 23 gallons of 10% Cl, I've reached the other side of the river Styx . Chlorine held at 20-25 for >8 hours even during the day, so I put some polyquat 60 in to help prevent regrowth and maybe clear the water just a little more. The water was pretty clear, but still just a little dull. Plan to put solar blanket on tomorrow morning and maybe will be swimming for the holiday. Yippeee! Thank you for your help.

[Watermom]

Great!! Continue to filter 24/7 to try and filter out any leftover stuff that may be keeping that water from sparkling! I wouldn't put the solar cover on until your chlorine level comes down a bit as the fumes may damage it. Enjoy your weekend in the pool!!

[Furbabyvet]

Hi again, I just received my FAS-DPD test kit. My FC is 15.5 ppm and the CC is 0.5 ppm. FC on the DPD only test this morning was around 20 ppm. Water looks good. Should I go back and shock it some more? I haven't added any Cl in about 30 hours.

[Watermom]

If the water looks clear and you think you have turned the corner, I'd probably test in the morning before you get a lot of sun on the pool and see how much cl you lost overnight. If you lost no more than 1ppm, I'd say you can start to let the cl drift down. But, if you lost more than 1ppm of chlorine, I'd keep it at shock level a little longer.