Sky Blue water - cloudy going on 4 weeks

[aylad]

Awesome!! Now aren't you glad you didn't fill it in and stick a sign in it!

Janet

[LP Heaven]

Hi All,

2 days ago I started seeing small green algea deposits on floor.

36k gal ig vinyl
FC- 5
TC -5
Ph - 7.3
TA 100
CYA - 35

Water Temp -92 Pool is in direct sun from rise til set and was wondering if this can account for that ?

My numbers seem right - I added 30oz poly60 this morning and have took the clips off the timer for 24/7 pump til clear up.

Am I on the right track here ?
Am I not running the pump long enough ? its set to 12 hrs.

Many Thanks,

Rob

[Watermom]

Take your chlorine level up to 15 and try and hold it there for a few days. Test at least twice (and more than that is even better) times per day and each time, add enough bleach to get back to 15. When you get to where you don't lose more than 1ppm of chlorine from sundown to sunup then you can let it drift back down and keep it between 3-6 all the time.

Does your cl drop below 3 any? What are you using as your source of chlorine?

You are right to run the pump 24/7 while you are trying to clear the pool.

You say this has been going on for weeks. Can you please tell us what all you have been doing -- how many times per day testing, how high taking the cl when you add it, what all you have put in the pool meaning ingredients, not "shock."

We'll help you get it cleared up.

[LP Heaven]

Hello Watermom !

When I 1st posted I was having a mojor issue. I took the expertise provided by you and this forum. Using the BBB method, my major issue cleared up and we have been enjoying crystal clear water mayhem for a while.

My new issue popped up 2 days ago - I may have let the CL drift to low for 2 days while I was away.

My cl level is dropping about 1ppm overnight but kick it to 5 in the morning.

My now late afternoon readings are the same as my post today. It appears the poly60 is doing its job but now water is skyblue and cloudy in the deep end again (hahaha). I'm also brushing like a madman with OCD.

How do I test a cl level above 5, as my test kit goes to 5, unlike my AMPS which go to 11(guitar humor) ?

Since my 1st post I have been only using Clorox and Borax as needed. I test 2 times a day.

This morning I added 30oz Poly60 and 1.4 gal Clorox (big bottle).

Many Thanks,

Rob

[aylad]

You can force your test kit to test higher by taking one part pool water, mixed one part distilled water, mixing well, running the test, then multiplying your result x 2. If it still isn't reading high enough, use one part pool water and 2 parts distilled, test, then multiply x 3. (This is referred to around the forum as Carld's shotglass method! ). You'll lose a little accuracy with each dilution, but it'll get you in the ballpark.

If it was clear, and is now cloudy, Watermom's right, you need to shock the pool up to 15 ppm and keep it there until it clears and there's no overnight chlorine loss.

Janet

[LP Heaven]

Awesome - shot glasses and their contents are my specialty !

Will execute and report !

[Watermom]

Yep. What Janet said! I'm sure those couple of days where your cl dropped are the culprit. With a cya of 35, you have to keep the cl level between 3-6 ALL the time or it is an invitation to algae! Lotsa bleach and filtering 24/7 are what you need to do now to clear it.

I just modded your latest post in and got a chuckle from it!