Hello,

I have been reading as much as I can on the forum over the past month since we attempted to open our pool. This is our 4th year with a pool, and we started right off on the forum with the BBB method. Unfortunately, by the time we were done building the pool, we didn't have any money for a cover. So every year we have to filter and vacuum like crazy, and combining that with BBB, it usually takes us about 7 days to open the pool. This season has thrown us for a loop, and needless to say, we are frustrated. First, we have had nothing but problems with our Polaris vacuum, so we've had to wait for parts for that, and then when we learned that we needed to aerate to bring the TA down, our deck jets ended up not working and needing new parts as well. All those parts finally came in this week and the Polaris has been running, along with the deck jets, continually for 48 hours.

Here are today's numbers:

FC 11 (4 days ago- 20)
CC 1
TC 12
pH 7.4 (4 days ago- 6.8)
TA 190 (4 days ago- 170)
CH 170 (4 days ago- 120)
CYA 20 (4 days ago- 0)

Out of curiosity, I decided to test my hose tap water today as well:
FC <.5
CC 3.5
TC <4
pH 8.3
TA 100
CH 30


Our frustration has been the relentless cloudy pool. Today makes it 28 days since we opened it, which is 4 times longer than any year prior. Too add to the issue, we started getting scaling on the tile a day ago.

Besides the 5 gallons of 6% bleach that I will add tonight, does anyone have any advice for me?

Thank you!
Shannon