green pool: like black/green pool

[Watermom]

What is the volume of your pool?

[bazman]

~10,000 gallons

[aylad]

In a 10K gallon pool, 2 gallons of 6% bleach will take the chlorine to shock level at 12 ppm. I'm assuming you have no stabilizer. You need to get the chlorine up to 12-15 ppm, keeping it there by testing and adding more chlorine as often as possible to maintain that 12-15 until the water clears. Each 3 cups of bleach will raise your FC by 1 ppm, so you can use that as a guide to figure out how much you need to add each time. Brush it daily, keep your pump/filter running 24/7 and clean filter as needed. This will help it clear. If you will scoop out anything you see on the bottom, it will help. The key is going to be getting it up to shock level and keeping it there.

Janet

[bazman]

spent a lot of time cleaning out the pool yesterday.
added 1.75gl of 6% clorine (clorox) at 3:30
have a aqua rover that picks up from the floor, independendent of the filter. emptied it 8/9 times. that was full of thick slimey gunk and some fir tree leaves (which are like little pins).
it did seem to get les as the day progressed.
i backwahsed 5/6 times.
at 7:30pm, i added another 1.75gl.
it was still v dark green going to bed. i did not test, as i thought there was no chemical change.
i left the filter on high all night.
this morning, the pool had turned mustard, so it seems i am making progress.
had to catch a train for work, so no time to test again. will do so when i get home.
called my wife, and she added about 1 more gallon of 6%.

[Watermom]

Post a complete set of current water testing results this evening, please. The more times per day that you (or somebody) can test and each time, add enough bleach to get back to shock level, the faster this clean up will go. Adding one gallon will only take you up to 6ppm, not high enough. You need to be adding however much it takes to get to 12ppm each time.