Need some help: Blue-Green Cloudy Water

[CelticDaddio]

Water finally starting to clear. At what chlorine level can we get back to swimming? I have seen sevaral products whose instructions say DO NOT swim until chlorine level is 5 ppm or lower. If I need to keep my FC 5-10 all the time, these products must be wrong.... right?

Ed

Yes, it is just a shock level. Actually with a cya of 70, you need to keep your chlorine level between 5-10 ALL the time and your shock level would be about 20. It may take a few days of maintaining the high cl levels to clear it. Run your pump 24/7 while you are trying to clear the water. Also, your TA is too high. Read the sticky at the top of the alk forum on steps to lower it to 80-125. Good luck.

[CelticDaddio]

Two days (or so with) FC = 25. I didn't think I was seeing much difference until I look at previous pictures and new pictures:





Still cloudy but getting bluer....

Ed

Water finally starting to clear. At what chlorine level can we get back to swimming? I have seen sevaral products whose instructions say DO NOT swim until chlorine level is 5 ppm or lower. If I need to keep my FC 5-10 all the time, these products must be wrong.... right?

Ed

[fcfrey]

Go to my thread in the china shop http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php?t=3920 There is a lot of information there but you can draw your own conclusions from there.

[Pool_Mike]

I was wondering the same!


In the last couple of days......... and still counting, that my pool is starting to look like yours.

I am sure its all the rain were getting here in Central Texas. I was really worried, why, why, why my pool was looking / turning green. To find out, this pool will need to be shocked!!

I just don't really want to shock it yet. Suppose to be all week/weekend were getting at least 50% rain per day. So all I have really been doing is backwash to drain my pool from over-flowing.

I am sure due to all the rain, that is why my pool is starting to turn green. For almost a year owning the pool, this is the 1st time I ever seen my pool look the way it is.

Mike