Yes. Just make sure it is unscented bleach and be aware that some off-brand "regular" bleach is very weak -- some are 5.25% but others are...

Well what you do is add Hydrocloric Acid, or alternative to this is to increase your chlorine levels to a shock which will also ultimately lower your...

Before you do shock try running your filter for a good 24 hr period, that will reduce chlorine consumption a bit.

This is especially true if the...

Come back to us with COLOUR of the ALGAE.

I suspect it to be black, this is mostly the case coz of poor circulation.

A quick fix is to use a...

First off the green you mentioned would be copper stain which is probably to do with your constant shocking.

As for yr cloudy water I would...

Elisee:

When you have cloudy water what you dont want to do this minute is to add baking soda this will increase the carbonates in your water....

sorry some readings.

ph 7.2

total hardness 200

TA 240

FC 0

TC 0.5

HELP?

It's hard to say without knowing your test numbers. What you saw could be the aluminum in the pole corroding in the water. I could see how you could...

lol , boy are you right! we have to use Well Water to fill up our pool. We usualy dont have a problem with it... if we have to fill it it gets kinda...

can't get color to work :( :? :cry:

If this above ground pool is one that is a pump and filter together combo, you first need to take out small filter and clean once a week.

Did you...

Make sure your running your filter at this time of year 8hrs a day and after a big algae problem awlays clean filter not just back wash.

Remember...

Heres the results to the test from the store today, i have a taylor kit on the way. I ordered it yday.

FC- 5
Water PH- 6.5 (+40)
TA- 50
Calcium...

If the chlorine goes down significantly overnight, not just during the day, then the chlorine is most likely fighting a nascent algae bloom, and...

This is the first year I have had a pool. I also had the green water. Now it's cloudy, been that way for over a week. I used a floc and for the first...

Pool User,

"in normal range" doesn't mean anything because the normal ranges proposed by the pool industry of Free Chlorine (FC) between...

first don't always listen to you have to buy a "good test kit" thats sometimes sounds salesmen-y

Call it what you want but every pool...

24 by 24 above ground had my water test today they said my levels are normal, told me i should of changed my sand i inform then i change my sand...

UPDATE: My pool is clear and I can actually see the bottom.
Thanks for all your help!

Woohoo! NOW...stay on top of it, don't let your chlorine drop...

The chlorine level reads 1.0 which is ideal for my pool

:shock:

You need a bare minimum of 3ppm at all times...more if your CYA is high. Your...