Green water

Algae problems in swimming pool water.
Green (cloudy) water or slimy pool walls.
Black algae. Mustard algae. Pink or white pool mold.
ncshantyshaker
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My Pool: 24 foot above ground pool vinyle liner sand filter holds approximately 14000 gal of water
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Green water

Postby ncshantyshaker » Sun 17 May, 2009 13:23

pool has set a yr. Been green since last year. was told by pool shop to leave open all yr. took water to pool shop. They tested an these are the results temp 85, sat index 1.1, tds800, cya 25 , tot chlorine 0, free chlorine 0 , ph >8.8 tot alk. 72 , adj tot alk 64 , tot hardness 180 , manganese no , cloudy none , staining none , green algae extensive , black algae no , mustard algae no , slime mold no ,. Add 16 lbs alk , 4.25 ph slo n go , 3.5 lbs stablizer , 2 bags burn out , 11 oz power floc , 3 bags burn out an 22 ozs of banish. 18 ozs of back up. this still didnt do anything. Took water back to shop and they done a combined chlorine test. which came up 0 They said to add 31 bags of shock. someone else said to use bleach. kind of confused what to do so in the last 24 hrs ive put in 10 bags or lbs of shock and 10 gallons of bleach. still dont have chlorine smell but water looks liter in color. please does anyone have any ideas. Live in country have to have water hauled in. please give me a respnce Thanks Aaron


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Green water

Postby chem geek » Sun 17 May, 2009 15:28

Turning Your Green Swamp Back Into a Sparkling Oasis. It takes a LOT of chlorine. Get a good test kit and keep adding chlorine until you start to get a Free Chlorine (FC) measurement then keep the FC at 40% of the Cyanuric Acid (CYA) level until the pool is clear. Keep the pump running, brush, and clean the filter if the pressure rises.
ncshantyshaker
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Joined: Fri 15 May, 2009 15:18
My Pool: 24 foot above ground pool vinyle liner sand filter holds approximately 14000 gal of water
Location: north carolina

Green water

Postby ncshantyshaker » Mon 18 May, 2009 15:38

I`ve got new reading now. Algae is dead new readings are as follows. sat. index 0.7, tds 900, cya 151 , tot chlorine 10 , free chlorine 10 , ph 8.1 , tot alk .161 , adj alk 116 , tot hardness 199 , cloudy extensive , staining none , quat not tested , green algae none , black algae none , , Any more ideas, Just added a whole bottle of power floc. Thanks AAron

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