Hopefully this is the best off place to be posting this. First time
poster- just got assigned to my parents' pool (6 ft. under ground
pool). moslty just needed a good skimming and brushdown- well
enough... i needed the exercise and tan Also noticed a bit of algae
growing on the corners and near the skimmer intake. Gave it a good
scrub and gave me the decision to shock it with this stuff in their
garage.

But the water is still a real murky color. At first it was more green,
but after getting rid of all the debris, clearing filters and throwing
in a quick bag of SHOCK... the murk seems to be turning more a blue
color. How would I got about making it crystal clear? We have lots of
chemicals in the garage, pH decreaser, shock, algae killer, some other
assorted. What will be the next step?

Thanks for any thoughts all.

On Mar 21, 1:11 pm, "Shinnokxz" wrote:
Hopefully this is the best off place to be posting this. First time
poster- just got assigned to my parents' pool (6 ft. under ground
pool). moslty just needed a good skimming and brushdown- well
enough... i needed the exercise and tan Also noticed a bit of algae
growing on the corners and near the skimmer intake. Gave it a good
scrub and gave me the decision to shock it with this stuff in their
garage.

But the water is still a real murky color. At first it was more green,
but after getting rid of all the debris, clearing filters and throwing
in a quick bag of SHOCK... the murk seems to be turning more a blue
color. How would I got about making it crystal clear? We have lots of
chemicals in the garage, pH decreaser, shock, algae killer, some other
assorted. What will be the next step?

Thanks for any thoughts all.

Keep filtering, working the pH, and chlorinating. Oh, and when the
chlorine levels fall back down, backwash the filter now and then. Then
do it all again. Keep at it. Tom

I have my doubt that the chlorination system works right. The pool
does not look chlorinated and it's on five with only half of the top
intake thing. I have my doubts about the pools intake pressure all
together.

"Shinnokxz" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hopefully this is the best off place to be posting this. First time
poster- just got assigned to my parents' pool (6 ft. under ground
pool). moslty just needed a good skimming and brushdown- well
enough... i needed the exercise and tan Also noticed a bit of algae
growing on the corners and near the skimmer intake. Gave it a good
scrub and gave me the decision to shock it with this stuff in their
garage.

But the water is still a real murky color. At first it was more green,
but after getting rid of all the debris, clearing filters and throwing
in a quick bag of SHOCK... the murk seems to be turning more a blue
color. How would I got about making it crystal clear? We have lots of
chemicals in the garage, pH decreaser, shock, algae killer, some other
assorted. What will be the next step?

Thanks for any thoughts all.



Find a pool supply and take a water sample in and have it tested. They will
point you in the right direction. Even with a home test kit it's hard to do
the entire test. If you shocked the pool your chlorine will most likely look
right. I guess they gave you no instructions

On 21 Mar 2007 14:11:01 -0700, "Shinnokxz"
wrote:

Hopefully this is the best off place to be posting this. First time
poster- just got assigned to my parents' pool (6 ft. under ground
pool). moslty just needed a good skimming and brushdown- well
enough... i needed the exercise and tan Also noticed a bit of algae
growing on the corners and near the skimmer intake. Gave it a good
scrub and gave me the decision to shock it with this stuff in their
garage.

But the water is still a real murky color. At first it was more green,
but after getting rid of all the debris, clearing filters and throwing
in a quick bag of SHOCK... the murk seems to be turning more a blue
color. How would I got about making it crystal clear? We have lots of
chemicals in the garage, pH decreaser, shock, algae killer, some other
assorted. What will be the next step?

Thanks for any thoughts all.


Keep testing the water once a week and add chemicals as needed. Don't
expect overnight changes. Adding Shock will cause other fluctuations
to happen. Keep filters clean. Read and follow all directions.

"Shinnokxz" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hopefully this is the best off place to be posting this. First time
poster- just got assigned to my parents' pool (6 ft. under ground
pool). moslty just needed a good skimming and brushdown- well
enough... i needed the exercise and tan Also noticed a bit of algae
growing on the corners and near the skimmer intake. Gave it a good
scrub and gave me the decision to shock it with this stuff in their
garage.

But the water is still a real murky color. At first it was more green,
but after getting rid of all the debris, clearing filters and throwing
in a quick bag of SHOCK... the murk seems to be turning more a blue
color. How would I got about making it crystal clear? We have lots of
chemicals in the garage, pH decreaser, shock, algae killer, some other
assorted. What will be the next step?

Thanks for any thoughts all.


My thoughts:

(You asked for any)

1. Drain the pool.
2. Clean the filter. (You failed to include the important part about if it
is a sand, DE, or cartridge filter.)
3. Hose down and scrub the pool surface, acid washing if necessary, if only
lightly.
4. Refill pool with new water.
5. Replace or clean contents of filter. Make sure inside of filter is up
to snuff. If it's a cartridge, you can clean it. If it's DE, remove the
DE, and make sure all your screens and assembly are okay.
6. Invest in a cyanuric acid test kit. Cyanuric acid is the stabilizer
that is added to chlorine to keep it from evaporating and going into the
atmosphere. You will need to buy a bottle of stabilizer with the new water.
Once your cyanuric acid level is right, you will use LOTS AND LOTS less
chlorine, and you only have to check it like once a year unless you drain
and refill the pool.
7. From there, get a good test kit, and don't really spend a lot on phUP
and phDOWN chemicals because if you got it right, you won't have big ph
swings.

You asked for any opinions. Mine are to start with clean water, put the
right chemicals in there, and start correctly from square one. Who knows
what happened in that pool in the past. You think you're going to clean out
all that gook and end up with clean clear water?

I don't think so, Tim.

START with clean clear water.

Steve

"Steve B" wrote in message
...

"Shinnokxz" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hopefully this is the best off place to be posting this. First time
poster- just got assigned to my parents' pool (6 ft. under ground
pool). moslty just needed a good skimming and brushdown- well
enough... i needed the exercise and tan Also noticed a bit of algae
growing on the corners and near the skimmer intake. Gave it a good
scrub and gave me the decision to shock it with this stuff in their
garage.

But the water is still a real murky color. At first it was more green,
but after getting rid of all the debris, clearing filters and throwing
in a quick bag of SHOCK... the murk seems to be turning more a blue
color. How would I got about making it crystal clear? We have lots of
chemicals in the garage, pH decreaser, shock, algae killer, some other
assorted. What will be the next step?

Thanks for any thoughts all.


My thoughts:

(You asked for any)

1. Drain the pool.
2. Clean the filter. (You failed to include the important part about if
it is a sand, DE, or cartridge filter.)
3. Hose down and scrub the pool surface, acid washing if necessary, if
only lightly.
4. Refill pool with new water.
5. Replace or clean contents of filter. Make sure inside of filter is up
to snuff. If it's a cartridge, you can clean it. If it's DE, remove the
DE, and make sure all your screens and assembly are okay.
6. Invest in a cyanuric acid test kit. Cyanuric acid is the stabilizer
that is added to chlorine to keep it from evaporating and going into the
atmosphere. You will need to buy a bottle of stabilizer with the new
water. Once your cyanuric acid level is right, you will use LOTS AND LOTS
less chlorine, and you only have to check it like once a year unless you
drain and refill the pool.
7. From there, get a good test kit, and don't really spend a lot on phUP
and phDOWN chemicals because if you got it right, you won't have big ph
swings.

You asked for any opinions. Mine are to start with clean water, put the
right chemicals in there, and start correctly from square one. Who knows
what happened in that pool in the past. You think you're going to clean
out all that gook and end up with clean clear water?

I don't think so, Tim.

START with clean clear water.

Steve

I think draining the pool is a bit extreme, how often do you drain yours?
I think with the proper chemicals and cleaning the filters you can get a
handle on it.

On 21 Mar 2007 14:11:01 -0700, "Shinnokxz"
wrote:

Hopefully this is the best off place to be posting this. First time
poster- just got assigned to my parents' pool (6 ft. under ground
pool). moslty just needed a good skimming and brushdown- well
enough... i needed the exercise and tan Also noticed a bit of algae
growing on the corners and near the skimmer intake. Gave it a good
scrub and gave me the decision to shock it with this stuff in their
garage.

But the water is still a real murky color. At first it was more green,
but after getting rid of all the debris, clearing filters and throwing
in a quick bag of SHOCK... the murk seems to be turning more a blue
color. How would I got about making it crystal clear? We have lots of
chemicals in the garage, pH decreaser, shock, algae killer, some other
assorted. What will be the next step?

Thanks for any thoughts all.

It sounds like you killed the algae but left debris that is finer than
your filter. This debris is left to circulate and cloud the water.

If so you need a "Clarifier". Just add the clarifier to the water and
it will make the fine particles coagulate so that your filter can
remove them and produce crystal clear water.

"Sacramento Dave" writes:

"Steve B" wrote in message
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"Shinnokxz" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hopefully this is the best off place to be posting this. First time
poster- just got assigned to my parents' pool (6 ft. under ground
pool).
....
My thoughts:

(You asked for any)

1. Drain the pool.
....
I think draining the pool is a bit extreme, how often do you drain yours?

Not only extreme, but for an inground pool, dangerous.

"Dan Espen" wrote in message
...
"Sacramento Dave" writes:

"Steve B" wrote in message
...

"Shinnokxz" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hopefully this is the best off place to be posting this. First time
poster- just got assigned to my parents' pool (6 ft. under ground
pool).
...
My thoughts:

(You asked for any)

1. Drain the pool.
...
I think draining the pool is a bit extreme, how often do you drain
yours?

Not only extreme, but for an inground pool, dangerous.

I was just curious if I would get a reply. As you say draining the pool
is a last resort the deep end of my friends lifted one foot. ( ground water)
I would thing twice about taking advice from someone saying drain the pool,
they don't know what there talking about.

"Sacramento Dave" writes:

"Dan Espen" wrote in message
...
"Sacramento Dave" writes:

"Steve B" wrote in message
...

"Shinnokxz" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hopefully this is the best off place to be posting this. First time
poster- just got assigned to my parents' pool (6 ft. under ground
pool).
...
My thoughts:

(You asked for any)

1. Drain the pool.
...
I think draining the pool is a bit extreme, how often do you drain
yours?

Not only extreme, but for an inground pool, dangerous.

I was just curious if I would get a reply. As you say draining the pool
is a last resort the deep end of my friends lifted one foot. ( ground water)
I would thing twice about taking advice from someone saying drain the pool,
they don't know what there talking about.

I've been reading AHR for at least a year now
but so far no thread about the repair costs on a pool that's
popped out of the ground.

I guess it's a total loss.

My brother found someone to crawl under the raised pool and use a
shovel to get it back down.

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:07:42 -0400, Dan Espen
wrote:

"Sacramento Dave" writes:

"Dan Espen" wrote in message
...
"Sacramento Dave" writes:

"Steve B" wrote in message
...

"Shinnokxz" wrote in message
oups.com...
Hopefully this is the best off place to be posting this. First time
poster- just got assigned to my parents' pool (6 ft. under ground
pool).
...
My thoughts:

(You asked for any)

1. Drain the pool.
...
I think draining the pool is a bit extreme, how often do you drain
yours?

Not only extreme, but for an inground pool, dangerous.

I was just curious if I would get a reply. As you say draining the pool
is a last resort the deep end of my friends lifted one foot. ( ground water)
I would thing twice about taking advice from someone saying drain the pool,
they don't know what there talking about.

I've been reading AHR for at least a year now
but so far no thread about the repair costs on a pool that's
popped out of the ground.

I guess it's a total loss.

I've been fighting green algae as well. I understand that I have to
shock it and put in algaecide (which I did). I know you're supposed
to brush and backwash pretty often. After you backwash, do you need
to replace the DE every time? Just wondering as that's using a lot of
DE.

Thanks,
Brian

Make it uncomfortable for algae before you make it comfortable for
bathers.

Drop the pH to about 7.0 and add about 20-25 ppm chlorine (read the
dosing instructions on the label). It will clear up. Keep filtering.
When it's clear, balance the water.