My pools chlorine level is at 10 but my pool is still milky green!?

Question

We have put in pleanty of algae stuff in the past week and shocked it like crazy per the pool store that tested the water. It is still milky green. My ph is 7.2 but my TA is really low. Could this be the problem? How can I fix this quickly. My kids are driving crazy to swim.

Answer 1

You've just wasted a whole lot of money on chemicals for nothing.

Once the water turns green, it MUST be drained.  The pool needs an acid bath, a strong pressure-wash rinse, then to be refilled & chemically treated daily with chlorine.  Using a floating chlorinator is best, removing it when swimming.

You need this done by a professional pool cleaner, not some store that has no clue what to do to help.  The store's goal is to sell you chemicals that you really don't need.  

I grew up around a pool.  My grandparents' house has one.  I remember my grandfather checking the chlorine daily. My grandma & I learned to check the chlorine too.   I also remember he knew how to do the acid bath, pressure wash rinse & refilled the pool.  Sure, we were lucky because the neighbor a few doors down had a pool cleaning service & would help whenever they could by loaning the pressure washer, acid wash & whatever else was needed.

Answer 2

Have you tried Clarifyer? it usually takes the milky look away

Answer 3

to clean your pool within 24 your use hydro floc  32oz per 25000

gallons of water squirt into pool and let run for a hour by morning the following day everthing will settle to the bottom and vaccum to waste. but if the algae is that bad and will not go away after multiple shocks than you might what to have your pool water checked for phosphate  the algae use it as a food source and no matter how much you shock  it will not go away just had the same problem. phosphate should stay under 100 ppb that is billion not ppm  mine was at1500ppb because of crop dusters spraing nearby fields.

Answer 4

Take a sample to the supplier you get your chemicals from...they'll test it and make the appropriate recommendation.

Answer 5

there is a company called united chemical tha makes a product called "easy alkilinity"-it will raise the alkilinity without affecting PH too much....add this and run filter 24/7 for a few days...you may have to backwash filter a few times...completely take apart and clean filter when pool clears up

Answer 6

The total alkalinity does need to be adjusted before the chlorine can do its job.

Whatever you do, don't drain the pool if your pool is inground and has a vinyl liner or is fiberglass!