kamidoug

Thank you all for the response---we are working hard on getting this pool ready for next weekend. My husband vaccumed it out and we realized that at the bottom of the pool was a TON of some sort of soot stuff. We are continuing this everyday. Another question, on the sides of my fiberglass pool there is brown stains---how do I get this off?

How much liquid bleach should I use? My pool is 17, 000 gallons. I have already added 100 pounds of shock to it, but it is still chocolate brown---my pool company told me to only leave my filter on recirculate--but now after reading the board, I think I should move it to filter, then backwash every day.

Ok--my husband and I have earned the award of being the STUPIDEST people in the world!!! We just turned off the filter last fall, and did not maintain the pool all winter. Now we have a green swamp land. We put in 50 pounds of shock which turned the water from green to brown (poop brown!!) I have since added another 50 pounds of shock to it, and it is still poop brown. I have not filtered the water--my pool supply store told me to only run the 'recirculate'. If anyone has any advice--PLEASE help!!! I have a 17,000 gallon pool.