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I will be replacing the sand when this is all done. I alrerady have the bags in the shed waiting. Today the pool look sort of a clear light greenish-yellow. So from the photos i have looked at, I am hoping I am still on the right track.

The pool is a clear green now. I can see the bottom and there is alot of what looks like yellow or tannish clumps on the floor of the pool. When I brush it they just turn to clouds. What is that? Is this normal? No FC showing up on the test strip yet. What should I do next? Add more or just leave it filter?

The Calcium in the pool was 191 on the last test. The pool is still green this morning. It looks bad. I can't see the photos. All I get is "You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post." You think I should add more Chlorine? I have already added eight pounds.

Thank you, I read a few of the threads that might pertan to me. I am guessing that my green water is ok for now. I guess thats to be expexted, right? I just did a test strip and got 0 on the Clorine level. I am not sure if that is what I want. I did back wash just enough to bring the pressure back. The water is still green and I have no chlorine level yet. Am I on the right track.

4 hours after and now the pressure is way up on the filter. It is barly moving the water. I am not sure if I should backwash or not....

Hello! I'm so happy I found this place. I really need help. Heres my story: I have an above ground, sand filter running 12 hours a day, 30ft round pool, 4 feet deep. (23000 gal) It is 7 years old. I have always used baquacil up until this year. I wanted to switch to Chlorine when I opened the pool this year. I opened the pool three weeks ago. The water was clear and clean when the cover came off. I filled it the rest of the way with city water. (since it was only half full over the winter.) I added no chemicals. Took a sample to the pool store and explained I wanted to switch to Chlorine now. Water was tested and I was told to shock with non chlorine shock first. I did that. I then added chemicals to bring everything in line. However I still have no FC at all. I was told to with Calcium Hypochlorite 2 pounds granules. Still no reading on FC Three days later I was told to shock with three pounds of 78% Calcium Hypochlorite to super shock the pool. Today....still no FC Water was tested this morning, here are the results: FC 0.0 TC 0.7 CC 0.7 Alkalinity 75 ph 7.3 Calcium Hardness 191 Cyanuric Acid 32 Copper 0 Iron 0 Saturation index -0.63 The pool store told me I needed to reach a breakpoint, since something was eating up my chlorine. I was told to add EIGHT pounds of Calcium Hypochlorite 78%. I did that by adding 4 pounds and waiting one hour and adding another 4 pounds. I did all this and two hours later and now my pool is GREEN! Through all this the water had always been crystal clear until I dumped all this shock in. Did I just really make things worse? What should I do? Thanks for any help you can offer. I am totally lost. How do I know if I reached the breakpoint? Should the water be green right now?