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What should you do after shocking your pool 3 times and it is still green and not holding chlorine?
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Best thing to do is drain in, scrub it, and then refil. I have done the same and time-wise...its a waste. Not to mention all the $$$ in chemicals used. Its best to just pay the water bill. Dump in a 15 pound bucket of pool conditioner (I used EZ Clor) and your pool will stay clear and hardly need any chlorine for the entire season. We add stabilizer 2 times a season to help stop the chlorine from evaporating. That first answer was from someone who is clueless. First, check your alkalinity. If too low (80 or less) than any shock you put in the water will not work and your throwing your money away. Add baking soda (from Sam's $5.50 15 lb) accordingly and then shock it when level of alkalinity is reached. This is a tried and true lesson I learned and saves me a lot of money. If the water is real green to start, use Yellow Out and then follow the above instructions.
Answ:: Water is a precious commodity - use it wisely ~ 25,000 to 40,000 gal. of water is a lot to waste. Besides, draining your pool in many cities could bring a huge fine. You have to be careful with what you add to your pool ~ you can not just indiscriminantly just "throw in" chemicals. There are formulas for just about everything that will go into your pool. You should follow then closely. (plaster pools)......
Firstly, if your filter is dirty, most of the chlorine you add to the pool will be used up in the dirty filter. Clean the filter first, adjust the pH, and in the case above you need to go to what is known as "break point chlorination" essentially a shock but more intensive. You need 10.0 ppm chlor. You have to overcome many things in the water to reach a point where you get a chlorine residual high enough to react to the contaminants. Run filter 24/7. At this point do not worry about your conditioner level until you have cleaned your pool and have backwashed the filter again and have really clear water. At that point return to normal cycle run time - see below. You do need to brush 2 to 4 times per day during the clean-up process to let the chlor react with the algae on the walls and floor. Concentrate on the worst green spots first.
Formula for conditioner is 5# per 10K water. Goal: 50 to 80 ppm cond. Normal filtration times = 8 to 14 hrs per day.
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