Can You Use Liquid Bleach To Shock a Green Pool ?

Anytime you backwash, rinse it also. And you want to turn the multiport just one way. Clockwise. Going Clockwise then counter Clockwise will cause it to leak.

Walmart has a pool chlorine now, with much higher concentration of sodium hypochlorite (chlorine), so you don't need as much of it. You want a low pH for when you need to shock. (raise it when the algae is all gone) Alkalinity should be 50-60 ppm and it is to keep the pH from going up and down wildly - stabilizes the pH. As others have said, your CYA is absolutely crazy, and there is only one way to lower it: Drain a large portion of your water and refill. That should be your FIRST step! Once the CYA is around 50-60, you can determine how much chlorine you need. Otherwise, you're spinning your heels and adding more BBB than you need. First step is always to get your CYA under control - you're flying blind until that happens! But thank you for taking the time to make the video.

Finally. Crystal clear. End to end it took a week. Thanks a lot. You saved me a LOT of money. Bless you and your family. Stay safe.

When things get out of hand I usually take a water sample down to my pool supply store and have my water tested. I then use my Taylor K-2005 test kit to confirm findings. I found this video somewhat helpful in the fact the guy didn't spend that much, maybe $50 and got a clearer pool. Draining and refilling costs more, especially with start up chemicals. One thing I noticed, if he dumped 2X the amount of store bought bleach as it's only 6% vs 11% chlorine from the pool store. Also test strips are not that accurate and I personally can't rely on them, especially the ones from Clorox with the app. One minute it says add PH Up and the 2nd test says add PH down. Also his cyanuric acid was very high, as poster chuckschilling mentioned. It's been my experience that CYA readings at 200 and above cause problems. It's basically an uphill battle if not addressed.

Thanks for showing this. I have a 36ftx18ft kidney shape pool that is 25,000 gallon pool. It would cost too much for me to clean myself.

Your pH was fine, but your cyanuric acid was off the chart. The reason your pool was green was because your cyanuric acid was so high it is binding all the chlorine up and making it completely ineffective. You need to drain and refill that pool.

Dude Thanks so much for the information I have the Round Above ground pool. This Really helped me A lot. Will be shutting the Pool down in October and Covering it till next year. U never would have thought to use B.Soda.

One important thing with the dial on your filter base. Always, and I mean ALWAYS turn your valve CLOCKWISE when turning to a different setting. NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO. Always clockwise, never back it up, make a full circle if you have to. I learned the hard way.

I can't believe you don't have more 'Like's. Really good tips.

Assuming the strips were accurate (which most strips are NOT) the the issue was, as others have pointed out, the high CYA. And completely false assumptions about household bleach, Total Alkalinity being an issue, and a complete lack of understanding about pool chemistry. For the CYA, 30-50 max as the test strip container says. But, even 50 is pretty high. I keep my customers pools between 20-30. Chlorine tabs continually add CYA and IMO, should never or rarely be used. Household bleach is not strong enough to really 'shock'. because you would need such a high volume that the high pH (around 14) increases the pH of the water to a level where the chlorine is not effective. The higher your pH the less effective the chlorine is...at a pH of 8, the effectiveness is near 0. Adding the baking soda also increased your pH. The recommended chlorine level for algae kill is 30ppm. If you had been using 'pool' chlorine (12% chlorine instead of 3-5% found in household bleach) you would have needed 4.42 gallons of 12% chlorine bleach to raise chlorine level to 30ppm. I looked close to see if the bottles of bleach you used had a % on the label and did not see it. So, that generic bleach was probably 5% max chlorine and probably less. 7 bottles wouldn't have introduced even remotely enough. 1# of a 65% chlorine powdered shock is = about 80 ounces of 12% chlorine. To you, and everyone else, go check out https://www.troublefreepool.com It's a great website designed to give the pool owner the CORRECT information. I am not associated with that website in any way. I am a pool service contractor.

Shock and cover the pool and shut out sunlight and algae will disappear. Glad I got an automatic cover. Worth it!

Your cya levels are insane. That’s the issue

We only have a small pool - 5,000 litres (1,300 gallons). All I ever use basically is bleach and baking soda.

Your CYA level is at 300ppm according to your test strip. It should be 30-50ppm. At 300 you are in the dreaded Chlorine Lock, that's why the 7 gallons didn't kill everything overnight. Also baking soda raises the pH but does very little to TA. To raise your TA, you better use Bicarbonate.

My pool has had the same problem. The shade of green of your pool is wild! Maybe we have a different algae here in NJ. On the CYA level, did you by chance add a lot of stabilizer during the year? What a pain to keep everything balanced. Great video, man. If possible, get the big container of liquid chlorine from a pool store. It does the job fast. Good work.

Household bleach is CHLORINE (in dilute liquid form). Shock is CHLORINE (in concentrated granular form). You can use either to treat a green pool

good chlorine level is between 1.0 and 4.0 parts per million (ppm), while the pH should be between 7.2 and 7.8.  A 5 ppm mix would be 8 drops per gallon.(0.55ml) 1 ppm equates to about 1.5 drops each gallon.(0.10 ml).

Just pump the pool empty. Then refill it, you will complete the job the same day. Add a suction hose from your pool pump to the center of the pool. I emptied my 13000 gallon inground pool. Pressure washed it, then refilled it on Friday. Buy a small electric sump pump and wash the green algae to the pump's suction with a water hose. I never treat a green pool anymore. The cost of the water was maybe 30 bucks, and the pool looked new again.

Bleach at supermarket is only 6%. Buy stronger stuff, 10% - 12%. More effect.

Very very helpful..& economical..thank you😊