Water Problem With Above Ground Pool

by Frank
(Fortville, IN)

Your site was my angel in disguise, on leveling and site prep, four inches higher, followed all suggestions and purchased 3 tons of packing sand and went to work, started to fill the pool and was 3/4 inch off, started to worry but got to half way and was 1/2 inch off, kept going and at skimmer level was perfect, but then it fell apart for me, I shocked the pool and within 10 Min it turned green, now what do I do?



Hi Frank. There are several things you can do, but the most important is to let the filter run. Let the filter run until your water is clear. You could then shock the water again.

If you have not yet used stabilizer I would do that, it prevents the sun from removing all the chlorine as fast as you put it in.

You might also take a water sample in to a local pool store, but be careful; their job is to sell chemicals. So not everything they recommend is really what you need, in a lot of cases. The biggest thing is to let that filter run. Keep it cleaned out and let it run, that will keep your water clean.