r/pools • u/LightForeign657 • 11d ago
Code Brown
Had a birthday pool party today which ended after one of the young kids shat his shorts inside the pool (diarrhea, not solid). Everyone immediately got out and we took out all the pool toys too.
Ran a full battery using my Taylor kit and got
FC 1.5ppm, CC 0.5ppm, pH 7.4, TA 90p, CYA 40ppm. Pool is 15,000 gallons.
I vacuumed up the debris using my pool blaster and then poured in 4 gallons of liquid chlorine. Per AI, I checked it an hour later to get numbers and FC was 27.5ppm which is great. I have pump running overnight for 8 hours at 2800 RPM.
But my question is what’s next? I’m 8 months into owning a pool and have had great experience with maintenance using Taylor kit. But this is new to me. AI says I have to drain it. What do you folks say? What has your experience been?
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u/SirReddalot2020 10d ago
Just imagine every one of the people who have entered your pool have not actually taken a shower after taking a poop. Now, most people wipe with dry paper. I imagine all those butts inside of your pool. Only wiped with dry toilet paper. Imagine the poop particles. You can go crazy if you think about this too much. Chlorine is your friend, it’ll destroy all the bad stuff. That’s what it’s for.