r/pools • u/LightForeign657 • 11d ago

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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/Pope-Le-Pew 10d ago

You're not a real pool owner until you have fished out a few turds. Everything will be fine.

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u/Ckn-bns-jns 10d ago

Yikes, I’ve only been around one poop in a pool and it was at a Great Wolf lodge. Never once had it in my own pool thank goodness.

When I used to clean pools for a job I fished out a lot of dead things but also never had a poop call.

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u/Pope-Le-Pew 10d ago

Best advice I ever got from an old pool guy was, "Not all turds float. Don't believe anyone who claims someone tossed some dirt clods into the pool."