Well I got rid of the swarming ants.   Thank God.  That was tooooooooooo creepy.

so it's been a few days and I tested it.

the chlorine color tun so red it I had to double check to make sure I used the right bottle.

It was waaaaay off the chart.  

Anyone seen this?

Did you super shock your pool?

Did you super shock your pool?

thats what it looks like. You wont be able to go swimming for a week ;D stick a water hose in it that should help bring it down.

Yup

I dun shocked the %hit out of it.

Guess  I overdid it a little eh?

thanks guys.

I'm off to the professtionals to see if they can salvage the damage.

other than draining and adding fresh water try the following:

After Shock, found at:

http://www.jacksmagic.com

go to "about our stuff"

On a similar note, i would consider switching over to a salt system. Forgive me if you already have one or know about them...but a salt system is wonderful. you add salt to your pool and it cycles through a cell that generates chlorine, and then pushes it into the pool. it will continually generate chlorine as long as you have enough salt. I add 40# of salt 2-3 times a year. And no, it's not like swimming in the ocean. far from it. most folks couldnt tell you if it was a salt pool or not. if you've been in a new pool built in the last 5-6 years there is a good chance it was a salt pool. to switch over a system will run you a bit though...maybe 800-1000 bucks...but well worth it.

and if you ever have to "shock" your pool, all you do is click a button on the system to "super chlorinate" and bam, 12 hours later or so you're back in with plenty of chlorine...again, without adding any chemicals.  And it wont allow you to over shock.  it will shut off.

good luck

I'm envisioning a colony of flying ants going about their business until they unsuspectingly go flying over Avids pool with a chlorine cloud rising above it...

they never knew what hit 'em.   ;D