Hi everyone, this is my second year owning an AG pool (see details in the signature). Last year the pool was basically easy peasy maintenance with clear water and following all the pool store recs and used the frogger infuser for chlorine. Fast forward to this year and it's been a constant struggle with cloudy water and what I strongly suspect is a constant battle against algae. We run the filter 24/7, FWIW.
I stumbled upon this community via google search. After reading some of the old threads I think I have a much better understanding that it's likely an algae bloom I'm constantly fighting off. In summary, I switched to NST tablets upon opening because CYA was too high and then CYA got too low so I am now back on Frogger system. Two weeks ago chlorine demand seemed really high. I'd shock and it would go back to zero (per test strips) in almost 48-72 hours. So I ended up shocking 3x in 1 week with cal hypo 1 lb. The phosphorus readings have also been super high so I added 56 oz of phosphorus remover per the pool store recs. Then I was advised to flocc...yes, yes this was probably a big mistake... but isn't hindsight always 20/20?
Despite "balanced" water, my pool is still SO CLOUDY! I can't even see a few inches deep (it's a 4 ft pool). Should I just start adding liquid chlorine and wait for my own test kit to arrive? I'm also holding off on the additional phos remover for now. I'm so frustrated! Thank you in advance for any insight and assistance.
PS I hate to think the really nice pool store folks are being anything but helpful to the best of their abilities. It's a local business and they seem to have very knowledgeable, experienced staff.
I stumbled upon this community via google search. After reading some of the old threads I think I have a much better understanding that it's likely an algae bloom I'm constantly fighting off. In summary, I switched to NST tablets upon opening because CYA was too high and then CYA got too low so I am now back on Frogger system. Two weeks ago chlorine demand seemed really high. I'd shock and it would go back to zero (per test strips) in almost 48-72 hours. So I ended up shocking 3x in 1 week with cal hypo 1 lb. The phosphorus readings have also been super high so I added 56 oz of phosphorus remover per the pool store recs. Then I was advised to flocc...yes, yes this was probably a big mistake... but isn't hindsight always 20/20?
Despite "balanced" water, my pool is still SO CLOUDY! I can't even see a few inches deep (it's a 4 ft pool). Should I just start adding liquid chlorine and wait for my own test kit to arrive? I'm also holding off on the additional phos remover for now. I'm so frustrated! Thank you in advance for any insight and assistance.
PS I hate to think the really nice pool store folks are being anything but helpful to the best of their abilities. It's a local business and they seem to have very knowledgeable, experienced staff.