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Success! I've kept aerating 24/7, shocked to FC10ppm (very little settlement so pretty sure I've got on top of mustard algae) & back washed x3 in last week. Water now clear as a bell. Chemistry still awry with pH 6.8 and high alkalinity etc as above- but I'll have to live with that I guess as I...

Hi Jason that's what I suspected. Any tips on the best way to do that- aerate or more chemicals? Cheers.

Apologies for the delay been very busy this week. Thanks for all the replies above. Since I last posted I shocked the pool to FC of 10. This helped a bit but the water remained quite cloudy. I got some algal drop out but not much so I'm confident cloudiness isn't algal but is chemical. I've...

Thanks Richard. I've found a good supplier of 14/15% Na hypochlorite and have 100l stocked up- I got that tip from TFPs last year. I just couldn't find a supplier of soda ash (at least selling less than 100kg at a time- although I thought I'd succeed with one chemical supplier until my expected...

Hi Jeff thanks for your reply. I did mean CYA. I will have a look at how to add my pool details at the bottom of posts. I'm just using dip sticks bought from local pool shop. They calibrated well with the readings taken by a pool pro I had out last year so I'm confident they're at least ball...

Hi new poster so please bear with me. SWG pool for three years and chemical balance has been a nightmare as it was set up by cowboy firm. Constant problems with mustard algae- initially told it was sand from the filter by two different "experts" but phosphate reduction (sorry!) end of last...