Recent content by katwar

Duraleigh, The pool and pipes are 28 years old. My CYA was above 100. I did a 60% drain and refill before starting the treatment. I'm assuming since it took two years for the iron stains to show up that the source may be in the older pipes. I got my CYA down to 65 after the refill but now...

Performed ascorbic acid treatment for iron stains followed by the addition of Stain-Treat sequestrant one week ago today. Struggling unsuccessfully to keep chlorine up to min of 5 needed based on my CYA level due to treatment. Now have mustard algae from pool having zero chlorine for so long...

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I'm really really surprised, but the puck did indeed lighten it a bit. Tried on two different areas and both are def lighter. Not gone but lighter. Surprised because very few leaves, etc over the winter and such odd areas since it is on the sides and not bottom areas. And while I was...

And yes, I understand about even a small amount of the pucks raising the CYA. I have a HUGE baby frog season in my pool. I can't stand seeing them die such painful deaths in the chlorine. I have four frog logs but it doesn't take long in that water. I've saved as many as I can by doing rinses...

Thanks YippeeSkippy. I said "near perfect" only to indicate that there was never a period where my chemistry got out of whack that may have attributed to the stains. I keep my FC between 7 and 8. Higher than normal but because of CYA levels felt I needed to offset it by keeping FC higher. CC...

Bought this house two years ago. Re-plastered pool at that time. Converted over to using liquid bleach sanitizing program last summer thanks to wonderful folks here. In Houston and pool is open all year. Pool has never been used since re-plaster (I know, I know - long story). Have been...

Lisa, I actually posted all of my day losses in a post from yesterday. Bkfamily1 suggested I specifically see what my loss is overnight to determine whether I need to SLAM after my recent partial drain and refill. My losses during the day are pretty hefty. I am using the calculator to...

Bkfamily1, well this just keeps on getting more interesting. I did what you suggested and here are the results. I believe the last level I posted on here was yesterday morning at 10:30 am my FC was 6.5 Last night at 8:10 pm my FC was 4. Not a bad drop considering the UV levels. Based on...

I actually have relocated a good bunch of them down to a neighborhood pond. Didn't realize that another 100 were waiting to come into the world right after that. It's primarily the teeny tiny babies that jump into the pool and can't get back out. Once they're a week or so old they seem to...

BKfamily1, I will do this tonight. I will set my alarm on both ends to make sure I encompass the longest period I can with no sunlight. This was very well worded as to what I need to do and why. Thank you for such terrific instructions. My chlorinator is empty and set in the "off" position...

I can't honestly answer your question because I didn't keep track of my FC usage when I was using pucks and shock. I only tested about once a week to determine if I needed to shock and make sure overall chemistry was okay. I checked the chlorinator every week or so to make sure there were...

ChemGeek, I posted my chlorine usage since the refill in another message just a few minutes ago. Not sure if you saw that or not. Is that enough to tell you whether I need to SLAM or not? I plan on going in and reading all about the CYA/chlorine relationship and try to determine if I do need...

Leslie's has their 50 lb tubs of 3" pucks for $99 periodically and that's when I bought it....LOL. Not a huge deal but wanted to mention it. I use granular shock on average of once a month when my chlorine levels would get down kind of low. I'm not sure what you mean by pH up product. I...