Recent content by Richakn

Ok great - I'll keep going... the pool is looking cleaner by the day. One issue we seem to have developed though is (I think) white mold. Any tips for dealing with that? I read to backwash, brush, repeat etc. At least I think it's white mold - we live in a heavily wooded area so it's possible...

OCLT: lost 1.5ppm (3 drops) overnight. So v close. Pool also looking very clear. Gave it a good brush again today, we did have a little of what I think is white mold gathering on top (heavy rain raised the pool level and the skimmer wasn’t very effective for a day or so), so I backwashed...

Understood - 2 more gallons just applied. Will do the OCLT tonight. Thank you!

So we had a ton of rain this weekend (around 3/4 inch - maybe even an inch) so I left the pool be for a couple of days. It's looking very clear but the FC has some down from around 17 to 9 (I guess dilution played a part?). The pool is looking very clear and the 'dust' that I was brushing off...

How often should you backwash the filter during the SLAM process?

Great, thank you. I'll add a little more Chlroine to move the FC up from 15.5 back towards 20? One thing I find hard with the pool is we always have something in the bottom (worms, soil particules, etc). We are surrounded by garden beds and we get run off during storms. It seems to be a...

So last night I was at 34 drops and this morning I'm at 31 drops - so at 0.5ppm per drop, I lost 1.5ppm overnight. Is that considered acceptible? I know the guidance says 1ppm is the target - this is close enough or should I consider this still problematic and continue to Slam? The pool water...

Perfect, thank you. IT is hard to measure the FC with so many drops, which is why I was unsure earlier if I was at 19 or 20. I'll let it be know until tonight and do the OCLT.

My CYA is currently about 50-55. I just tested FC and I'm at 17. I added a gallon of 10% and it should take me up to about 23 based on the calculator. The pool is looking pretty clear but there is dust/debris (I assume algae particules, although we do get run off from the garden beds when there...

I managed to get my hands on some liquid chlorine yesterday, took it up to about 19-20 FC. I tested last night and was at about 17 FC and this morning I was around 14-15 FC. So I lost 2-3ppm overnight. So I think that means the chlorine is still working again whatever algae is left on the pool...

Hypo

I have the Taylor FAS/DPD So I need to: 1) Lower PH 2) get some liquid Chlorine and get that Free Chlorine level up to about 20 per the charts (CYA at 50) and keep it there for a few days How do I work out how much liquid chlorine to add to get up to 20 FC (15,000 gallon pool)? Should I turn...

I just opened my pool (April 27th) and I'm currently in Chlorine Lock. The company that opened added shock and I added a little more over the weekend and the pool slowly went from very brown/green to a solid looking blue (maybe with a tint of green, so maybe I'm not quiet there). I added Salt...