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that's the "cloudiest" water I have ever seen. just kidding...nice!

oops ^^^^^^^ Richard beat me to it..but we are thinking of the same type of thing How about a stand alone water pump taking pool water and pumping it to a fountain style head for a water hose? Would be simple and easy, removable when pool in use. Would have to consider electrical safety...

CSI is less important for Vinyl pools but you can still get calcium scaling issues if you let the CSI number get too high +. Slowly drop your TA number (by using normal additions of MA to lower PH to 7.2 or so) and that might help slow down the PH rise you are seeing.

wlow60, Which model heater do you have and how many gallons is your pool. Based on your post, sounds like you have not isolated the spa for the heater and are heating both pool and spa which will take a long time (and use quite a lot of $). To isolate the spa for the heater you need to move...

OK, Good news your pool equipment is in good shape. You will still need a good pool water test kit as recommended on this site. It would be nice to test your fill water before hand to know if there will be any issues like super hard water or very low hardness. I guess you could take a...

I plugged your numbers into the pool calculator and get a CSI of -1.0 (water temp around 85 deg CSI is worse if water is colder). This is bad if you have a plaster pool. The water will want to etch calcium out of your plaster. Get your PH up to 7.5. If you have plaster, this might explain...

Re: New pool owner ...with a case of the "Chlorine Demand Bl Aerating is introducing air into the water via bubbles or splashes. You can aerate the pool by using your water features if you have them such as a spa overflow waterfall into the pool or even your return jets if you can angle them...

Salty, Congrats on the new house. First..where are you located and how much swim season do you think you have left? Before filling the pool, take time to inspect the pool surfaces for cracks or damage, look over the pool equipment and piping for anything broken. Have you tried the pump...

Most automated control systems have a manual mode or service mode that allows you to move individual valves..can you access this mode and change the suction to the spa but keep returns on for the pool. This will drain the spa like you want. What is happening in your picture. Looks like water...

Your plan sounds good. I would stop any use of cal-hypo and use bleach or liquid chlorine to do your shocking. Don't worry about TA right now. Concentrate on keeping the FC at mustard levels if you are sure its mustard algae. You are done shocking when you can pass all 3 of the three...

Food salt will also often have an anti caking additive like sodium silicoaluminate so that it does not clump.

Sounds like there may be a problem with the flow valve on top of the filter. how much flow comes out? lots or just a trickle? Is the amount different between filter and recirculate? I would disassemble it and inspect (with the pump off of course). If you are not mechanically inclined, it...

This seems like one instance where the base demand test in the K-2006 actually could be useful to determine how far off the PH was. As far as the chlorine level you need to hold and worries about swimming, its your high CYA level that is holding a lot of that chlorine in "reserve" so the...

Mastiff, The valve cannot let you draw water from both sources at once? I have this same set-up and can put the valve in a halfway position so my pool cleaner plugged into the wall port and the skimmer are both working..in fact this is how I set the proper intake suction on the pool cleaner by...

Re: Why the difference between FC levels here and manufactur What level of CYA are they using for that recommended FC level?

Bart, If you can post a full set of test results we can help you get a better understanding of where you pool is at. Finding the sweet spot for your TA level should help slow down the PH move. Adding Borates to the pool can help slow down PH drift. Most pools experience a rise in PH over time...

Before I found this site and converted to BBB practices, I had occasional slight algae problems due to unknowingly high CYA levels and too low of FC based on CYA. I always saw it first in the leaf canister net as you describe before I saw it anywhere else in the pool. I think the enviroment...

The national plasterer's council website recommended that CH be adjusted slowly over 28 days starting on the 4th day or so after filling the pool. This is probably to prevent you from overshooting the target level since the plaster will leech some Calcium into the water as it cures, faster at...

If you find its the leaf canister that is leaking...here is one way you might be able to fix at no cost. I use a leaf canister for my navigator pool cleaner and after about a year..it starts leaking air into the canister which gets sucked into the pump. The leak is mostly around the removable...

Re: New Pool, New TFP member, posting numbers and a few ques You could try Cal-Hypo tablets instead of Tri-Chlor tabs. That way you would not increase CYA but would increase CH slightly as you need bump up your CH anyway.

Apertier, How sure are you of your CYA level? 100 is very high for a non SWG pool. What has been your source of chlorine? If your CYA is truly 100, your FC range is 8-13 with a do not drop below 8. You are below it now so algae growth is possible. Your CYA should be around 40-50 and you...

Cindy, Its hard to say what your dealing without seeing it firsthand like we are. I am waiting to see if your DE addition and sock have helped or not before I can proceed with a recommendation. Have you looked at any of the green stuff up close? Does it feel slimy or gritty? You said none...

Please post your test results so we can see and make judgments based on those. Could the test kit be old? Also, If your chlorine is high (>10ppm), the PH measurement will not be accurate. Sounds like your chlorine level may be very very high. What is the status of your SWG. Maybe turn it...

Forgot to add about checking your chem levels. You want to have your pump running about 1/2 hour to one hour before drawing your water sample for normal daily testing, so you might want to alter your timing so the system has been on a short time before you take your normal sample if you do it...

I wonder how this myth got started? there should be no impact to your water chem levels from running your pump in the daytime vs. at night. Most of the reason people run their systems at night is to save on electricity (rates in some areas are lower during non peak hours) or that the pool...

Based on how good your pool looks and your current 0 CC number, I would do the OCLT tonight. You need to pass 3 criteria to be considered done shocking: 1 - your pool looks clear. 2 - you have less than 0.5 CC. 3 - you loose no more than 1 FC overnight. You pass the first two. go right to...

yes, that sounds right if you are using 14.5% muratic acid to get to 7.2 PH from 8.3 for 14K gallons. verify the strength of your acid and recheck the calculator if it is different from 14.4%

Your current numbers from your TFT test kit look good. TA is a little high, but normal with new plaster for it to rise with PH. keep adding acid to keep your PH at 7.2 or so and TA will work its way down. If you are running spa jets and blower a lot that can raise PH due to aeration..keep an...

most people get CYA at Walmart..The HTH brand. MA can be found at Lowes or Home Depot and there is always the pool store but they are usually not the cheapest.

Yep..Sodium Bisulfate = dry acid. Once your PH is good, start your shock process. Remember it is a process that needs to be followed exactly or you will not completely kill the algae and will have wasted time and chemicals. Read up on pool school/shocking your pool section and then go blast...