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    Algae - even though CYA and FC are good

    I think I found the source of the sediment! Our pool steps have a weight which is a cylinder filled with sand. Sand was leaking out when the filter was running! We pulled the weight today and are going to fill it with clean rocks tomorrow. Hopefully that will take care of it! I've been...
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    Algae - even though CYA and FC are good

    I've been keeping the FC up and there is only a small amount of gray/brown sediment still in a couple of creases farthest from the skimmer. When I brush I still seem to be stirring up a thin layer of something. Maybe it's just dirt? I'll try the manual vacuum as the automatic one doesn't seem...
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    Algae - even though CYA and FC are good

    I can't figure out what's going on with my pool and would love to know if I should be doing anything beyond shocking according to Pool School. I recently noticed greenish yellow sediment in the low areas and now have a cc of .5. When we started up our pool it was sparkling clear and 3.5 is the...
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    POOL CALCULATOR???????

    I am not able to access it either! 404 error
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    How to clean algae off solar cover?

    That method sounds like it would be great for the pool and the solar cover. Should I be concerned about chlorine levels of FC 24 killing the grass? Actually, since there will be no CYA on the solar cover - what FC level should I use to clean it - FC 12?
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    How to clean algae off solar cover?

    I have been fighting algae for the last five days and would love some help! CYA is 40 and FC was allowed to drop to 1.5 (ooops!). Took off the solar cover and there was some (not a lot) of green debris in the low areas of the pool. The water is dull and when it's stirred up it is slightly...