Hi All,
i bought a house house recently with a pool and hot tub. I've been referencing this site but my issues are a bit unique - to me anyway. I have a 16*32 IG 20k gallon pool. On Sunday of this week, all my levels were in the normal other than cya and the water was crystal clear, I could do no wrong! Yesterday, I took the cover off the pool only to find milky, foggy water and I can barely see the bottom of the shallow end. I had the water tested at the local pool place and here are my numbers:
flc - 3.89
tcl - 4.34
ccl - .45
ph - 7.3
ta - 138
ata - 105 - no idea what this is
stab - 119
ca - 225
cu - .3
fe - .2
ive added a clarifier and shocked the pool to where the drops are a deep dark yellow - my kit doesn't go past 3ppm. I've also drained some water and put the hose at the bottom of the deep end with the pool drain closed in order to drain from the skimmer and fill at the same time as per intructions on this site. I know my stabilizer is high, I had no idea my trichlor pucks were making it worse. I bought a calcium hypochlorite today to use that until my cya is normal again over the next year or two. What's the point of an auto chlorinator? Frustrating. Anyway, it's been 12 hours, no improvement, 30 degree weather coming this weekend, and I'm hoping someone can give me some insights.
When i found my pool with this problem yesterday all my chlorine was gone. Between Sunday and yesterday the water turned milky and the chlorine disappeared. Note I use a Hayward chlorinatior and there are pucks in it. Setting was at 1.5, which has worked well all summer. So confused...
Thanks!
wayne
i bought a house house recently with a pool and hot tub. I've been referencing this site but my issues are a bit unique - to me anyway. I have a 16*32 IG 20k gallon pool. On Sunday of this week, all my levels were in the normal other than cya and the water was crystal clear, I could do no wrong! Yesterday, I took the cover off the pool only to find milky, foggy water and I can barely see the bottom of the shallow end. I had the water tested at the local pool place and here are my numbers:
flc - 3.89
tcl - 4.34
ccl - .45
ph - 7.3
ta - 138
ata - 105 - no idea what this is
stab - 119
ca - 225
cu - .3
fe - .2
ive added a clarifier and shocked the pool to where the drops are a deep dark yellow - my kit doesn't go past 3ppm. I've also drained some water and put the hose at the bottom of the deep end with the pool drain closed in order to drain from the skimmer and fill at the same time as per intructions on this site. I know my stabilizer is high, I had no idea my trichlor pucks were making it worse. I bought a calcium hypochlorite today to use that until my cya is normal again over the next year or two. What's the point of an auto chlorinator? Frustrating. Anyway, it's been 12 hours, no improvement, 30 degree weather coming this weekend, and I'm hoping someone can give me some insights.
When i found my pool with this problem yesterday all my chlorine was gone. Between Sunday and yesterday the water turned milky and the chlorine disappeared. Note I use a Hayward chlorinatior and there are pucks in it. Setting was at 1.5, which has worked well all summer. So confused...
Thanks!
wayne