Good Morning All! New TFP Member here but have been reading your forums for years! Might I just add, god bless u all so much for what you do here! I have had my pool for 5 years and it would not be operational without you!!! This year my pool though seems to have a mind of its own so I really need some help!
A little back ground, for the first 3 years I had my pool, it was strictly regular chlorine based pool, then one of my friends talked me into a SWG. I purchased it and operated successfully at half the cost for 2 years but my family and I hate the SW. Its too warm and attracts the honey bees and we spend the day hot/muggy and swatting bees away! I never had that problem before so we decided this year to go back to basics and ditch the SWG but one week later I have a blue/green tinted pool and I am completely perplexed!
At opening I had very minimal and I mean very minimal green tinge to pool, little to no debri (not even a leaf) but some pollen stamens. I raised water level, scrubbed, vaccummed, shocked etc, tested and balanced with really only having to add mostly alkalinity and stabilizer to balance all out. When finished, I had a perfectly balanced clearest its ever been pool! Stabilizer, Alk, Ph, CH, all great!! I threw my 3" tabs in the skimmer and walked away excited for the summer! 3 Days later......blue/green water and I cant get rid of it! Everything is balanced except I can not get FC to budge. I thought it was algae coming back, Ive tried algacide 50%, Ive tried phosphate removers, sink flocculent, metal and stain etc. Nothing! I even wondered if my liner some how turned colors because the water is sparkling clear! I mean sparkling! I take water out of the pool in a clear jar and there is no tint and no visible particles! It's crystal clear! Im at a loss...I even lowered the water to see if the liner is discolored and its not. Any help you can advise would be absolutely appreciated. Thank you so much!!
Current Readings:
CH 200,
TC 2-3,
FC 0,
PH 7.5
ALK 100-120
STB 75-100
*guilty as charged - this is with Lowes Smart Strips
but in fairness they have always worked for me til
now.
A little back ground, for the first 3 years I had my pool, it was strictly regular chlorine based pool, then one of my friends talked me into a SWG. I purchased it and operated successfully at half the cost for 2 years but my family and I hate the SW. Its too warm and attracts the honey bees and we spend the day hot/muggy and swatting bees away! I never had that problem before so we decided this year to go back to basics and ditch the SWG but one week later I have a blue/green tinted pool and I am completely perplexed!
At opening I had very minimal and I mean very minimal green tinge to pool, little to no debri (not even a leaf) but some pollen stamens. I raised water level, scrubbed, vaccummed, shocked etc, tested and balanced with really only having to add mostly alkalinity and stabilizer to balance all out. When finished, I had a perfectly balanced clearest its ever been pool! Stabilizer, Alk, Ph, CH, all great!! I threw my 3" tabs in the skimmer and walked away excited for the summer! 3 Days later......blue/green water and I cant get rid of it! Everything is balanced except I can not get FC to budge. I thought it was algae coming back, Ive tried algacide 50%, Ive tried phosphate removers, sink flocculent, metal and stain etc. Nothing! I even wondered if my liner some how turned colors because the water is sparkling clear! I mean sparkling! I take water out of the pool in a clear jar and there is no tint and no visible particles! It's crystal clear! Im at a loss...I even lowered the water to see if the liner is discolored and its not. Any help you can advise would be absolutely appreciated. Thank you so much!!
Current Readings:
CH 200,
TC 2-3,
FC 0,
PH 7.5
ALK 100-120
STB 75-100
*guilty as charged - this is with Lowes Smart Strips
but in fairness they have always worked for me til
now.
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Well, I'm sorry to say there are a few TFP principles that have been broken here, but we'll try to get you back on track. Let's re-cap:
With test results from your own TF-100 or Taylor K-2006, we will be able to give you the proper path forward. It may result in some water exchange either due to metals or a high CYA content, but once done, you'll never have to do it again as long as you follow the TFP recommended chemicals. For now, we have to wait on the kit. 
