I am fairly new to the whole pool scene. (at least operating one properly). Untill I found this website I had no idea what was going on in that water! We have had our pool for a few years and all that we had done was run trichlor pucks in our in line chlorinator. Pool was always cyrstal clear. Must have just been dumb luck. Well, our luck ran out. Now we did have some test strips with the pool supplies, and if they were off on some of the stuff that they "test" for, I would try and adjust accordingly. Last year in august after the hurricanes, the pool turned green. That was the start of big problems. Then my son was born. It was already cooling off and no one was really using the pool so I closed green, knowing that I would be opening green as well. When I opened the pool 2 weeks ago it was so dark brown, it was almost black. And it stunk real good. I don't mean to ramble on, but from browsing the forum, I can see that every little bit of information can certainly be a big help. ( or lack thereof). Anyways I have been wasting my time and money at the LPS. So, through my own research and this website I have managed to get rid of the algae and turn the pool almost clear again. Its still a little cloudly though.You can only see 2 ft down or so. I suspect its because some of my specs are a little off. Well here they are,
FC 9ppm
CC .5ppm
PH 8.16
TA 390ppm
CH 110ppm
CYA 80ppm
When I opened the pool there was zero CYA. The PH was 6.2 and the chlorine was also zero. Trying to maintain shock chlorine levels is hard to do with out a test kit, so I gave up trying and picked up a Taylor K-2006. I figured I would make this post, then see what anybody thinks?
Thanks very much.
FC 9ppm
CC .5ppm
PH 8.16
TA 390ppm
CH 110ppm
CYA 80ppm
When I opened the pool there was zero CYA. The PH was 6.2 and the chlorine was also zero. Trying to maintain shock chlorine levels is hard to do with out a test kit, so I gave up trying and picked up a Taylor K-2006. I figured I would make this post, then see what anybody thinks?
Thanks very much.