In an attempt to knock out a mild stain on the floor of my deep end, I think I have caused larger issues.
It was recomended to me to use Sparkle Conquest to knock out the stain. Pool has always been crystal clear with no signs of algae. All I ever do is adjust my SWG higher when we in the height of the summer and add Muriatic acid to keep my pH down. I never use any other products till now. Here's a timeline of the steps I've have taken and where I am at now:
Friday night I turned off my Salt water clorinator to bring down my clorinine as all sequestering agents (Conquest in my case) work better in a low CL environment.
Saturday Morning I add some Muriatic acid to lower pH to 7.0-7.2. I let the pool run all morning and afternoon with SWG off in pure sunshine. I test FC and I'm still holding 5.0 FC (I have adeqate CYA levels). Sat afternoon I put 3/4 gallon of Polyquat 60 in (to protect pool once FC eventually will drop). Run filter till 4:00pm
Sunday morning: Pool still cystal clear. Test again around 10:00 am. pH 7.0, FC 3.0 (finally inching lower.) At 11:00pm I add 2 qts of Sparkle Conquest. Run filter. I get home around 3:30. Look at the water and pool still cystal clear, but stain still present. I think "oh well" waste of money on the Conquest or maybe it will just take longer. I figure mission unsucessful, so starting Monady (today) I will turn SWG back on and chalk up experience as another failed attempt to rid this stain. I leave house for a few hours. Filter turns off at 4:00 pm.
Well.... I get home at 8:30 pm. Turn the pool light on and go outside. The water is MILKY WHITE CLOUDY! I can barely make out the second step and can't see the 3rd at all. Run Filter all night and at 5:00 am this morning (Monday) maybe a touch better as I can see the 3rd step. But not much beyond that.
Did the Polyquat do this (which I added Sat) or the Conquest (which I added yest afternoon)? Or a combo of both? And what now?
Calcium hardness has always been right around 280-300
It's a Gunite pool with while plaster
38k gallons.
It was recomended to me to use Sparkle Conquest to knock out the stain. Pool has always been crystal clear with no signs of algae. All I ever do is adjust my SWG higher when we in the height of the summer and add Muriatic acid to keep my pH down. I never use any other products till now. Here's a timeline of the steps I've have taken and where I am at now:
Friday night I turned off my Salt water clorinator to bring down my clorinine as all sequestering agents (Conquest in my case) work better in a low CL environment.
Saturday Morning I add some Muriatic acid to lower pH to 7.0-7.2. I let the pool run all morning and afternoon with SWG off in pure sunshine. I test FC and I'm still holding 5.0 FC (I have adeqate CYA levels). Sat afternoon I put 3/4 gallon of Polyquat 60 in (to protect pool once FC eventually will drop). Run filter till 4:00pm
Sunday morning: Pool still cystal clear. Test again around 10:00 am. pH 7.0, FC 3.0 (finally inching lower.) At 11:00pm I add 2 qts of Sparkle Conquest. Run filter. I get home around 3:30. Look at the water and pool still cystal clear, but stain still present. I think "oh well" waste of money on the Conquest or maybe it will just take longer. I figure mission unsucessful, so starting Monady (today) I will turn SWG back on and chalk up experience as another failed attempt to rid this stain. I leave house for a few hours. Filter turns off at 4:00 pm.
Well.... I get home at 8:30 pm. Turn the pool light on and go outside. The water is MILKY WHITE CLOUDY! I can barely make out the second step and can't see the 3rd at all. Run Filter all night and at 5:00 am this morning (Monday) maybe a touch better as I can see the 3rd step. But not much beyond that.
Did the Polyquat do this (which I added Sat) or the Conquest (which I added yest afternoon)? Or a combo of both? And what now?
Calcium hardness has always been right around 280-300
It's a Gunite pool with while plaster
38k gallons.