- Feb 17, 2008
- 19
Okay found my last step loaded with white flakes yesterday with some more on the floor after the pump shut down last night. My pool is approx 12,200 gal. grey plaster pool with a SWCG that we finished at the end of April of this year. Called the builder and he said the CH is probably high and to drop the PH down to about 7.0 and grab some CH reducer from the pool store.
Since my wife was off today I had her go to the pool store and tell them what I needed, of course she got the only way to remove CH is via draining, which I understand, but she did give her BioGuard's Scale Inhibitor to add to help keep issue in check.
When I got home tonight here are my reading prior to any chemicals:
FC 5.5
CC 0
TC 5.5 (was 3 on Sunday)
pH 7.8 (added 40 oz. on Sunday as it shot up to 8.2 on me again and I must admit I've been a little lax the past few weeks on the acid addition, but had it 7.5 yesterday)
T/A 80 (90 on Sunday)
CH 420 (not extremely high - it did read 490 back in beginning of June)
CYA 20
Temp. 86 (rained all day but usually upper 80's to low 90's)
Now I can't get a pic at the moment because it is raining, but shortly after the initial fill I did start to develop white areas to the floor and upon inspecting from the pool these area were actually solid grey with no aggregate present. This is primarly on one side of the pool only and predominately near my waterfall. I asked the builder to look at it back then and he said it was the cream rising to the top and we could take care of it in the fall when we stop using it by giving it an acid bath for about 4 days. I also mentioned the CH when I got the 490 and he said it wasn't super bad and wasn't overly concerned then.
Other than that I haven't had any issues. I guess I'm at a loss as to what is causing the flakes with these readings and why now and not sooner with higher numbers.
I haven't backwashed yet as the startup guy said to call when the PSI hits 25 and they'll go through the whole process with me. Photos can be seen here.
Sorry for the length, just trying to cover everything and figure out what my next step, other than bringing my pH down and maybe the T/A up this evening.
EDIT: was able to get a photo of the white spots, but the flakes shot wouldn't come out (I did add to the link above though). Also, checked my SWCG and looked pretty clean, one fin on the end had some junk, but looking down it looked clean and shiny
Since my wife was off today I had her go to the pool store and tell them what I needed, of course she got the only way to remove CH is via draining, which I understand, but she did give her BioGuard's Scale Inhibitor to add to help keep issue in check.
When I got home tonight here are my reading prior to any chemicals:
FC 5.5
CC 0
TC 5.5 (was 3 on Sunday)
pH 7.8 (added 40 oz. on Sunday as it shot up to 8.2 on me again and I must admit I've been a little lax the past few weeks on the acid addition, but had it 7.5 yesterday)
T/A 80 (90 on Sunday)
CH 420 (not extremely high - it did read 490 back in beginning of June)
CYA 20
Temp. 86 (rained all day but usually upper 80's to low 90's)
Now I can't get a pic at the moment because it is raining, but shortly after the initial fill I did start to develop white areas to the floor and upon inspecting from the pool these area were actually solid grey with no aggregate present. This is primarly on one side of the pool only and predominately near my waterfall. I asked the builder to look at it back then and he said it was the cream rising to the top and we could take care of it in the fall when we stop using it by giving it an acid bath for about 4 days. I also mentioned the CH when I got the 490 and he said it wasn't super bad and wasn't overly concerned then.
Other than that I haven't had any issues. I guess I'm at a loss as to what is causing the flakes with these readings and why now and not sooner with higher numbers.
I haven't backwashed yet as the startup guy said to call when the PSI hits 25 and they'll go through the whole process with me. Photos can be seen here.
Sorry for the length, just trying to cover everything and figure out what my next step, other than bringing my pH down and maybe the T/A up this evening.
EDIT: was able to get a photo of the white spots, but the flakes shot wouldn't come out (I did add to the link above though). Also, checked my SWCG and looked pretty clean, one fin on the end had some junk, but looking down it looked clean and shiny