Well, this apparently is my summer to have problems!! I've had perfect water for the better part of 6 years now. But, now, after 10 days to 2 weeks of no rain, we finally had a major rain storm and my pool came out looking like this.....
It's very cloudy and there is yellow "stuff" on the bottom all over the place! I want to think it's pollen since there is a line of 100+ ft. white pine trees next to my property. I vacuumed and backwashed yesterday but it did not help. In the past pollen has accumulated in the skimmer socks as a brown muck, but there's none of that in there now. Here's a little better pic of it....
7/31 #'s...
pH - 7.4
FC - 3.5
CC - .5 (has NEVER been over this... ever...even now)
TA - 80
CYA - 90
added 97 oz bleach
8/8 #'s..... (this is when I figured out that something was up with my SWG...)
pH - 7.5
FC - 3
CC - .5
TA - 70
Added 121 oz bleach (this is when the yellow stuff showed up and I thought it might be MA)
8/10 #'s......
pH - 8.0
FC - 15.5
CC - .5
TA - 90
CYA - 100
I added another 121 oz jug of bleach & 24 oz muriatic acid at around 6:30 pm. At 12:30 am, my FC was 20.
At around 11 am today, my FC was 25.5 and CC's were .5. This afternoon @ 4:30 my #'s were....
pH - 7.5
FC - 20.5
CC - .5
TA - 70
CYA - 90
None of this stuff appears to be on the sides of the pool, which I have read to be an indicator of MA...only the bottom. To add to this, I am leaving Sat for a week vacation. In the past, I have just loaded up the chlorine and turned everything off. My luck is that something would go very bad if I were to leave it all running. I have never had a problem with this. I've always come home to clear water. Am in for a big mess when I get back? If this is MA, is there anything that will work quickly? Is there any kind of test I can perform that will tell me pollen or MA?
Grrr...thanks for your help!
Karen
![photoA.jpg~original](http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc309/midtngal/2014/Pool/photoA.jpg~original)
It's very cloudy and there is yellow "stuff" on the bottom all over the place! I want to think it's pollen since there is a line of 100+ ft. white pine trees next to my property. I vacuumed and backwashed yesterday but it did not help. In the past pollen has accumulated in the skimmer socks as a brown muck, but there's none of that in there now. Here's a little better pic of it....
![photoB.jpg~original](http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc309/midtngal/2014/Pool/photoB.jpg~original)
7/31 #'s...
pH - 7.4
FC - 3.5
CC - .5 (has NEVER been over this... ever...even now)
TA - 80
CYA - 90
added 97 oz bleach
8/8 #'s..... (this is when I figured out that something was up with my SWG...)
pH - 7.5
FC - 3
CC - .5
TA - 70
Added 121 oz bleach (this is when the yellow stuff showed up and I thought it might be MA)
8/10 #'s......
pH - 8.0
FC - 15.5
CC - .5
TA - 90
CYA - 100
I added another 121 oz jug of bleach & 24 oz muriatic acid at around 6:30 pm. At 12:30 am, my FC was 20.
At around 11 am today, my FC was 25.5 and CC's were .5. This afternoon @ 4:30 my #'s were....
pH - 7.5
FC - 20.5
CC - .5
TA - 70
CYA - 90
None of this stuff appears to be on the sides of the pool, which I have read to be an indicator of MA...only the bottom. To add to this, I am leaving Sat for a week vacation. In the past, I have just loaded up the chlorine and turned everything off. My luck is that something would go very bad if I were to leave it all running. I have never had a problem with this. I've always come home to clear water. Am in for a big mess when I get back? If this is MA, is there anything that will work quickly? Is there any kind of test I can perform that will tell me pollen or MA?
Grrr...thanks for your help!
Karen