- Jun 25, 2013
- 2
Howdy! New to pool forum, fourth year of owning a pool. I am experiencing new issues this year with respect to algae and ability of my pool water to respond to chlorine.
For example, I scrubbed algae from the walls on Sunday, shocked the pool using ChlorBrite fine powder, added a puck to the skimmer basket, ran the pump for 24 hours from Sunday to Monday and another 12 hours today. Here are my water test results from earlier this evening:
FC - 0 ppm
TC - 0 ppm
Combined CL - 0 ppm
pH - 7.4
Hardness - 180 ppm
CYA - 90 ppm
Alkalinity - 75 ppm
Phosphates - 800 ppb
I back washed my DE filter, replaced DE, and added PhosFree to reduce Phosphates as that is what the pool store said was causing my chlorine issues.
Help!
For example, I scrubbed algae from the walls on Sunday, shocked the pool using ChlorBrite fine powder, added a puck to the skimmer basket, ran the pump for 24 hours from Sunday to Monday and another 12 hours today. Here are my water test results from earlier this evening:
FC - 0 ppm
TC - 0 ppm
Combined CL - 0 ppm
pH - 7.4
Hardness - 180 ppm
CYA - 90 ppm
Alkalinity - 75 ppm
Phosphates - 800 ppb
I back washed my DE filter, replaced DE, and added PhosFree to reduce Phosphates as that is what the pool store said was causing my chlorine issues.
Help!