Hi All! I have a small (6500 gallon) salt water pool in Dallas TX. This is my first pool and it was installed by the prior owners of the house. When we moved in I kept the pool maintenance company out of fear, superstition, and ignorance. Earlier this year I decided to start double checking the pool companies work and what I found caused me to fire them. My SWG had been disconnected and had clearly not been functioning for a long time. The chemistry is all off. Salt was super low, so I got that to the right level. FC, pH, TA, CH, and CYA are all off the charts. Here are my numbers from last measurement:
FC = 18, pH = 8.2, TA = 130, CH = 525, CYA = 90.
I've reconnected my SWG and starting using it for chlorine production. But I still have very high pH even after treatments with muratic acid. I also have a growing calcium precipitate problem. There are drifts of calcium dust at different spots in the pool.
On the positive side I don't have any algae growth even with the excessive air and water temps here in Dallas.
I suspect that several of the issues are caused by the pump running an excessive amount. It currently runs 3 hours in the morning and 6 hours at night.
So what now? Do I cut the pump time way down and risk algae growth? Slowly step it down? Can my calcium problems be related to high pH and water temp only or am I going to need to do water replacement? Any advice for a newb?
FC = 18, pH = 8.2, TA = 130, CH = 525, CYA = 90.
I've reconnected my SWG and starting using it for chlorine production. But I still have very high pH even after treatments with muratic acid. I also have a growing calcium precipitate problem. There are drifts of calcium dust at different spots in the pool.
On the positive side I don't have any algae growth even with the excessive air and water temps here in Dallas.
I suspect that several of the issues are caused by the pump running an excessive amount. It currently runs 3 hours in the morning and 6 hours at night.
So what now? Do I cut the pump time way down and risk algae growth? Slowly step it down? Can my calcium problems be related to high pH and water temp only or am I going to need to do water replacement? Any advice for a newb?
I'll place a couple links below for you to review, but basically pump run time is very flexible. It doesn't sound like it's a contributing factor in any of your issues. It would be good to know more about your equipment though, so be sure to update your signature. See mine as an example.
