I had two years straight of opening my pool to a green pea soup and was wondering what I"m doing wrong.
first year opened to a clear pool and I would say it was the year I was learning so may not have done everything right but I wasn't expecting my second and third years to be green.
I close when water temp is below 60 and open as soon as the ice melts I slam FC before closing and in the spring I have no FC and my water is clear but I have a little green algae in spots and there appears to be dust and dead algae on the bottom. I can see the bottom. as soon as i start the pump water turns to pea soup and I can't see the bottom anymore. I have slammed and the water is clear now. this has happened the last two years. But I would like to open to a clear pool next year.
we are up north so I can't really add FC during the winter. I have a leaf net I put on but I take it off when I close because of snow loads which would just tear a cover up. I drain approximately 18 inches below the skimmer and by spring water is up to the bottom of the skimmer and I just hook everything up and fill the last 4 or 5 inches and test and balance the water.
I was wondering if polyquat would help. I'm finding a bunch of old threads but not much new stuff.
first year opened to a clear pool and I would say it was the year I was learning so may not have done everything right but I wasn't expecting my second and third years to be green.
I close when water temp is below 60 and open as soon as the ice melts I slam FC before closing and in the spring I have no FC and my water is clear but I have a little green algae in spots and there appears to be dust and dead algae on the bottom. I can see the bottom. as soon as i start the pump water turns to pea soup and I can't see the bottom anymore. I have slammed and the water is clear now. this has happened the last two years. But I would like to open to a clear pool next year.
we are up north so I can't really add FC during the winter. I have a leaf net I put on but I take it off when I close because of snow loads which would just tear a cover up. I drain approximately 18 inches below the skimmer and by spring water is up to the bottom of the skimmer and I just hook everything up and fill the last 4 or 5 inches and test and balance the water.
I was wondering if polyquat would help. I'm finding a bunch of old threads but not much new stuff.