This is my first post but I’ve lurked for a while, thanks to everyone here for helping keep my pool clear for the past 8 years. Everything was fine until this year.
I came back from a weeklong vacation to a pool full of green algae. Ok no problem, SLAM and vacuum it out. But after 10 minutes or so of vacuuming, I’m getting green algae water coming back out through the jets. Backwash and it goes back to clear. 10 minutes later it’s coming in green again. Eventually I got it all vacuumed out, but I can tell it’s not filtering properly. I’m thinking a crack in the laterals or vertical pipe, but I’d like to see if anyone has any ideas before I suck all the sand out and look.
I came back from a weeklong vacation to a pool full of green algae. Ok no problem, SLAM and vacuum it out. But after 10 minutes or so of vacuuming, I’m getting green algae water coming back out through the jets. Backwash and it goes back to clear. 10 minutes later it’s coming in green again. Eventually I got it all vacuumed out, but I can tell it’s not filtering properly. I’m thinking a crack in the laterals or vertical pipe, but I’d like to see if anyone has any ideas before I suck all the sand out and look.