Is this not sand or am I losing my mind!?

[gocubs418]

All,

I always had this sort of sand like substance on my ledges, but none on the pool floor. I assume it was because the pool cleaner couldn't reach it. I chalked it up to having a bunch of sand behind my pool. Well, I got new landscaping put in and the sand is still coming!!!!

Is this sand or is this algae that is growing? Most importantly, how to I get rid of it!!! When I brush it, it looks like a big dust cloud.


https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-qD4FsqjKLSTURoeWVNOTFJbjA/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-qD4FsqjKLSWDNKcTFvZkFJNkU

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-qD4FsqjKLSUXEzQk16dmpJVHM

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-qD4FsqjKLSdV9FZEhpSUs4cnc

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-qD4FsqjKLSUGhSYU1Xd2hwOUU

Thank you!

 

[YippeeSkippy]

Can you pick it up and feel grit? Can you show a pic of the new landscaping and how you suppose all that sand travelled into the pool...it has to travel across yard, right?

Test Results??

Maddie

 

[Jimrahbe]

gc,

Since you have the TF-100 what is your FC and CC readings?

I would do an OCLT just to make sure... See this... Pool School - Perform the Overnight FC Loss Test (OCLT)

It appears to me to be too much to be sand unless you live in some really sandy and windy area...

Thanks,

Jim R.

 

[gocubs418]

Can you pick it up and feel grit? Can you show a pic of the new landscaping and how you suppose all that sand travelled into the pool...it has to travel across yard, right?

Test Results??

Maddie

I was just in the pool. It definitely has grit to it. Very tiny particles, I am wondering if either my filter or pool cleaner is not really capturing the sand and the grotto is just pumping it right back out?

Test Results.... I will test the pool this weekend.

IMG_20170616_200146.jpg - Google Drive

These are the new plants.

The sand is driving me bonkers!

 

[kadavis]

Is the stone above the seat artificial or natural? Seems like from your pictures it's the only thing that is common to these areas. Maybe some loose material still coming from grotto. Still doesn't explain the material on the seat. In your second picture there appears to be algae under the rock and what is on the seat is also very green

 

[gocubs418]

Is the stone above the seat artificial or natural? Seems like from your pictures it's the only thing that is common to these areas. Maybe some loose material still coming from grotto. Still doesn't explain the material on the seat. In your second picture there appears to be algae under the rock and what is on the seat is also very green

Natural Stone. It looks brown and sandy.