Hi,
We got our pool last summer and had our first opening. We opened to a very green pool. We have a salt water system with a Hayward filter. We ended up going to a pool store and getting help with getting rid of it. After a couple days of battle, our pool water was back to being not green
I had my water tested and I had to add some chemicals to get the ph right . I had seen some white flakes floating on top then. We thought it could have been dandelion seeds that were everywhere but I also heard algae can turn white when it is killed? We added the chemicals and had the water tested again a few days later. Something wasn't quite right so they had me add zipchlor and a clarifier. The pool water was gorgeous after that. All my chemicals tested in the right range and it was sparkling. We didn't notice any flakes. I have been constantly checking for any algae..and haven't seen any.
We run our filter 4 hours early in the morning and 4 at night. I always wondered should we be leaving them on longer?
Anyway, this morning we got up and see white little flakes. They are hard to see . But they are definitely floating on top of the water. I started looking it up and see white water mold? Im hoping it's more just pollen? Im in South Jersey and we just had bad storms yesterday with a lot of rain and wind.
Is there a way to definitely figure out what is floating in my pool and if it's ok for my kids to go in?
Thank you!!
We got our pool last summer and had our first opening. We opened to a very green pool. We have a salt water system with a Hayward filter. We ended up going to a pool store and getting help with getting rid of it. After a couple days of battle, our pool water was back to being not green
I had my water tested and I had to add some chemicals to get the ph right . I had seen some white flakes floating on top then. We thought it could have been dandelion seeds that were everywhere but I also heard algae can turn white when it is killed? We added the chemicals and had the water tested again a few days later. Something wasn't quite right so they had me add zipchlor and a clarifier. The pool water was gorgeous after that. All my chemicals tested in the right range and it was sparkling. We didn't notice any flakes. I have been constantly checking for any algae..and haven't seen any.
We run our filter 4 hours early in the morning and 4 at night. I always wondered should we be leaving them on longer?
Anyway, this morning we got up and see white little flakes. They are hard to see . But they are definitely floating on top of the water. I started looking it up and see white water mold? Im hoping it's more just pollen? Im in South Jersey and we just had bad storms yesterday with a lot of rain and wind.
Is there a way to definitely figure out what is floating in my pool and if it's ok for my kids to go in?
Thank you!!