I added an "automatic" chlorinator two years ago and shortly after started having problems with yellow algae. I recently bought the TF-100 test kit and with help of this site am finally starting to understand that even though I was shocking the pool with what I thought was a high enough amount of liquid chlorine, with a stabilizer reading of 50 I was not getting my FC levels up high enough to "finish off" the algae. So let's talk a bit about stabilizer.
Does stabilizer EVER break down or can you reduce it any way other than removing some water?
What is the "normal" reading to have with stabilizer for a fiberglass/vinyl pool that gets a lot of sun but frequently uses a solar cover?
Should I just remove the chlorinator from the system?
I used to think that when we went on vacation, I could just turn the chlorinator up a bit and we would be fine. BOTH TIMES that I tried this resulted in an algae outbreak (now I think I am starting to understand why). I thought I could just shock the pool with the chlorinator turned on 10.
Thank you for this site and for the many people that make this a productive and helpful forum!
Does stabilizer EVER break down or can you reduce it any way other than removing some water?
What is the "normal" reading to have with stabilizer for a fiberglass/vinyl pool that gets a lot of sun but frequently uses a solar cover?
Should I just remove the chlorinator from the system?
I used to think that when we went on vacation, I could just turn the chlorinator up a bit and we would be fine. BOTH TIMES that I tried this resulted in an algae outbreak (now I think I am starting to understand why). I thought I could just shock the pool with the chlorinator turned on 10.
Thank you for this site and for the many people that make this a productive and helpful forum!