We opened the pool yesterday and it was full of leaves and debris. After removing the leaves, water was clear but the bottom & walls were covered in a greenish thing , once I brushed it the whole water became cloudy and green. Assumed algae and SLAMed the pool (CYA 40, brought Alk to 75 & ph to 7.3 and then raised FC to 17.5 last night). This morning we woke up to a perfectly blue and clear pool (easy to tell as our liner is light colored, almost white) , some debris on the bottom (that looked and felt like a black sand - we resanded our patio earlier in spring so we had a lot of that in the pool). I retested the water and I am puzzled - FC is exactly at the same level as last night, it didn't drop even 0.5... and I have a max 0.5 CC.... I use a Taylor K2006-C test kit (FAS-DPD) and know how to use it (this is our second year taking care of our pool and I kept it nice and clear all last season using it). How can this be? What am I missing? Is it possible to not have had algae to begin with ?
to be or not to be (or how can this be...)
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Yep. Sounds a lot like when I open. If u r passing oclt and everything is clear; don’t fight it and enjoy.
Ive told myself that the water is cold when i open so the algae thats there isn’t fighting that hard to stick around. No idea if that idea has any merit but its my story and i am sticking to it
Ive told myself that the water is cold when i open so the algae thats there isn’t fighting that hard to stick around. No idea if that idea has any merit but its my story and i am sticking to it
It is very cold outside now, indeed... (47 to be precise, we're in MA and I opened it as we had over 60s the previous week and felt it is time ...)
Maybe pollen? I have a ton of it in my pool. But yeah, just take the win and enjoy it if everything else is checking out ok!