We started in early June when temps in North Alabama were unseasonably cool, used a 3" Clorox 6 in 1 in a floater, did well for a few weeks, then the heat came. Algae bloom.
I decided since the QS500 salwater was on sale via Amazon to purchase. I think I made the rookie mistake of not vacuuming the algae before BOOST, assuming once chlorine level was ideal it would kill algae?
I previously had vacuumed once and scrubbed the walls with a soft brush before moving to saltwater.
I followed the Intex instructions for the nearly 7K gallon pool, 4 and 3/4 sacks of 40lbs salt for as close to 175lbs without precisely measuring out. Ran BOOST for 24hrs. some improvement in water clarity, algae was still there, so I vacuumed the pool again, this time floors, walls, removed all algae. Backwash and rinsed sandfilter. Still cloudy, but Intex says that can remain for 3-6 days after boost, I am on day 4.
I set up the filter and QS500 to run 4hrs per Intex with regard to the gallon capacity, I was out of town Monday night, checked today, still cloudy, seeing signs of algae starting to form. The Taylor K-1001 still indicates free chlorine is low, and so do the Clorox and Intex provided sticks, reading here and elsewhere, I see they're not accurate? Hence me buying the Taylor kit for accuracy and using the sticks to triple check, they seems to be in line thus far. These levels have remained the same since Sat, pre and post BOOST, and normal 4hr daily operation.
So I am at a loss how to proceed at this point to clear up the water and stop the algae. As you can see, the pH level per Taylor looks ideal, but not so according to the sticks, which can be inaccurate, correct? But the free chlorine measuremnts seems to be in line with Taylor and the sticks. Pool photo looks clearer than it does in person, has a aqua green tint.
I decided since the QS500 salwater was on sale via Amazon to purchase. I think I made the rookie mistake of not vacuuming the algae before BOOST, assuming once chlorine level was ideal it would kill algae?
I previously had vacuumed once and scrubbed the walls with a soft brush before moving to saltwater.
I followed the Intex instructions for the nearly 7K gallon pool, 4 and 3/4 sacks of 40lbs salt for as close to 175lbs without precisely measuring out. Ran BOOST for 24hrs. some improvement in water clarity, algae was still there, so I vacuumed the pool again, this time floors, walls, removed all algae. Backwash and rinsed sandfilter. Still cloudy, but Intex says that can remain for 3-6 days after boost, I am on day 4.
I set up the filter and QS500 to run 4hrs per Intex with regard to the gallon capacity, I was out of town Monday night, checked today, still cloudy, seeing signs of algae starting to form. The Taylor K-1001 still indicates free chlorine is low, and so do the Clorox and Intex provided sticks, reading here and elsewhere, I see they're not accurate? Hence me buying the Taylor kit for accuracy and using the sticks to triple check, they seems to be in line thus far. These levels have remained the same since Sat, pre and post BOOST, and normal 4hr daily operation.
So I am at a loss how to proceed at this point to clear up the water and stop the algae. As you can see, the pH level per Taylor looks ideal, but not so according to the sticks, which can be inaccurate, correct? But the free chlorine measuremnts seems to be in line with Taylor and the sticks. Pool photo looks clearer than it does in person, has a aqua green tint.
