My pool is driving me insane.
Every month I have algea start to grow in my pool even though the water tests always show up as perfectly fine. "Perfect PH, perfect alkalinity, plenty of available chlorine, tsd not too high" But without fail every 3-4 weeks i start having green dust like algea start to cover every surface. I can scrub and shock and within a few days its back. My phosphates always rise. I have dogs that track in dirt and wind blows in plenty of other junk.
The only thing thats helped is phosphate remover. But its expensive and I have a cartridge filter with 4 cartridges. If I want to clean them thoroughly I have to set aside 1-2 hours. When removing phosphates I have to do this 3-4 bleeping times. Everyone is always saying you dont need to worry about phosphates, so what causes the big imbalance? What should I be looking for? I know pool stores only test for phosphates when asked, at least mine does. Is there some other test im unaware of?
Every month I have algea start to grow in my pool even though the water tests always show up as perfectly fine. "Perfect PH, perfect alkalinity, plenty of available chlorine, tsd not too high" But without fail every 3-4 weeks i start having green dust like algea start to cover every surface. I can scrub and shock and within a few days its back. My phosphates always rise. I have dogs that track in dirt and wind blows in plenty of other junk.
The only thing thats helped is phosphate remover. But its expensive and I have a cartridge filter with 4 cartridges. If I want to clean them thoroughly I have to set aside 1-2 hours. When removing phosphates I have to do this 3-4 bleeping times. Everyone is always saying you dont need to worry about phosphates, so what causes the big imbalance? What should I be looking for? I know pool stores only test for phosphates when asked, at least mine does. Is there some other test im unaware of?