3rd year pool owner here. 1st year no issues. Last year we had a hard time opening up the pool until I realized that the CYA was over the limit. A partial drain did the trick. I live in Southern PA, and last year we received rain, rain, rain and more rain. We closed the pool when the pump quit working (it was late July and still raining). We drained half of the water, put the cover on it and left it be. At that time it was green of course.
Through the course of the winter, the cover slipped off and left all of the maple leaves inside the pool. Not that it's back to not being a brick of ice, I started to clean it.
There was and still is a lot of leaves to be taken out. I'm brushing and removing the leaves each day. It's kind of hard since the water is brown. But I do know that the dark spots are my trouble spots.
I found a dead squirrel in the water. I'm not sure how long the pest was in there, but he was green and slimy. Should I be concerned?
My new pool pump should be here mid week.
Should I clean out more leaves before I hook up my pump?
I tested today and got these levels.
Chlorine 0
Ph was beyond 7.8
Alk 70
Hardness 100
CYA 20
Through the course of the winter, the cover slipped off and left all of the maple leaves inside the pool. Not that it's back to not being a brick of ice, I started to clean it.
There was and still is a lot of leaves to be taken out. I'm brushing and removing the leaves each day. It's kind of hard since the water is brown. But I do know that the dark spots are my trouble spots.
I found a dead squirrel in the water. I'm not sure how long the pest was in there, but he was green and slimy. Should I be concerned?
My new pool pump should be here mid week.
Should I clean out more leaves before I hook up my pump?
I tested today and got these levels.
Chlorine 0
Ph was beyond 7.8
Alk 70
Hardness 100
CYA 20