Current readings:
CYA 40
FC 16
CC .5
pH 7.0
TA 90
Pool has been looking great since initial SLAM upon opening. Last month performed AA treatment for iron staining and it has been gorgeous. After ridding the pool of the iron stain I added CYA and currently it is testing at 40 and using about 1/2 gallon of 10% bleach per day. This has been very consistent for at least 2 months. This week the water started turning a turquoise color... (I think possibly due to thinking my CYA to be less than it was). On Wednesday I raised to SLAM level for my CYA and the water was beautiful within 24 hours. Lost 2 ppm throughout the day Thursday. However, overnight Thursday we burned through 4ppm of chlorine. I maintained at SLAM level all day today (Friday). Checked again this evening and had burned through 8ppm in the last 6 hours!!! I actually performed the test again because I could not believe this to be accurate. Why is the chlorine loss progressively increasing?? Shouldn't it be improving? It didn't burn through this much when the water was turning green!!! As a previous owner of an SWG pool I am tiring very quickly of liquid chlorine. Please see disclaimer below...
DISCLAIMER: This is actually my in-laws pool that I am caring for while we temporarily live here. We owned a saltwater pool in our previous home and I will NEVER understand why you would want anything else. In the four years of owning our pool we never once had algae. I only learned the SLAM process after landscapers lost a wheelbarrow full of dirt in our pool. This site has taught me everything I know.
CYA 40
FC 16
CC .5
pH 7.0
TA 90
Pool has been looking great since initial SLAM upon opening. Last month performed AA treatment for iron staining and it has been gorgeous. After ridding the pool of the iron stain I added CYA and currently it is testing at 40 and using about 1/2 gallon of 10% bleach per day. This has been very consistent for at least 2 months. This week the water started turning a turquoise color... (I think possibly due to thinking my CYA to be less than it was). On Wednesday I raised to SLAM level for my CYA and the water was beautiful within 24 hours. Lost 2 ppm throughout the day Thursday. However, overnight Thursday we burned through 4ppm of chlorine. I maintained at SLAM level all day today (Friday). Checked again this evening and had burned through 8ppm in the last 6 hours!!! I actually performed the test again because I could not believe this to be accurate. Why is the chlorine loss progressively increasing?? Shouldn't it be improving? It didn't burn through this much when the water was turning green!!! As a previous owner of an SWG pool I am tiring very quickly of liquid chlorine. Please see disclaimer below...
DISCLAIMER: This is actually my in-laws pool that I am caring for while we temporarily live here. We owned a saltwater pool in our previous home and I will NEVER understand why you would want anything else. In the four years of owning our pool we never once had algae. I only learned the SLAM process after landscapers lost a wheelbarrow full of dirt in our pool. This site has taught me everything I know.