We have an above ground pool, I have chosen not to close it for the winter. We have a mild climate that may experience some freeze days but some years we have none at all, so the hassle didn’t seem worth it. During the summer, the pool was sparkling and perfectly clear, no issues at all. I put chlorine in every day or every other day and vacuumed once a week.
This fall I have not had much time to deal with it. While the water is clear, it doesn’t have that “sparkle” and there is a thin film of green on the stairs and some spots on the bottom where the current doesn’t flow as much. I’ve got it set to run the pump 4 hrs (broken up into 30 min-1 hr segments). CYA is low from tons of rain, so I am using a floater to keep Chlorine up but it is taken a realllllly long time to dissolve the tablet.
Water chem taken today
2.5 fc
0-.5 cc
7.7 ph (raised it from 7.5)
75 ta
200 ch
30 cya
Are my numbers ok? I usually work to keep CSI close to 0, according to the calculator it’s -.4ish right now. And does the algae on the pool liner matter so much? It’s going to be at least a week until I can mess with running the vacuum.
thanks for the help!
This fall I have not had much time to deal with it. While the water is clear, it doesn’t have that “sparkle” and there is a thin film of green on the stairs and some spots on the bottom where the current doesn’t flow as much. I’ve got it set to run the pump 4 hrs (broken up into 30 min-1 hr segments). CYA is low from tons of rain, so I am using a floater to keep Chlorine up but it is taken a realllllly long time to dissolve the tablet.
Water chem taken today
2.5 fc
0-.5 cc
7.7 ph (raised it from 7.5)
75 ta
200 ch
30 cya
Are my numbers ok? I usually work to keep CSI close to 0, according to the calculator it’s -.4ish right now. And does the algae on the pool liner matter so much? It’s going to be at least a week until I can mess with running the vacuum.
thanks for the help!
