I have opened my pools 3 weeks later than last year and used exactly bathe same.pricesd last fall to close it. Last year i opened to a beautiful crystal clear water (almost), this year is very different:
- strong smell
- color: green
- already took a large quantity of worms
- CYA test could be closed to 0 (last fall was 50)
- the pH is above 7.7
- few bubbles from one of the jet
- for the first 4 hours the gauge increased by 10 points and i backwash twice already.
For the bubble i may need to add luv to the O-Ring, will do this week.
For the CYA and smell it could be ammonia due to a bacteria that consumes the CYA as i have read somewhere here.
I have added 4 gallons of chlorine, keep using the robot to clean the bottom of the pool and will leave the filter run during the night.
Questions : the smell world or ammonia due to bacteria ?
Question 2 : if my CYA test (done with water left to ambient temperature after few hours as the pool is very cold), is accurate and close to 0, the app is telling me to add 5 pounds of stabilizer, what do you think ? What should I do as i don't want to get my CYA too high too.
Question 3: any advice is super welcome. I had a successful year last year thanks to all of you, i hope.to have the same success this year !
- strong smell
- color: green
- already took a large quantity of worms
- CYA test could be closed to 0 (last fall was 50)
- the pH is above 7.7
- few bubbles from one of the jet
- for the first 4 hours the gauge increased by 10 points and i backwash twice already.
For the bubble i may need to add luv to the O-Ring, will do this week.
For the CYA and smell it could be ammonia due to a bacteria that consumes the CYA as i have read somewhere here.
I have added 4 gallons of chlorine, keep using the robot to clean the bottom of the pool and will leave the filter run during the night.
Questions : the smell world or ammonia due to bacteria ?
Question 2 : if my CYA test (done with water left to ambient temperature after few hours as the pool is very cold), is accurate and close to 0, the app is telling me to add 5 pounds of stabilizer, what do you think ? What should I do as i don't want to get my CYA too high too.
Question 3: any advice is super welcome. I had a successful year last year thanks to all of you, i hope.to have the same success this year !
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