Recent content by DGroesch

Just in case anyone else is in the same type of situation, I wanted to update. We left our pool with a CYA of 120ppm, and I dumped 4 gallons of chlorine in it. I had our dog sitter add a gallon each day while we were gone for 3 days. When we came home, I checked the CYA again, just to be sure I...

Just an update in case anyone is going through the same thing. We went out of town and had our dog sitter add a gallon on chlorine in each day. We checked the cya level when we got home and it was still in the 100-120 range. The next day, I added THIRTEEN gallons of chlorine, 13! No reading of...

I think that’s exactly what’s been happening to us. When we opened the pool we scrubbed everything washed all the tools and toys, etc. But didn’t realize the CYA had dropped so much over the winter. For whatever reason I thought it was a one and done type of deal. I know now it’s not, thanks to...

I feel the same as needing to set fire to it and scream just for my mental stability while dealing with it. I’m totally fine with not swimming as long as we can get rid of it and enjoy it for the rest of the summer. Thanks for your input!

I’ve been reading so much my eyes are crossing. 🤪. We do plan on draining and refilling until we get to the proper CYA level, we just aren’t able to until we get back. I do have someone coming to watch my dogs, so I will ask them to put some chlorine in while they are here also. Good idea. Thank...

I’m sorry, I thought I did fill out my signature, I’ll have to go back to try it again. We have a 27ft round by 52 inch high pool. If I’m correct it’s 17,500 gallons. I was just looking at the tests, I’ll get one ordered. Thank you!

Hello all, We’re off to a rocky start with our first full season as pool owners. We somehow acquired mustard algae last year, and kind of just kept shocking the pool to keep it at bay. Opened up this year to a swamp, got it clear, and the mustard algae is back. We had no CYA opening, so we put...