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No, jets are roughly the same height as the skimmer. This led me to believe it to be one of the underground pipes or fittings, as there has been some settling of the concrete around the pool.

I have had a leak somewhere in my pool plumbing for a while; just hadn't been that bad until recently. I suspected suction side, as most of the time it seemed to lose more water when the pump was not running. Well, about a month and a half ago, it got bigger; was dropping 2-3 inches per day...

Should I increase the CYA now, or wait until the completion of the SLAM to keep the chlorine more effective during the process?

Got home from being away for several days, and was met with what I had feared! Appears to be Mustard Algae. (Photos don't really show the mustard yellow color, but it's there... Shady side of pool almost looks like a yellow film, with heavier, darker deposits on the floor in areas of low...

Pool looks great; crystal clear, passes OCLT, CC is 0.2ppm or less, no known issues (other than hardness is low, but I'm told that doesn't matter on FG pools?) Due to a somewhat ongoing issue with suspected Mustard Algae, I am trying to keep above the Mustard Minimum Chlorine level. (Pool is...

My current, post SLAM numbers are: FC=11.5 (still dropping from SLAM) CC=0 pH=7.4 TA=60 CH=70 CYA is showing 30 or possibly slightly below, which I find a bit hard to believe, as it was up around 60 earlier in the summer, and didn't seem to go down much from refills for evaporation or even...

Got it. Raised to SLAM level this evening.

Using the numbers for CYA=60; pulled the 58 from pool store test that I had done to double check my own test results. The blooms do brush away easily, and "poof" into little clouds that dissipate quickly; it definitely behaves like mustard. I was just confused as its not consuming chlorine...

pH=7.8 FC = 5.0, will raise to 8.0 tonight, unless I need to go higher. CC = 0.0 TA = 68 CH = 75 CYA = ~58 Should I raise the FC to the mustard min tonight, and do an OCLT at that level? Not really sure how to judge the circulation in certain areas of the pool; can't really feel it moving...

Well, I have enjoyed 2.5 months of a trouble free pool, after fighting off a Mustard outbreak. However, I am now seeing what looks like the beginning of another one, in the form of small blooms forming on the *morning* shaded side of the pool at the edge of the ramp area from shallow to deep...

. WOW! What a difference a week can make! We should be swimming tomorrow! Thank you all for all of the help in getting to this point! Passed the OCLT on Tuesday night, and cranked the FC to Mustard level at 5:30 Wedensday morning. Wednesday afternoon, vacuumed and brushed again (just got...