Recent content by Jo Lewis

I was actually hitting 45 as I thought it was mustard and went right for that.

Hi, I thought I had a mustard algae problem. After many days of SLAM and passing everything except seeing the brown debris return I've started to think it is pollen. My patio and the skimmer basket have thick yellow pollen and the aquabot vac bags are filled with this yellow sand like substance...

It is the sodium bromide kind but I have kept the FC very high without losing any overnight even with the yellow treat to avoid making it a bromine pool. The CC is 0. This is the first time the pool has not had algae. Since last July. And, I slammed for almost 2 weeks last season and then gave...

I got rid of the yellow algae. After slamming for a week and the algae still retruning each morning, I opted for yellow treat. I kept slam level fc all day while using yellow treat as the container says it will use up the chlorine. Took 2 treatments of 5oz but it is gone. Maintained mustard...

Update...I vacuumed the pool. 2 hours later it looked worse than ever. Algae is brown and all over the bottom. I brushed and by the time I made it back around it was already coming back. Chlorine dropped to 26 with vacuum. Added 2 cups of DE to filter. CC is now 0 which is really strange since...

This morning FC still at 32. Ph 7.5. CC 0.5 but a lot of brown algae on floor. No longer just in the center which is disapoointing. Running vac to filter. Waiting on pool store for DE to add in.

Thank you!!! I'm picking up some in about an hour when pool store opens. None of my neighbors use it. They all have sand and never add de.

Hi again, I have vacuumed to the filter. 2 hours later right back dead center. I will drop some DE tomorrow in it. I'm not sure what else to do. Chlorine holding steady at 32. Cloudy today so nothing really burned off. CC still 1. Water is crystal clear but that pile of algae is sitting in the...

And, my filter has been running 24/7 since Friday. I started SLAM on Saturday. FC had one drop Saturday afternoon to 26.5 and I added chlorine based on pool math which calculated said 29 but otherwise holding at 32.

My chemical balance in general is fine. Ph 7.5. My cya was slightly higher at 75 which is why I took the option to go to waste because then I could refill and try to lower it and now it is at 70. I vacuumed to the filter and I've brushed. Waited 2 hours, algae back in the center. And, TA is...

Hi, I don't even have the ladder setup to the pool so it is literally an 18ft round pool that no obstacles. The algae sits dead center. I had read somewhere that you shouldn't push the algae into your filter which is why I was vacuuming to waste. My current FC is 32, cya 70, ph 7.5, alk 160. The...

Hi, I just read the article you posted. For mustard I need to have FC at 60% of cya. So I need to get FC up to 45. Thank you so much for posting that. I'm going to retest now and add to bring the FC way up. That might help. I was trying not to vac through the filter. The pool is not covered. Do...

Thanks. So, since there is no FC loss, I don't know what to add to help the CC. The pool calculator says my slam level 29. Do I just keep it above 29 until the algae goes away?

I started a SLAM as I saw algae (mustard again) same as last season. Haven't been in pool this season. Just opened. Glass filter media. Taylor test results: FC 33 (last night it was 33 at 730pm) and this morning at 6am Ph 7.5 Alk 170 Cya 70 CH 125 CC is 1 I have vacuumed to waste 3 days. What...

Thank you all for your help!!! This week of trying to follow your instructions and learning about slam and the test kit has been so helpful. I won't be visiting the pool store any more. I'm just wondering why their cya test was so much different than what I've done with the test kit???