Hello all,
I have been a pool owner for 8 years or so now. I have been using the trouble free pool method for 6 of those 8 years. For 6 years it has been simple and have had no problems thanks to all the info found on this forum. Thank you all!
long story short my family had an emergency and we had to be out of town for a littler over aweek. Due to the emergency my pool was the last thing on my mind. I get home and find the pool still clear. I open the pump lid to clean out the basket and the locking ears break off. Great! It took me a couple days and a few phone calls but o finally find a replacement. It took over a week to arrive. So at this point I’m at 3 weeks with no filter and no bleach. 3 days before the lid arrives I come home from work and the pool water is a light green. At this point I just try not to let the green water bother me too much. The next day I come home from work and the water is as clear as it was before all this. That made me scratch my head. Water stayed clear never turning back green. Pump lid comes in. I get the pump going and start checking numbers. Here are my numbers from the original test:
FC- 0
CC- .5
PH - 6.5
TA - 30
CYA - 78
CYA was high due to me having to use some pucks because liquid chlorine has been impossible to find in my area along with plain bleach. I have since been able to find plenty of bleach.
I knew I had to slam so I adjusted the PH to 7.0 adjusted the TA to 70 and retested the PH which had now went up to 7.3. Water was still clear but I had what I thought was algae on the bottom of the pool. I vacuum the pool and brush the walls and floor. What I thought was algae did not come up or move. I bring the chlorine level up to slam at 31ppm. I have kept it there for the last 60 hours. I am losing 4 ppm on the over night test. This morning I had still lost 4 ppm but my CC was at 0.
The algae/stain is still on the bottom and does not appear to be getting better or worse. I tried laying a puck on a spot for a few minutes and nothing. I tried the Vitamin C pill and again nothing. Could the PH being so low have stained the liner? I will try and add some pics shortly. Any info or advice will be very appreciated.
I have been a pool owner for 8 years or so now. I have been using the trouble free pool method for 6 of those 8 years. For 6 years it has been simple and have had no problems thanks to all the info found on this forum. Thank you all!
long story short my family had an emergency and we had to be out of town for a littler over aweek. Due to the emergency my pool was the last thing on my mind. I get home and find the pool still clear. I open the pump lid to clean out the basket and the locking ears break off. Great! It took me a couple days and a few phone calls but o finally find a replacement. It took over a week to arrive. So at this point I’m at 3 weeks with no filter and no bleach. 3 days before the lid arrives I come home from work and the pool water is a light green. At this point I just try not to let the green water bother me too much. The next day I come home from work and the water is as clear as it was before all this. That made me scratch my head. Water stayed clear never turning back green. Pump lid comes in. I get the pump going and start checking numbers. Here are my numbers from the original test:
FC- 0
CC- .5
PH - 6.5
TA - 30
CYA - 78
CYA was high due to me having to use some pucks because liquid chlorine has been impossible to find in my area along with plain bleach. I have since been able to find plenty of bleach.
I knew I had to slam so I adjusted the PH to 7.0 adjusted the TA to 70 and retested the PH which had now went up to 7.3. Water was still clear but I had what I thought was algae on the bottom of the pool. I vacuum the pool and brush the walls and floor. What I thought was algae did not come up or move. I bring the chlorine level up to slam at 31ppm. I have kept it there for the last 60 hours. I am losing 4 ppm on the over night test. This morning I had still lost 4 ppm but my CC was at 0.
The algae/stain is still on the bottom and does not appear to be getting better or worse. I tried laying a puck on a spot for a few minutes and nothing. I tried the Vitamin C pill and again nothing. Could the PH being so low have stained the liner? I will try and add some pics shortly. Any info or advice will be very appreciated.
I tried the Vitamin C pills in a sock. It worked as you said. So I guess it is Iron.