Hi! Not sure if I'm posting in correct forum, but wanted to share my latest with our local Leslie's...
I only go to Leslie's for kids goggles or for cya testing since my eyesight doesn't like the view tubes anymore.. (I have 2 sizes).
I asked for just a CYA test & the rep pulled a bottle of test strips .I said no thanks as find them horribly inaccurate & that I use DPD testing.. He said they no longer do individual testing so I need my water fully tested as their new machines test everything. I knew I was in trouble...lol
My water tested as it did earlier in the am (perfect to me) but he questioned the high phosphate reading of 1423. (He was a bit shocked at our 6 ppm chlorine reading (we keep it at 6 ppm) but we got past that. The cya was right where I wanted it at 32 so I was good to go.
But he continued to stress the high phosphates & said the Canadian wild fire smoke debris is causing havoc in local pools (I'm in sw CT & we did have a couple days of hazardous air quality but that was well over a month ago) He said they're seeing a lot of "perfectly balanced pool water" with high phosphates & that it's eating up the chlorine fast. He said if this happens, we should buy Leslie's phosphate remover.
When I asked, he agreed to use a test strip on my water & compare it to their machine results. Of course he was surprised how inaccurate the strip was in comparison. I think he learned something..
I have no plans to remove phosphates. Our water opened sparkling clear, and is still sparkling clear. I'm a big believer in if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Maybe we'll nd up with an algae bloom and I'll have to eat my words.
What do the experts here have to say about the debris from the wildfire smoke causing high phosphates & whether there's any need to intervene? Tks!
I only go to Leslie's for kids goggles or for cya testing since my eyesight doesn't like the view tubes anymore.. (I have 2 sizes).
I asked for just a CYA test & the rep pulled a bottle of test strips .I said no thanks as find them horribly inaccurate & that I use DPD testing.. He said they no longer do individual testing so I need my water fully tested as their new machines test everything. I knew I was in trouble...lol
My water tested as it did earlier in the am (perfect to me) but he questioned the high phosphate reading of 1423. (He was a bit shocked at our 6 ppm chlorine reading (we keep it at 6 ppm) but we got past that. The cya was right where I wanted it at 32 so I was good to go.
But he continued to stress the high phosphates & said the Canadian wild fire smoke debris is causing havoc in local pools (I'm in sw CT & we did have a couple days of hazardous air quality but that was well over a month ago) He said they're seeing a lot of "perfectly balanced pool water" with high phosphates & that it's eating up the chlorine fast. He said if this happens, we should buy Leslie's phosphate remover.
When I asked, he agreed to use a test strip on my water & compare it to their machine results. Of course he was surprised how inaccurate the strip was in comparison. I think he learned something..
I have no plans to remove phosphates. Our water opened sparkling clear, and is still sparkling clear. I'm a big believer in if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Maybe we'll nd up with an algae bloom and I'll have to eat my words.
What do the experts here have to say about the debris from the wildfire smoke causing high phosphates & whether there's any need to intervene? Tks!
