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    Stains - help me identify cause of action

    See attached pictures. I had these for a while, still there after SLAM. I have put a crushed vitamin C on top of one, but stain remained. Ideas? next steps? Greatly appreciate the help of this forum!
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    Spotted dark-green algae

    I'm still getting zero as CC, FC was 17 last night before going to bed and 14 in the morning around 9 am EDT. 30-40 CYA. No visible algae today.
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    Spotted dark-green algae

    Woke up to clean water with many spots on dark green algae. Spot of algae gets removed with a brush and the spot keeps floating in the water (does not dissolve). Total chlorine reads zero, free chlorine was also near zero. I started SLAM, but I'm curious about this type of algae. Usually in the...
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    Feces in the pool - unknown source, probably racoon

    Thnx for the quick reply. This happened - allegedly - last night and unfortunately today had to head to work before could react properly (have to pay for the pool somehow). I wont be able to work on it with daylight until tomorrow morning. Original plan is still good enough after 24~30 ish...
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    Feces in the pool - unknown source, probably racoon

    I woke up today to this: feces in my beautiful blue water. Way to close 2017 :thumbdown:. Don't know the source. I can only speculate raccoon as we have many, many, in the area. First time this happens since I live in this home in little longer than 2 years. Gross alert :!:, skip this line if...
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    Huge leaf stain after Hurricane Irma

    Just to update on results: stain faded away completely. It was just a matter of time and proper chemistry. Thank you!
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    Huge leaf stain after Hurricane Irma

    These are my test results: 1) CYA guesstimated at 25. At the 30mark the dot was slightly visible. It is OK to add some pucks and slowly up it up to 30-40? How many pucks (13k gallon pool) 2) CC is low (almost non existent). Should I perform SLAM? 3) See stain on pictures. Thnx for the...
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    Huge leaf stain after Hurricane Irma

    Got back home after leaving for a week because of hurricane Irma. Although water was blue, it was full of leafs. There was a huge pile of them by the deep end drain cover. After removing all the leafs there is a huge stain under where that big pile was. Last night I added a jug (2.5 Gal 10%)...