ammonia

A week ago I noticed our chlorine wasnt keeping up. Found a dead animal in skimmer (not sure if this was related). Shocked the pool. Next day I noticed our chlorine registered zero. Took water sample in to pool store. FC was 0 TC was .4 CYA was 126. Ammonia was around a 7. Pool store had me add...

I'm a victim to the CYA disappearance after FC went to zero when the SWG stopped while out of town. Last known CYA was around 40. Given the warm temperatures and sunny days, I'm limited to SLAMming in the evening/overnight so not to lose FC to sunlight given the high SLAM FC levels. After...

This is the second year in a row that I have had high Ammonia levels when I’ve gone to open my pool (8 PPM Ammonia, 0 FC, 0 CYA). Before closing, I SLAMed the pool and added PolyQuat at the startup level and verified my CYA level, per the Pool School book. Is there anything else I can do to...

Just wrapping up the third summer with my pool. I’ve always had trouble with CYA disappearing. Apparently it is susceptible to whatever baddie that turns CYA into Ammonia. When we opened it this year, it took over 30(!) gallons of 12% bleach to balance all the Ammonia that had built up over the...

Our friends recently purchased a house with a neglected pool that is 21000 gallons - pump was broken and when we opened the tarp it was a nice dark green with all sorts of debris inside. I offered to help and got the pump replaced without any issues however am really having a hard time starting...