low fc

Hi Everyone, I just received my TF-Pro Salt test kit and ran my first battery of tests. We recently converted to a Salt Water pool using a Pentair i30, and I cannot keep enough FC in the pool. We have algae spots showing up in the bottom in spot-fashion which does not scrub up easily. The...

Hi all, having a low FC issue again. I’ve jacked up SWG to 80% for 16 hrs per day for last few days but still 2.2 FC (tested in evening). All other numbers are in range. I’m expecting my FC to be higher. Water temp is 87, outside temp has been low to mid 90s. I went to PAP to have them test as...

Pool is crystal clear, I have a Hayward puck feeder and I can not keep my chlorine levels up. I’ve even stuck a floater in the water with some 3” pucks and still won’t keep them at the levels. I dumped 3 gal of 10% liquid and res tested next morning and still low. Took,water to have tested in...

Hi. This is our 4th summer with a saltwater pool. We are dealing with black algae (very minor case-barely visible) and struggling to maintain FC. We had been using a pool store for testing, but their results were, obviously, inconsistent. So I purchased the Taylor K-2006 and tried my best to...

I am sure you get these newbie questions all the time, but I am stuck and the local pool store has been no help. The store opened the pool and installed a Jandy Salt System and Opened my pool. To say that the opening was botched was an understatement. It a long story about that and getting them...

hi, just got back from vacation for 3 wks. Gf added chems while I was gone. I now see some stuff sticking to some of the sides and on steps/loveseat. I think its somewhere between faint yellow and faint greenish. I had her putting in MA and liquid chlorine while i was gone. Test numbers this...

Attached a pic of my readings from SureTREAT app (sorry folks, I prefer it to pool math). I thought I remembered reading recently that shock should be added in evening and SB added in the morning, but never together - is that correct? First time poster but have been searching and reading for awhile!