Ok this will be my fourth attempt in putting up a post in 4 hrs due to my post almost being complete, and me like a dummy hitting the back button on my phone several times. Thank you for the advice everyone.
However the FC/TC has been above 10ppm for over 72 hours after shocking and adding 1 tri chlor tab. So it is holding steady. I may have had the beginning phase of an algae out break which is nothing short of new for me during mid season. Pool is now clear. It always was clear with a slight haze to it a few days ago due to brief depletion of FC and the beginning of an algae breakout. I nabbed it in time. All chem level are now perfect with the exception of the CH which is high at 450-500 ppm due to the shock/calcium hypochlorite.
FC: over 10 PPM holding for 72 hours. TA:80 PH 7.5
CYA: 40. The sediment however still remains a minor issue. Again distinguishing dead algae as gray/whitish residual matter which typically from my experience gets picked up from my skimmer sock. The sediment on the floor has always occurred mid season every year for me even when the filter was new out of the box 2 years ago. If i vac it to skimmer/filter, it reappears 2 hours later. if I vac it to waste, it still reappears. if I floc the pool and vac to waste in the past it usually hasn't come back until late season/ next season. Please bear in mind this occurs even after I have freshly rinsed the cartridge and skimmer sock. I know dead algae is accumulating in the skimmer sock until fully clear, but the sediment is something different. It could be dead algae and maybe i am mis-diagnosing. The wife and I both swam on the floor of the pool a few hours ago just to verify its consistency. It seems to be sedimenty slightly gritty but dissolved into the water once touched. I am convinced it is a filter issue and am looking for products/ideas/fabrications on how to make a filter cartridge more effective by placing a sleeve/fabric/sock or whatever over a cartridge filter if such an animal exists without having to use DE. I know other users on here have similar issues and I will scavenge the forums for clues. Again thanks for the advice. If anyone knows of any cartridge filter enhancements they can think of kindly please share
Can you elaborate a bit on this?
..... However the FC/TC has been above 10ppm for over 72 hours after shocking and adding 1 tri chlor tab. So it is holding steady
Per your CYA 40ppm, Target FC Level is 5ppm and Shock level is 16ppm. Why are you holding "above 10ppm", and how much above 10ppm did it start at?
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I just saw pooldv's post to raise to 10ppm and perform an OCLT. How far above 10ppm did you start at?
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If your FC & TC = 10ppm, then I am
assuming that your CC=0.0ppm? If so, you've passed your first hurdle.
..... FC: over 10 PPM holding for 72 hours.
Are you saying that the FC has been at 10ppm for 72 hours, and has not dropped at all, or is it that your FC test tops out at 10ppm?
Have you performed an OCLT? This will tell for sure if you still have organics at play in your pool.
Which test kit are you using?
Sorry for all the questions, but like you, I had "not so polished" water and was questioning my filter. I tried DE and it got a
little better.
http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/99086-TFPC-Water-Balance-amp-Saturation-Index
But, thanks to some bird poop, (and in hindsight, when I brushed there were little "poofs" of something coming off the bottom) I did an OCLT to discover that I did have organics (algae/bacteria) in my pool, despite good levels.
http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/99394-Gonna-SLAM-the-poop-out-of-this-pool!
After a SLAM, the water is glass clear, with no more "poofs" when I brush. My pool is under some trees, and thought that debris from the trees was on the bottom of my pool. Now I see the difference between "debris" and algae on the pool floor.
Dom