Edited for eye breaks. Butterfly
Hello Again, I'm sorry for not getting these postings correct. I don't usually use these things. Let me tell you about myself and my pool first. I live in Conway, SC. It's next to Myrtle Beach. A beautiful place to live, I'm sure.
My pool though is a major nightmare to maintain! I have trees that shed leaves, then shed buds and seeds. Also my neighbors have huge pine trees on both sides of us. That means pine needles, cones, and worst of all pine pollen. The battle goes on all year, not to mention the storms and broken branches. It's a big job no doubt.
I've been using a pool store as my main source for testing and chemicals. I'm hoping to wean off and do this myself. I use liquid chlorine for FC and chlorine sticks in the cholrinator and a floater in the pool.
I did my first test today, and here are the results:
27,000 gallon pool, lazy L, 20x40
56 degree temp
ph 7.8
chlorine below .5
cc 0.5
fc 2.5
tc 3.0
ta 110
ch 170
cya 20+ (cloudy, still see dot at filled level)
Fill Water
ph 6.8
ta 20
ch 50
cya 0
Used the pool calculator but I am having trouble with it. I don't know where to start with the treatment.
The water is crystal clear for now. I have a Tiger Shark robot I run daily and run the pump 4 to 6 hours a day.
The sand filter hasn't been re sanded probably for 10 years. I have that scheduled with the pool people. I just had the motor rebuilt. This pool is very old. Some of the tiles at the water line are cracked and I loose appx 1 to 2 inches of water every 24 hours. If I have missed anything, please let me know and I will get you the info asap.
My main concern right now is what's happening to the plaster and changing out the sand in the filter. Thank, jvette.