Hi All,
I'm pretty sure I know the answer to my question, but I thought I'd confirm. Anyway, the pool has looked fantastic. Crystal clear. But after some heavy rain last night I'm dealing with some cloudy water. I can still see the drains in the deep end, but it's not right, I know that. i am pretty sure things are a bit off (chemistry) and I've just caught it before things are out of control. I know rain really shouldn't affect the water, so as to why the rain made this happen at this time, who knows.
Anyway, I noticed FC was low this morning so I corrected things...pH was low too, it dropped. The rain? Anyway, here's this morning and just a little while ago.
10am
FC: 1.5
CC: .5
PH: 7.2
TA: 90
CH: 300 (pool is vinyl)
CYA: 70
7pm
FC: 4.0
CC: .5
PH: 7.2
TA: 90
CH: 300 (pool is vinyl)
CYA: didn't retest
So I added about 39 oz of washing soda to get the PH closer to 7.6 (my target) and I figure I'm borderline needing to SLAM to clear up the cloudiness. Would you agree? I only had 2 gallons of bleach on hand, so I added that, which will put my pool around 10 FC. My SLAM level is around 26-28 though. Should I bump it all the way up that high or just keep it higher than normal, but under SLAM, maybe 10-14? I have less than 1 CCs and I'm pretty sure I would hold on an OCLT but I will find out in the morning...
Thoughts?
Thanks
I'm pretty sure I know the answer to my question, but I thought I'd confirm. Anyway, the pool has looked fantastic. Crystal clear. But after some heavy rain last night I'm dealing with some cloudy water. I can still see the drains in the deep end, but it's not right, I know that. i am pretty sure things are a bit off (chemistry) and I've just caught it before things are out of control. I know rain really shouldn't affect the water, so as to why the rain made this happen at this time, who knows.
Anyway, I noticed FC was low this morning so I corrected things...pH was low too, it dropped. The rain? Anyway, here's this morning and just a little while ago.
10am
FC: 1.5
CC: .5
PH: 7.2
TA: 90
CH: 300 (pool is vinyl)
CYA: 70
7pm
FC: 4.0
CC: .5
PH: 7.2
TA: 90
CH: 300 (pool is vinyl)
CYA: didn't retest
So I added about 39 oz of washing soda to get the PH closer to 7.6 (my target) and I figure I'm borderline needing to SLAM to clear up the cloudiness. Would you agree? I only had 2 gallons of bleach on hand, so I added that, which will put my pool around 10 FC. My SLAM level is around 26-28 though. Should I bump it all the way up that high or just keep it higher than normal, but under SLAM, maybe 10-14? I have less than 1 CCs and I'm pretty sure I would hold on an OCLT but I will find out in the morning...
Thoughts?
Thanks