Cloudy water

[kimkats]

You can "catch" some of the dirt/stuff with a turkey baster. Squirt it out onto a white paper towel inside a colander. Let it dry and see what it looks and feels like. Share a pic of it.

 

[Russo221]

Oh that's pretty good, I will have to try

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[Russo221]

I did the OLCT....7:30 last night chlorine was at 11 and this morning at 6am it was at 11 again... So I didn't lose anything

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[kimkats]

SWEET! How does your water look today? Do you have any more of that "dirt" on the bottom?

 

[Russo221]

Water is clear as anything.... But still have the dirt or whatever it is

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[kimkats]

Sweet! Now do the turkey baster idea for me.

Is the dirt or whatever getting less?

 

[Russo221]

No it seems the more I let it go the more I have down there, I'll try the turkey baster thing but not sure when with work, I get home late

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[kimkats]

Do what you can do when you can do it. I would keep the FC on the upper end just in case it is dead/dying algae.

 

[Russo221]

Hey when closing the pool is there any special chemicals I need prior to closing or basically slam the pill for 24 hours before covering?

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[Casey]

You need to make sure you're done with a SLAM/Algae outbreak before you close. You do not want to waste all that effort n close what appears to be a clean pool, only to find algae upon opening.

But yes, you'd SLAM the pool n close it.

 

[Russo221]

Well considering it's been a month and no matter what I have done nothing seems to be working so no matter what I will have to eventually close it

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[Russo221]

Well I don't know what happened but all of a sudden out if no where, whatever was on the bottom stopped coming back and for 3 days now the pool has been completely clear and no more stuff on the bottom. I threw a decent amount of algaecide in there I don't know if that's what they did or it's just a coincidence but keeping my fingers crossed here are some pics

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[kimkats]

OH happy day! You did it! You beat the algae monster and it's gremlins!

 

[Russo221]

So far it's good.... Question is there any way to lower CYA? In the beginning I was using tablets which raised it big time to around 100, sucks cause I have to maintain the chlorine pretty high not to mention shock level is like 33.I want to get it back to 50 like I had it in the beginning. Also does CYA lose during the course of the winter while the pool is closed?

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[kimkats]

The only way to deliberately lower CYA is to drain and refill the % Pool Math tells you to. There is a company that tried to make a product that would lower it but it did not work. There were several people who tried it. Maybe one day someone will find something that does work.

I know with all of my rain here in FL I tend to fight to get and keep my CYA up due to draining off rain water.

SOME people have reported losing CYA over the winter. We have not been able to figure out why this happened. We will keep asking questions in hopes of one day figuring it out!

 

[Russo221]

I'm hoping to lose the CYA over the winter, I really don't want to drain the pool and refill it... My water bill is high to begin with, with the sprinklers and all. This way if I lose it over the winter I can start over next year with everything now that I know what to do

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[PAGirl]

Please reread pool school, so you can have a trouble free pool next year! You won't have high CYA or the need for algaecide.

 

[kimkats]

I'm hoping to lose the CYA over the winter, I really don't want to drain the pool and refill it... My water bill is high to begin with, with the sprinklers and all. This way if I lose it over the winter I can start over next year with everything now that I know what to do

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You would not drain the whole pool BUT I do hear you on not wanting to spend any more money on water. It does not hurt a thing to let it sit where it is and see where it is in the Spring.

 

[Russo221]

You would not drain the whole pool BUT I do hear you on not wanting to spend any more money on water. It does not hurt a thing to let it sit where it is and see where it is in the Spring.

Yes that's what I'm thinking, this way if the CYA does come back to normal when I open it up next year I can start from scratch the right way and not endure with the problems I had this year

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