Hello and thank you for this forum. I'm new here but have already read a lot of great information. Notice I didn't say "learned" a lot. There is so much to learn and it's not soaking in yet. I'm still at the confused stage and chemistry was never my thing. Although I am not new to owning a pool, I had a home in Arizona with a pool for 17 years but paid a pool service to keep it looking beautiful all the time. It was also a rental for for many years and I didn't trust tenants to take care of it. We just finished our new home and pool about 18 months ago and I'm finding that keeping the water and tile looking great is more than weekly testing and adding chlorine when needed. I've had water tested at a small local shop that has computerized testing. I would like to take control of the pool and not let the pool control me but there is a lot to learn and I don't want to make it worse.
My current problem is the pool went from clear and beautiful to cloudy, what seemed like overnight. That's when I checked the chlorine feeder and it was empty. We also had a lot of rain and let water out of the pool. While looking on the internet for help on removing calcium deposits from glass tile, I found this forum. That's when I decided to purchase the TF-100 Test Kit so I didn't have to keep running water to the pool store. I'm not confident in my chemistry skills yet so I hope I'm getting the correct readings when I test the water. The following are the results from the testing done yesterday:
FC: 5.5ppm
CC: 0
TC: 5.5
CH: 600
TA2: 210
CYA: 100
Test results from one week prior and the pool looked great:
FC: 5ppm
CC: .5
TC: 5.5
CH: 575
TA: 180
CYA: 90
The sun shelf has a few small spots of algae forming, which it has done in the past. It's difficult keeping it clean because there isn't enough circulation and it's too shallow for the pool cleaner.
I would greatly appreciate any advice.
Thank you,
Terri
My current problem is the pool went from clear and beautiful to cloudy, what seemed like overnight. That's when I checked the chlorine feeder and it was empty. We also had a lot of rain and let water out of the pool. While looking on the internet for help on removing calcium deposits from glass tile, I found this forum. That's when I decided to purchase the TF-100 Test Kit so I didn't have to keep running water to the pool store. I'm not confident in my chemistry skills yet so I hope I'm getting the correct readings when I test the water. The following are the results from the testing done yesterday:
FC: 5.5ppm
CC: 0
TC: 5.5
CH: 600
TA2: 210
CYA: 100
Test results from one week prior and the pool looked great:
FC: 5ppm
CC: .5
TC: 5.5
CH: 575
TA: 180
CYA: 90
The sun shelf has a few small spots of algae forming, which it has done in the past. It's difficult keeping it clean because there isn't enough circulation and it's too shallow for the pool cleaner.
I would greatly appreciate any advice.
Thank you,
Terri