I've been fighting algee for almost a week and making little progress. My guess is I'm not keeping the FC high enough for a long enough period. But seriously...this was supposed to be "trouble free" but it is not. I've added 11 jugs of liquid 6% chlorine over the past week. I'm at a loss and have decided to put some trichlor sticks back in the the skimmer and have used some algecide.
What am I doing wrong?
What am I doing wrong?
Goal | 8/30/16 | 9/5/16 | 9/6/16 | 9/7/16 | 9/8/16 | 9/9/16 | 9/10/16 | |
FC | 6 | 1 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 14 |
CC | ? | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
pH | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
TA | 110 | 210 | 190 | 200 | 210 | 210 | 220 | - |
CH | 300 | 300 | 375 | 400 | 450 | - | - | - |
CYA | 40 | 50 | 30 | 20 | 30 | 20 | 30 | 35 |
Water Temp | 79 | 84 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 85 | 82 | |
Air Temp | 70-95 | 70-95 | 70-95 | 68-97 | 68-98 | 68-100 | 66-80 | |
Week's Rain | < .25 | < .25 | <.25 | <.25 | <.25 | <.25 | 1" | |
Actions after test | Added: | Added: | Added: | Added: | Added: | |||
240 oz Cl | 120 oz Cl | 240 oz Cl | 360 oz Cl | 360 oz Cl | ||||
1 Bioguard silk sticks in skimmer | 4 oz algicide | 4 oz algicide | 3 Bioguard silk sticks in skimmer | |||||
Notes: | Looks greener today | Looks to be getting less green today | Looks less green today but still swept some up off steps | Looks about the same as yesterday |