Gday everyone.
I have recently bought a new house which has a pool. The previous owner seemed to keep the water looking good most of the time without too much trouble. When i took over things went downhill reasonably quick!
Green/black algae was present in the grout of the waterline tiles. This continued to grow even after I scrubbed them.
I took the water samples to the pool shop and found had no chlorine etc. Every time I went back(fortnightly) they said the same thing.
I had a look the SWG and found that it was only working at 40% even though set at max.
I bought a new cell and now have it set at 100-103% for 8 hours.
The chlorine still seems to dissipate quite quickly.
I found this website/forum and ordered a Taylor test kit which I got 1 week ago.
I went away for the week and my father stayed at home and took care of the pool. When I returned home he had kindly scrubbed the algae from the grout and bought an algicide from the pool shop (copper based).
I test the water and I had .2 ppm FC and 7ppm CC!
I suspect this was something to do with the treatment and algae etc. in the water.
I went and got a 15 L bottle of 12.5% liquid chlorine and dosed
My current test result is:
FC 3.2
CC 0.4
pH 7.6
TA 80
CYA 55
I have since added 1kg of stabilzer to raise the CYA to 75.
My main question is... I tested the FC in the morning when I woke up and it was 4.8. Is it normal for it to drop to 3.2 by 3pm in the afternoon esp. given that my chlorinator was running at max for the whole time?
It is very hot and windy weather here and have to constantly remove leaves also if that means anything.
I have recently bought a new house which has a pool. The previous owner seemed to keep the water looking good most of the time without too much trouble. When i took over things went downhill reasonably quick!
Green/black algae was present in the grout of the waterline tiles. This continued to grow even after I scrubbed them.
I took the water samples to the pool shop and found had no chlorine etc. Every time I went back(fortnightly) they said the same thing.
I had a look the SWG and found that it was only working at 40% even though set at max.
I bought a new cell and now have it set at 100-103% for 8 hours.
The chlorine still seems to dissipate quite quickly.
I found this website/forum and ordered a Taylor test kit which I got 1 week ago.
I went away for the week and my father stayed at home and took care of the pool. When I returned home he had kindly scrubbed the algae from the grout and bought an algicide from the pool shop (copper based).
I test the water and I had .2 ppm FC and 7ppm CC!
I suspect this was something to do with the treatment and algae etc. in the water.
I went and got a 15 L bottle of 12.5% liquid chlorine and dosed
My current test result is:
FC 3.2
CC 0.4
pH 7.6
TA 80
CYA 55
I have since added 1kg of stabilzer to raise the CYA to 75.
My main question is... I tested the FC in the morning when I woke up and it was 4.8. Is it normal for it to drop to 3.2 by 3pm in the afternoon esp. given that my chlorinator was running at max for the whole time?
It is very hot and windy weather here and have to constantly remove leaves also if that means anything.