- Apr 1, 2012
- 7
After 10 days of slamming, can't pass the OCLT and the water will not clear. Water is a beautiful blue, but so milky that it is opaque. Blue dip net can't be seen beyond 16-18 inches. After removing the cover and testing water 2 weeks ago (which looked like river or lake water from the winter algae) I lowered the ph from 7.6 to 7.2 using muriatic acid before beginning slam. I only mentioned this because I thought it odd that next day the water was already void of green color and turned very light colored from ONLY the addition of the acid. I thought this will be easy. LOL, nope. First time I've been stumped on what to do after following this wonderful forum since 2012. I would also add the an unusual amount of pollen, maple helicopters and tree shed have hit the pool in the last 5 days. I brush every day, pump 24-7 for last 10 days. Backwash when pressure increases 25%, Deep cleaned the sand filter before starting and am using DE powder to the filter (takes only half cup to increase pressure 1 pound) and I can not clear this water. Been through a ton of 10% bleach and now am having to wait on R870 and R871 to arrive after running out. (In this slam timeout, I have added 3inch dichlor pucks to skimmer since CYA reading is low anyway and we were hoping to perhaps explore SWG this season.) This is a new vinyl liner replaced last season AND Cal-hypo (since it was free) was used for awhile at the end of the season. I believe this increased the CH from 170ish last year to 200 this?? Sorry this post is so long, but hoping someone might have a clue as to what is going on here. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I appreciate the help and this forum.
PH 7.3
TA 70 (never been this low before)
FC 9 (was at shock level 12 after dark last night)
CC 1
TC 10
CH 200
CYA 30
PH 7.3
TA 70 (never been this low before)
FC 9 (was at shock level 12 after dark last night)
CC 1
TC 10
CH 200
CYA 30