Put my pool in at the end of last summer and followed TFP and everything has gone great up to this point. A couple of weeks ago I noticed a little bit of algae on one side of the pool, brushed it off and thought nothing else of it. I work out of town during the week so big changes can happen from Sunday to Friday. Anyway, fast forward to yesterday, I got home and algae was pretty much all over the pool. Not really bad but noticeable. Here is a link to some pics.
Shared album - Chris W - Google Photos
Here were my water test results from last week.
Ph - 7.6
Ta - 70
Ch - 50
Cya - 90
Fc - 1
Combined - chlorine -1
I noticed the the FC was low so I cranked up the SWG and the FC today was at 3. I have cranked the SWG up a bit more to try and get it to 4 which I believe is recommended.
I am assuming now I need to shock the pool. Does that mean I need to add bleach to get the FC to 35? That would be about 10 gallons of bleach according to PoolMath. Is bleach the best way to go or should I just go buy some shock at Lowes? My daughter has some friends coming over tonight so I am planning to wait until at least tomorrow before I shock it but then I leave to go out of town again on Monday, is that a problem? Next week I can be home Thursday night through Sunday so I may be better off waiting until then but don't know? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Shared album - Chris W - Google Photos
Here were my water test results from last week.
Ph - 7.6
Ta - 70
Ch - 50
Cya - 90
Fc - 1
Combined - chlorine -1
I noticed the the FC was low so I cranked up the SWG and the FC today was at 3. I have cranked the SWG up a bit more to try and get it to 4 which I believe is recommended.
I am assuming now I need to shock the pool. Does that mean I need to add bleach to get the FC to 35? That would be about 10 gallons of bleach according to PoolMath. Is bleach the best way to go or should I just go buy some shock at Lowes? My daughter has some friends coming over tonight so I am planning to wait until at least tomorrow before I shock it but then I leave to go out of town again on Monday, is that a problem? Next week I can be home Thursday night through Sunday so I may be better off waiting until then but don't know? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!