- Jul 12, 2010
- 145
Current water numbers. Chlorine 5+, pH 7.5, CYA 50, TA 130. I have not been able to find a test kit that goes above 5 on Chlorine.
Problem #2 – my sand filter is not filtering. I had a small algae problem in the beginning of the season and got it taken care of, but now I have this very fine, powdery stuff that collects on the bottom of the pool. It is green/brown. It always goes to the bottom of the pool and collects. I have found that it just goes straight through the sand filter and blows right back into the pool. In fact, each time I turn off the filter and then turn it back on, I get a big cloud of this green/brown stuff shooting out.
I removed all my sand, checked the laterals and all other pieces. No problems. Sand was ok. I dug it all out. And what I found was the sand on top was very clean. When I got to the bottom, the sand was saturated with green water.
My assumption is that I have dead algae that can not be filtered and keeps shooting into the pool.
I have left the filter on for a week and the pressure does not increase. The only solution I can think of it to vacuum to waste each day to get all the Crud off the bottom and keep letting the filter blow dead algae out until it all settles to the bottom of the pool.
Problem #1 – air is somehow leaking into my pump/filter system. I always see tiny air bubbles on the side of my pool and shooting out the jet. If you go underwater, you can see it as well. I can’t get the air bubbles to stop. When you look at the basket just before the super pump, there is always air at the top that can be seen through the clear plastic cover. I have also found that if I add said aid and the pressure goes up from 12 to about 20-22, all suction essentially stops when the basket in front of the super pump fills with mostly air. I see small amounts of water coming in, but more air is coming in so the basket never gets filled. I don’t know where the air is coming from. I see no leaks from the pipes above ground
Problem #2 – my sand filter is not filtering. I had a small algae problem in the beginning of the season and got it taken care of, but now I have this very fine, powdery stuff that collects on the bottom of the pool. It is green/brown. It always goes to the bottom of the pool and collects. I have found that it just goes straight through the sand filter and blows right back into the pool. In fact, each time I turn off the filter and then turn it back on, I get a big cloud of this green/brown stuff shooting out.
I removed all my sand, checked the laterals and all other pieces. No problems. Sand was ok. I dug it all out. And what I found was the sand on top was very clean. When I got to the bottom, the sand was saturated with green water.
My assumption is that I have dead algae that can not be filtered and keeps shooting into the pool.
I have left the filter on for a week and the pressure does not increase. The only solution I can think of it to vacuum to waste each day to get all the Crud off the bottom and keep letting the filter blow dead algae out until it all settles to the bottom of the pool.
Problem #1 – air is somehow leaking into my pump/filter system. I always see tiny air bubbles on the side of my pool and shooting out the jet. If you go underwater, you can see it as well. I can’t get the air bubbles to stop. When you look at the basket just before the super pump, there is always air at the top that can be seen through the clear plastic cover. I have also found that if I add said aid and the pressure goes up from 12 to about 20-22, all suction essentially stops when the basket in front of the super pump fills with mostly air. I see small amounts of water coming in, but more air is coming in so the basket never gets filled. I don’t know where the air is coming from. I see no leaks from the pipes above ground