Hi all,
This is our second summer in our new (to us) home, bought in fall 2022.
For starters this forum has been amazing for several reasons. I didn’t even create an account until now, mostly due to to just being able to read without one. What I have read made things so simple.
Upon home purchase we inherited a slightly cloudy pool. ~36,000 gallons with saltwater generator, chlorinator, sand filter and huge bins full of leftover chemicals.
Before stepping foot in a pool store i stumbled upon this forum and within a week or so learned about slam. Not knowing what was making it cloudy, i bought a taylor kit, tested and slammed it. Worked perfectly, and i closed the pool later that fall.
Last spring I opened it to a surprisingly clean pool that quickly went green. Tested and slammed again and everything went great last year. I ised some tabs in the chlorinator when we went away.
We installed an electric cover fall 23, before closing.
This year has been clear as can be, however I am losing CYA somehow. All through last year I was sitting at around 60-70 CYA all year. I drained a bit of the pool over winter and added water upon opening. First test this spring 0 CYA. I added 5lb Dry CYA in sock/bag hanging in front of skimmer (from Lowe’s) still no reading, added 5 more lbs, still nothing, but pool has been crystal clear.
Obviously the FC started getting eaten up quickly and I was adding more than I did last year and it got tiring adding so much liquid.
So I took my water to the pool store. I know, I know.
They also showed 0-5 CYA, I added 10 more lbs. two weeks ago and I’m still showing 0 CYA on the Taylor test.
Pool is crystal clear. What in the world could be causing this?
As always I appreciate this entire forum and I sometimes just read just for the heck of it. But I’m stumped now with this one.
This is our second summer in our new (to us) home, bought in fall 2022.
For starters this forum has been amazing for several reasons. I didn’t even create an account until now, mostly due to to just being able to read without one. What I have read made things so simple.
Upon home purchase we inherited a slightly cloudy pool. ~36,000 gallons with saltwater generator, chlorinator, sand filter and huge bins full of leftover chemicals.
Before stepping foot in a pool store i stumbled upon this forum and within a week or so learned about slam. Not knowing what was making it cloudy, i bought a taylor kit, tested and slammed it. Worked perfectly, and i closed the pool later that fall.
Last spring I opened it to a surprisingly clean pool that quickly went green. Tested and slammed again and everything went great last year. I ised some tabs in the chlorinator when we went away.
We installed an electric cover fall 23, before closing.
This year has been clear as can be, however I am losing CYA somehow. All through last year I was sitting at around 60-70 CYA all year. I drained a bit of the pool over winter and added water upon opening. First test this spring 0 CYA. I added 5lb Dry CYA in sock/bag hanging in front of skimmer (from Lowe’s) still no reading, added 5 more lbs, still nothing, but pool has been crystal clear.
Obviously the FC started getting eaten up quickly and I was adding more than I did last year and it got tiring adding so much liquid.
So I took my water to the pool store. I know, I know.
They also showed 0-5 CYA, I added 10 more lbs. two weeks ago and I’m still showing 0 CYA on the Taylor test.
Pool is crystal clear. What in the world could be causing this?
As always I appreciate this entire forum and I sometimes just read just for the heck of it. But I’m stumped now with this one.
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