As stated above, my pool has been green for three weeks....
This is my second year of owning a pool so i am still learning. My first year I had a problem with green, after shocking it like crazy it never changed until I changed the sand. Reason being I believe is because of the large cotton wood tree above the pool that sheds its cotton during the month of June, thus clogging up my filter.
This year however would be different, I bought the skimmer shields and changed them out literately three times a day. Things were going great until the twenty-fifth of June. The ugly green pea soup was back. So like the average consumer I hopped down to the pool store and spent my hard earned money...
6/25 First recommendation- 1lb of high power powder shock
[*]Still green
6/27 Fiber clear, soda ash to raise ph, green to clean, 3lbs power powder
[*] Even uglier green
6/29 5lbs powder plus, First Aid for pools
[*]Lightened up after shock but went back to green
6/30 Algae Control, 1lb powder plus
[*]lightened up but still light green and cloudy
7/3 Took sample to the store, they said everything was okay wait a few more days...
7/5 Went kayaking from sun up to sun down, never was able to look at pool....
7/6 Back to ugly green.... Ran to the pool store again......
3lbs fresh and clear, 2 quarts algae control, 1 lb super shock, 20 oz of phos free....
My readings yesterday
FC-0
TAC-.5
PH- 7.4
TA- 100
CH- 400
CYA- 90
I called this morning and asked should I see a difference, they now say maybe I should change my sand again... pressure is great in pool, it's also free of debris... the sand I replaced it with last year was brown and not real fine... I think it may have come from lowes...
This is my second year of owning a pool so i am still learning. My first year I had a problem with green, after shocking it like crazy it never changed until I changed the sand. Reason being I believe is because of the large cotton wood tree above the pool that sheds its cotton during the month of June, thus clogging up my filter.
This year however would be different, I bought the skimmer shields and changed them out literately three times a day. Things were going great until the twenty-fifth of June. The ugly green pea soup was back. So like the average consumer I hopped down to the pool store and spent my hard earned money...
6/25 First recommendation- 1lb of high power powder shock
[*]Still green
6/27 Fiber clear, soda ash to raise ph, green to clean, 3lbs power powder
[*] Even uglier green
6/29 5lbs powder plus, First Aid for pools
[*]Lightened up after shock but went back to green
6/30 Algae Control, 1lb powder plus
[*]lightened up but still light green and cloudy
7/3 Took sample to the store, they said everything was okay wait a few more days...
7/5 Went kayaking from sun up to sun down, never was able to look at pool....
7/6 Back to ugly green.... Ran to the pool store again......
3lbs fresh and clear, 2 quarts algae control, 1 lb super shock, 20 oz of phos free....
My readings yesterday
FC-0
TAC-.5
PH- 7.4
TA- 100
CH- 400
CYA- 90
I called this morning and asked should I see a difference, they now say maybe I should change my sand again... pressure is great in pool, it's also free of debris... the sand I replaced it with last year was brown and not real fine... I think it may have come from lowes...