I have these white, thin, pieces of stuff that comes out of my returns. Tons of it. It is also the stuff that you find in your cell when cleaning. What is this stuff and how do you keep it out of your pool? I test my pool on reg. basis and all is well other then adjustments for ph. Saltwater - intellichlor. My pool is about 4 yrs old and we first started noticing it last summer. EVery once in awhile we would find it on the floor of the pool (pebble tec). But this summer it is a constant issue! Suggestions?
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They have been good. Do not have the exact numbers but everytime I test they are with in range.
Hi Andrea,
You have quite a few posts so you probably know that us picky folks need more than "in range" for testing. If you can post a complete set of current test results and tell us what your water looks like we can probably help more.
You have quite a few posts so you probably know that us picky folks need more than "in range" for testing. If you can post a complete set of current test results and tell us what your water looks like we can probably help more.
Here are my results( I could not post yesterday due to adding salt/acid and cleaning cell):
salt -3350
water temp - 87
FC - 4
CC - 0
ph - 7.2
T/A - 130 *yes, I know this is high. Need to figure out how to lower this w/o lowering PH. Usually my T/A is on low end of the range and my PH is sky high.
CH - 240
CYA - ?? no clue. do not have a test for this.
salt -3350
water temp - 87
FC - 4
CC - 0
ph - 7.2
T/A - 130 *yes, I know this is high. Need to figure out how to lower this w/o lowering PH. Usually my T/A is on low end of the range and my PH is sky high.
CH - 240
CYA - ?? no clue. do not have a test for this.
You really need to know this to properly maintain your pool! What test kit are you using now? You can purchase the CYA test individually at:http://tftestkits.net/Cyanuric-Acid-Test-p48.html.Andiejj said:
Read this: http://www.troublefreepool.com/pool-school/lowering total alkalinity. It is a process where you aerate to raise ph, then lower ph (and TA) with Muratic Acid...then repeat, repeat, repeat until your TA is where you want it.Andiejj said:
When you say low end of range, what do you mean? TA does not typically move very fast unless you are doing large water changes.Andiejj said:
I have the test kit from here. I could never get an accurate read on CYA. The black dot never seemed to "disappear" which made me doubt what I was seeing and I ended up going through the solution in just a couple tests b/c I would try to repeat it. I take my water to pool store every couple weeks to get this reading.
Usually my TA is around 70-80. I have had some issues the past week due to my cell acting up, not producing any chlorine, etc... So while trying to get that under control I was more focused on my FC and Ph (since rising ph seems to be a constant issue here). This could be one reason my TA went up??? I also had some algea blooms while this was going on.
Thanks for info. on lowering my TA. I am not looking foward to this at all!!! It has been YEARS since I have had to do this ... ugh!
Usually my TA is around 70-80. I have had some issues the past week due to my cell acting up, not producing any chlorine, etc... So while trying to get that under control I was more focused on my FC and Ph (since rising ph seems to be a constant issue here). This could be one reason my TA went up??? I also had some algea blooms while this was going on.
Thanks for info. on lowering my TA. I am not looking foward to this at all!!! It has been YEARS since I have had to do this ... ugh!
Have you added CYA to your pool, if you haven't, it would not show up. CYA is in stabalizer, trichlor, dichlor...have you used any of these? Pool store results are notoriously unreliable.Andiejj said:
So what is it?Andiejj said:
Did you add a lot of baking soda or something else that would have raised your TA? High TA fill water?Andiejj said:
Did you follow the shocking process: http://www.troublefreepool.com/pool-school/shocking_your_pool?Andiejj said:
I wouldn't sweat this, just aerate 100% of the time and check ph once a day, lowering it to 7.2 each time. You are not far off, so this should be fairly quick.Andiejj said:
Yes, I have added stabilizer several times over the yrs. Whenever my water testing at the store tells me to. I last added in June. It has been almost 2 weeks since I last had it tested so I do not remember the numbers but I do know I did not have to add any. I need to take it in again soon for another test.
No, nothing added except for salt,ph and DE.
No, I did not shock. Maybe I need to do this ...... do not have anything on hand to shock it with so maybe tomorrow I can get some.
I have constant aeration with some cooling device my hubby made. But I went ahead and put on waterfall so hopefully it will raise ph a little faster. Thanks for the advice.
Now, any suggestions on trying to get rid of the calcium scale? Is there something I need to keep at a certian level?
No, nothing added except for salt,ph and DE.
No, I did not shock. Maybe I need to do this ...... do not have anything on hand to shock it with so maybe tomorrow I can get some.
I have constant aeration with some cooling device my hubby made. But I went ahead and put on waterfall so hopefully it will raise ph a little faster. Thanks for the advice.
Now, any suggestions on trying to get rid of the calcium scale? Is there something I need to keep at a certian level?
