I don't believe it - that company is based 15 miles from where I used to live in the UK. I was there in February. I will give them a ring tomorrow and see if they can send one to Italy for me. If they can't they can send one to my daughter, who will forward it to me. Many thanks!chem geek said:
Newbie, based in Italy, with green algae problem
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OK, after some more time in Pool School I think I have discovered that as my pool gets constant sun, all day (at least most days), I need to keep the CYA level a bit higher than the 30-50ppm suggested. Maybe more like 80ppm. So OK, my levels are still too high, but with the backwashing and topping up needed whilst shocking I may get the levels down in a reasonable time scale. The only time I will ever use dichlor again is if I need to increase the CYA level for any reason.
I notice Palintest do electronic testers, some of which can be connected to a PC. Does anyone use anything like this?
I notice Palintest do electronic testers, some of which can be connected to a PC. Does anyone use anything like this?
More information: I've just been down to the pool and water is much cleaner this morning - I can see the bottom, although it is still a bit cloudy. I can also see a few settled areas of algae so as soon as the horrible rain and gale subside I will go down and do some more brushing. The water no longer seems to be green though.
Can you just check my liquid chlorine calcs please, before I go off to buy some tomorrow. I used the pool calculator so I think they are right, but just need to run them by someone else to be sure.
Current chlorine level 4ppm (as best I can measure at moment), need to raise to at least 32ppm to shock and 12 ppm to maintain levels, pool (including holding tank) is 440000 litres.
So approx. 200 litres of 6% chlorine to shock, plus more to maintain it. Once finished shocking I will need 7 litres to raise the level by 1ppm.
Does this mean I could potentially be looking at using around 7-10 litres per day to maintain levels?
Thanks a lot for your continuing help guys. When I get time from sorting this out I will try to put all the information needed in my signature.
Can you just check my liquid chlorine calcs please, before I go off to buy some tomorrow. I used the pool calculator so I think they are right, but just need to run them by someone else to be sure.
Current chlorine level 4ppm (as best I can measure at moment), need to raise to at least 32ppm to shock and 12 ppm to maintain levels, pool (including holding tank) is 440000 litres.
So approx. 200 litres of 6% chlorine to shock, plus more to maintain it. Once finished shocking I will need 7 litres to raise the level by 1ppm.
Does this mean I could potentially be looking at using around 7-10 litres per day to maintain levels?
Thanks a lot for your continuing help guys. When I get time from sorting this out I will try to put all the information needed in my signature.
120ppm, but I think it is a little less than this. I am going to try to get some sort of test for this tomorrow, while I try to get a much better testing kit.Butterfly said:
Yes, but you would have to work with it and get to know just how much your pool uses daily.OliveGrove said:
Every pool is different.
Yes, that would raise FC from 4 to 32.
I wish I'd found this web site 4 years ago. Thanks for all your help. Have just taken some more pics so will upload them shortly.
We wish you had found us 4 years ago, too, but we're glad you're here now! Your pool will thank you over and over again 
More pics! We love 'em and can't get enough. Hopefully we'll see some of the whole huge pool! :-D
Don't forget the holding tank!
More pics! We love 'em and can't get enough. Hopefully we'll see some of the whole huge pool! :-D
Don't forget the holding tank!
Sounds like you are getting a pretty good grasp of how the chemistry works in your pool.
Didn't you say earlier that you had access to 10% liquid chlorine? Have you check the price on it vs the 6% bleach? The prices of this stuff seems to vary wildly, if the 10% was a similar cost per ppm of FC, then you would have to haul fewer bottles.
+1 on the pictures!!!
Didn't you say earlier that you had access to 10% liquid chlorine? Have you check the price on it vs the 6% bleach? The prices of this stuff seems to vary wildly, if the 10% was a similar cost per ppm of FC, then you would have to haul fewer bottles.
+1 on the pictures!!!
OK, here are a couple of photos I took a couple of hours ago with my phone. The holding tank is below ground, so not a lot to see really. The netting is to keep the olives and leaves out of the pool, and also provides privacy from next door. At least it did before the strong winter winds tore it. Our gardener has some new, stronger stuff to replace it with, once these pesky winds die down. The circular part is a 6 meter diameter 60cm deep children's pool, which is frequented more often by parents than their children 
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We're off to see our friendly chemical supplier in the morning, so will report back what we are able to get. The 10% was purely from memory from a couple of years ago, may have been a bit more, maybe a bit less, but I think I can work out the quantities of stronger stuff I would need versus the 6% bleach.jblizzle said:
Nice pics!
With a pool that large (okay, huge!) , as Jason mentioned, there is going to be a lot of jug hauling.
When you get some time, please add your pool and equipment specs in your signature.
Go to User Control Panel (upper left under TFP logo), select Profile, then Edit Sig.
Also, if you don't mind, please add the size in liters and gallons
Thanks!
Are you going to check on the possibility of adding a saltwater chlorine generator? I think Chem Geek mentioned it a while back. Just wondering.
With a pool that large (okay, huge!) , as Jason mentioned, there is going to be a lot of jug hauling.
Okay, but I am now trying to imagine what it would look like to have something more than twice the size of my pool underground!
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Also, if you don't mind, please add the size in liters and gallons
Thanks!Okay, but I am now trying to imagine what it would look like to have something more than twice the size of my pool underground!Butterfly said:
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Thanks![/quote:14mkv344]Will do. May have to be later in the week as we have lots of inside building work going on at the minute.
Thank you. It was a retirement present to ourselves, but certainly helps to "sell" the holiday apartment.bobodaclown said:
That is interesting about the salt water pools being illegal for public access ... anyone have an idea why? Just does not make logical sense to me ... other than maybe the lower FC levels required ... but obviously that seems ignorant.
This is Europe. I don't know why, but I am sure I have read it somewhere - will try to research it.jblizzle said:
Just don't call it a saltwater pool ... it is a chlorine pool where the chlorine is generated from salt 
ETA: I wonder if you are renting out a room, if that would make it fall under a "public" pool ... seems pretty private to me.
ETA: I wonder if you are renting out a room, if that would make it fall under a "public" pool ... seems pretty private to me.