First of all Hi,
I have been an avid reader of your forums and have been looking here whenever I have some pool problems.
I am from Philippines and pool stores here tend to lack items necessary to keep our pool maintained ...
We own a commercial pool and we cater about 15-60 swimmers per day ...
its two pools one for adults and one for kids ... the shape is unformal( like a kidney or something) for both pools ..
I tried to get the total volume of the pool and it counted as 60k+ gallons for the adult and 30k+ gallons for the kiddie pool .. (not sure if right)
we are using two sand filters ( Jacuzzi TM - 36 ) with 3 hp motor for them both ...
we are using silica sand for the sand filter ( just bought them like 6 months ago ) ...
we backwash on a need basis ( I check if the return flow is weak then I backwash ) ...
Can any of you guys who are knowledgeable on commercial pools give me some insights or tips on how to maintain our pool ..
My FC keeps dropping to 0 every morning so Im guessing I dont have enough CYA.
I am currently using Cal hypo as a regular chlorine ...
I recently bought some chlorine tablets and ah floater to try and raise my CYA to some point but not sure how much my current CYA now is ...
We refill our pool using a deep well and the water from the well have a TA of 500+ ...
I lower the TA by using muriatic acid and aeranate the pool using the fountain(octopus designed return) ..
my current readings ATM are
FC = 0 in the morning and like 5+ at night .. I use like 2.5lbs of cal hypo every night to chlorinate the adult pool and 1.5lbs of cal hypo to chlorinate the kiddie pool ...
TA = 150 - 180 on both pools
PH = 7.0 - 8.0+ ( I lower it every night by using muriatic acid to like 7.0 levels, since we open the fountain every morning and that tends to increase the ph to 8.0+)
I mostly have a semi blurred water on both pools but if I fail to chlorinate just for 1 night it turns to green so fast ...
I have a test 5 in 1 test kit and it does not have CYA , CH, TDS test so Im having problems testing those ..
No local Pool store here that can do a complete water test for our pool ...
I cant find any place to buy CYA so trying to use some chlorine tablets to raise CYA ... (no brands since thats the only one available) ...
We are willing to buy the taylor test kit or the TF - 100 but not sure if it can be shipped to our place, and if ever how much is the shipping cost ...
Our water now ( time of this post ) is currently green ... the water itself is clear the the green algae is currently sticking on the walls and the floors ...
our kiddie pool have a tiles flooring and we painted the walls with a acrytex paint ..
our adult pool is fully acrytex paint from floor to wall ...
another problem is the pool paints are being stripped offed the wall ...
Any help would be appreciated and sorry for the big wall of text ...
Jess from phil
I have been an avid reader of your forums and have been looking here whenever I have some pool problems.
I am from Philippines and pool stores here tend to lack items necessary to keep our pool maintained ...
We own a commercial pool and we cater about 15-60 swimmers per day ...
its two pools one for adults and one for kids ... the shape is unformal( like a kidney or something) for both pools ..
I tried to get the total volume of the pool and it counted as 60k+ gallons for the adult and 30k+ gallons for the kiddie pool .. (not sure if right)
we are using two sand filters ( Jacuzzi TM - 36 ) with 3 hp motor for them both ...
we are using silica sand for the sand filter ( just bought them like 6 months ago ) ...
we backwash on a need basis ( I check if the return flow is weak then I backwash ) ...
Can any of you guys who are knowledgeable on commercial pools give me some insights or tips on how to maintain our pool ..
My FC keeps dropping to 0 every morning so Im guessing I dont have enough CYA.
I am currently using Cal hypo as a regular chlorine ...
I recently bought some chlorine tablets and ah floater to try and raise my CYA to some point but not sure how much my current CYA now is ...
We refill our pool using a deep well and the water from the well have a TA of 500+ ...
I lower the TA by using muriatic acid and aeranate the pool using the fountain(octopus designed return) ..
my current readings ATM are
FC = 0 in the morning and like 5+ at night .. I use like 2.5lbs of cal hypo every night to chlorinate the adult pool and 1.5lbs of cal hypo to chlorinate the kiddie pool ...
TA = 150 - 180 on both pools
PH = 7.0 - 8.0+ ( I lower it every night by using muriatic acid to like 7.0 levels, since we open the fountain every morning and that tends to increase the ph to 8.0+)
I mostly have a semi blurred water on both pools but if I fail to chlorinate just for 1 night it turns to green so fast ...
I have a test 5 in 1 test kit and it does not have CYA , CH, TDS test so Im having problems testing those ..
No local Pool store here that can do a complete water test for our pool ...
I cant find any place to buy CYA so trying to use some chlorine tablets to raise CYA ... (no brands since thats the only one available) ...
We are willing to buy the taylor test kit or the TF - 100 but not sure if it can be shipped to our place, and if ever how much is the shipping cost ...
Our water now ( time of this post ) is currently green ... the water itself is clear the the green algae is currently sticking on the walls and the floors ...
our kiddie pool have a tiles flooring and we painted the walls with a acrytex paint ..
our adult pool is fully acrytex paint from floor to wall ...
another problem is the pool paints are being stripped offed the wall ...
Any help would be appreciated and sorry for the big wall of text ...
Jess from phil