Hi everyone! Opening day ! Pulled back the tarp to see clear water! Thanks TFP!

[wmorge]

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[wmorge]

I've started slamming..the great Betty White is working ...so hopefully it doesn't take long! 3rd opening...
First time clear! Yeh!! F.C. 15 CC 1 PH 7.4 C.Y.A low...C.H. 400 (hard water in area) T.A. 180. This is the mass of the Night Crawlers.. Yuck!.

 

[Casey]

Get some CYA in there (what is low anyways?) to protect your chlorine from the sun.

 

[wmorge]

My CYA is 10 maybe?? lol The dot was seen with the water at the top of the test tube. So yes I added some stabilizer. My tarp is a tad too small for the pool which allowed the leaves to get under and trying to close while the leaves are falling!. : ) Betty ( auto cleaner ) has stirred things up so it's cloudy...Lost quite a bit of chlorine over night so it's not as clean as I hoped it would be on opening... but I am happy to see Semi clear water Vs swamp! and those worms.. Anyone else see this before? I have read that people find all kinds of critters in their pools : )

 

[wmorge]

I lost 2 ppm of F.
C. lastnight...hopefully this 3rd day of Slamming will kick it...... 3 days Vs. Over 30 days last summer! Knowledge is power! Thanks TFP!

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[Richard320]

Be sure to empty the skimmers and backwash if you've sucked up a lot of worms and debris. They can still be stealing your FC. They're sharing the same water, they're just out of sight in the filter.

 

[wmorge]

Will be sure to check that! Thanks!

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[wmorge]

I am having some Calcium scaling on my steps. My CH is at 400. Indiana ground water is typically 180 ppm, very hard water . With last years clean up we replaced a lot of water due to back washing and then this year to fill to get things up and running so replacing water wont help much I think. Would adding Borax help?
FC 8.5
CC .5
PH 7.2
CH 400
TA 180
CYA is not yet reading but I should be within 30 to 40 range.