Hi everyone. Middle November the family and I moved into a new home with a pool. After a week or so it occurred to us that we really needed to figure out this pool thing, and off to Leslie's pool we headed. The water was mostly clear, but some signs of black algae here and there. The results from their water test came back as:
So they sent me home with a lighter wallet and the 3" jumbo tab pucks, some Calcium-Hypo (Power plus), and Acid. I also got a basic test kit (Taylor 5820). Over the next few days, I did as I was told by filling my chlorine feeder with the pucks, shocking the pool, and adding acid to bring Ph down a bit. The water did seem better, but the FC count just didn't stay up and came down within a few days. We returned and had the water tested again with some minor improvement, number here:
The current state of the pool is the FC is 1 (was 5 yesterday) and the water slightly cloudy, but pump has not started running yet. I've since determined that this CYA number is simply causing me too much trouble and I need to do a partial drain/fill to get that under control while I wait on my TF-100 to show up. Learning that those jumbo pucks increase my CYA number as well I turned off the chlorine feeder as well. The plaster needs some love, and that is planned for the spring for financial reasons, but I want to address this the best way possible now. Thanks in advance.
- Date: 12/2/2014
- FC: 0
- PH: 8
- TA: 100
- CH: 460
- CYA: 150
So they sent me home with a lighter wallet and the 3" jumbo tab pucks, some Calcium-Hypo (Power plus), and Acid. I also got a basic test kit (Taylor 5820). Over the next few days, I did as I was told by filling my chlorine feeder with the pucks, shocking the pool, and adding acid to bring Ph down a bit. The water did seem better, but the FC count just didn't stay up and came down within a few days. We returned and had the water tested again with some minor improvement, number here:
- Date: 12/12/2014
- FC: 0
- PH: 7.6
- TA: 90
- CH: 440
- CYA: 120
The current state of the pool is the FC is 1 (was 5 yesterday) and the water slightly cloudy, but pump has not started running yet. I've since determined that this CYA number is simply causing me too much trouble and I need to do a partial drain/fill to get that under control while I wait on my TF-100 to show up. Learning that those jumbo pucks increase my CYA number as well I turned off the chlorine feeder as well. The plaster needs some love, and that is planned for the spring for financial reasons, but I want to address this the best way possible now. Thanks in advance.