Hi all! Hope everyone is having safe and fun summer. Quick question I haven't posted in awhile but have been avid user of the tfp app. I was just wondering. The weather in PA has stunk and no one has really swam in 2 weeks or so. I have check fc daily and never dropped below 5. I also am only losing maybe 1 ppm a day so don't think it's crazy yet. But I was out draining some water as we have had rain everyday for a week and noticed when I swept skimmer on ground got a little of that what I call algae dust. I checked fc and it was 9 ppm. Is this simply cause no one has swept and no one has swam to stir up the water? I don't have to start a slam do I? Thank you in advance. I've also attached my numbers as a whole.
Algae without fc drop?
- Thread starter nksprts
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 58,369
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Usually dead spots in circulation, so entirely possible not having swimmer load to stir things up is detrimental.
You could perform OCLT to check, but personally I would raise to slam level, do some brushing for a day or two, then do an OCLT to check.
You could perform OCLT to check, but personally I would raise to slam level, do some brushing for a day or two, then do an OCLT to check.
Thank you for the input.
I am not sure it sure looked like a green tint but for like 9th day in row it was raining so didn't get great look. Will check it out deeper this weekend.
That was a thought of mine too. Especially cause I have the cheap pump the pool came with it that usually is under performing. Need to uprade but haven't yet. As I said I haven't lost more then 1 ppm overnight yet, fc as always maintained safe zones and the pump I usually run 7 - 10 hours a day.