- Aug 24, 2016
- 28
- Pool Size
- 11700
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Turbo Cell (T-CELL-5)
Good morning! Today was the first day of the summer break from school and I can't believe my pool isn't ready yet. I've been using TFP to open my pool for 6 years, this is my 7th.
Here are my readings
pH: 7.2
FC: 8
CC: .5
TA: 150
CYA: 0
NaCl: 3300
And here is my story. 21'x54" AGP sits mostly under a lovely Monterrey Oak that gives us a full shaded pool after 1:30-2:00. We love that, but of course it's a constant battle. Each year, we start with a green pool wiggling with critters and usually lots of leaves and twigs. This year it was a bit worse because our SWG died late summer and we spent the end of the season sanitizing with 10% liquid chlorine. Also, the pump had worn brushes so would only run with a kickstart. Replaced both.
I've always been able to get it clear enough to see the bottom in a matter of about a week, no matter what it looks like or how much debris is still on the bottom. This year I got it blue in about 2 weeks, passes the OCLT, but it was still cloudy enough I couldn't see more than a few inches down. Running the pump nonstop on high power made no difference in cloudiness. Got frustrated. Added flocc (mistake #1). I know I shouldn't have, but I did. It did absolutely nothing. Still couldn't see more than a few inches clearly, certainly couldn't see to vacuum. Continued to filter (mistake #2). A week later, pool looks exactly the same, filtering on high 24/7. Changed the sand (4th year for this filter, figured it was time anyway, might help, thought we might have gummed everything up with flocc, may as well). Even added DE a couple of times with no change.
So in the last week I've taken the pool all the way to mustard shock level, and it took 3 days for it to come down to where I could test for actual pH and TA. pH was 7.6, TA 150, added 56 oz muriatic acid. pH now 7.2 but TA hasn't budged. I didn't have time to test for CH, but historically it has usually been around 200.
What do I do now?
Here are my readings
pH: 7.2
FC: 8
CC: .5
TA: 150
CYA: 0
NaCl: 3300
And here is my story. 21'x54" AGP sits mostly under a lovely Monterrey Oak that gives us a full shaded pool after 1:30-2:00. We love that, but of course it's a constant battle. Each year, we start with a green pool wiggling with critters and usually lots of leaves and twigs. This year it was a bit worse because our SWG died late summer and we spent the end of the season sanitizing with 10% liquid chlorine. Also, the pump had worn brushes so would only run with a kickstart. Replaced both.
I've always been able to get it clear enough to see the bottom in a matter of about a week, no matter what it looks like or how much debris is still on the bottom. This year I got it blue in about 2 weeks, passes the OCLT, but it was still cloudy enough I couldn't see more than a few inches down. Running the pump nonstop on high power made no difference in cloudiness. Got frustrated. Added flocc (mistake #1). I know I shouldn't have, but I did. It did absolutely nothing. Still couldn't see more than a few inches clearly, certainly couldn't see to vacuum. Continued to filter (mistake #2). A week later, pool looks exactly the same, filtering on high 24/7. Changed the sand (4th year for this filter, figured it was time anyway, might help, thought we might have gummed everything up with flocc, may as well). Even added DE a couple of times with no change.
So in the last week I've taken the pool all the way to mustard shock level, and it took 3 days for it to come down to where I could test for actual pH and TA. pH was 7.6, TA 150, added 56 oz muriatic acid. pH now 7.2 but TA hasn't budged. I didn't have time to test for CH, but historically it has usually been around 200.
What do I do now?
