Asking for a Friend

[Bobby Buttercup]

So my friend's pool has been having bad water. She has been to the pool shop and they gave her an analysis and suggested products. Attached are pictures of her water SINCE performing the treatment 18 hours ago, as well as the pool shop's analysis and a picture of her pump and filter. She is going to backwash it again tonight. It is a 24 foot above ground pool. Any suggestions. Thanks!

 

[justinc]

Results are missing cyanuric acid level. Do you have that?

 

[jblizzle]

I don't know what any of those products that she added really are. Do you have ingredients?

Clearly it would be best for them to stay out of the pool store and to test their own water ... and join TFP so you are not the middleman

 

[Bobby Buttercup]

Results are missing cyanuric acid level. Do you have that?

No, only alkalinity, ph, chlorine, hardness, and phosphates.

 

[Bobby Buttercup]

I don't know what any of those products that she added really are. Do you have ingredients?

Clearly it would be best for them to stay out of the pool store and to test their own water ... and join TFP so you are not the middleman

They are clarifiers.

 

[jblizzle]

Well that is a sign of a bad pool store if they are not even checking the CYA which is required to know the proper FC levels to maintain. Although most of the pool industry still has their head in the sand ... since 1973 when the relationship was documented.

I assume you meant clarifier?
We don't recommend the use of those because they can cause problems in the water

Really they just need to follow the SLAM Process which required one of the recommended test kits (Test Kits Compared). Up there, you can only get the K-2006 unless you can hope across the border.