I just couldn't get ahead of the algae in the pool. Chemicals got balanced, but there was still algae, and what is worse was when I vacuumed it was returning to the pool from the return. Reading on here, I decided to check out if channeling was happening inside the sand filter. All heck broke loose with that. I was definitely ill-equipped to do that alone as I could not get the lateral assembly(?) back in. I called in some help.
Turns out I was very low on sand (maybe 1/3 of what it should be) and the water in the filter was deep green. So we emptied out most of the sand that was in there and replaced it with about 145 pounds of new sand. I reassembled it all, and of course I have a drip at the connection of the clamp flange. I pull things apart, wipe down all the parts, use some jack's lube on the o-ring and reassemble. I think I have the drip controlled. I fire up the filter, and I am a bit freaked out at the air bubbles in the return, but I think it is from air trapped in the sand, etc. Soon enough there are no air bubbles in the return. PSI is around 13. I feel around the connections for drips, but it is hard to tell as everything is pretty wet. I will monitor when filter is off and hope to the pool gods that it is snug.
I still have an algae problem. I know my chlorine is high but the rest of the chemicals were balanced I bought algaecide at the pool store ( I was desperate) I have added that to the pool.
Do you think the algae issue was because there was not enough sand in the filter to actually filter the water? What should the next steps be?
Thank you for reading, I look forward to the responses.
Turns out I was very low on sand (maybe 1/3 of what it should be) and the water in the filter was deep green. So we emptied out most of the sand that was in there and replaced it with about 145 pounds of new sand. I reassembled it all, and of course I have a drip at the connection of the clamp flange. I pull things apart, wipe down all the parts, use some jack's lube on the o-ring and reassemble. I think I have the drip controlled. I fire up the filter, and I am a bit freaked out at the air bubbles in the return, but I think it is from air trapped in the sand, etc. Soon enough there are no air bubbles in the return. PSI is around 13. I feel around the connections for drips, but it is hard to tell as everything is pretty wet. I will monitor when filter is off and hope to the pool gods that it is snug.
I still have an algae problem. I know my chlorine is high but the rest of the chemicals were balanced I bought algaecide at the pool store ( I was desperate) I have added that to the pool.
Do you think the algae issue was because there was not enough sand in the filter to actually filter the water? What should the next steps be?
Thank you for reading, I look forward to the responses.