I have a TF-100 test kit, I've tried to follow TFP for the past 8 years, try very hard not to go to a pool store. But I am perplexed and feel out of control.
We travel quite a bit and tend to keep our FC at about 10 to be sure we don't come home to a green pool. We were not successful most times the last 2 years and we are off to a bad start this year, without even leaving town.
We have quite a bit of organic material in our pool in the spring so I've been running the pump about 12 hours a day to try to keep it clean, but that does not seem to be helping. Both 3 weeks ago and again last week I SLAM'd the pool and it got better (not green but slightly cloudy). So last week, out of desperation, I added some of Phosphate remover and the pool looked really good. For about 4 days. Now today it is cloudy and green again. The chlorine levels have never come down to "normal levels", and I fear we have WAY over chlorinated the pool (no we aren't going in it).
The pool was last drained about a year ago.
Here are my numbers today:
PH 7.8
FC 45
CC 3
TC 48
CYA 70
Alkalinity 110
Help?
We travel quite a bit and tend to keep our FC at about 10 to be sure we don't come home to a green pool. We were not successful most times the last 2 years and we are off to a bad start this year, without even leaving town.
We have quite a bit of organic material in our pool in the spring so I've been running the pump about 12 hours a day to try to keep it clean, but that does not seem to be helping. Both 3 weeks ago and again last week I SLAM'd the pool and it got better (not green but slightly cloudy). So last week, out of desperation, I added some of Phosphate remover and the pool looked really good. For about 4 days. Now today it is cloudy and green again. The chlorine levels have never come down to "normal levels", and I fear we have WAY over chlorinated the pool (no we aren't going in it).
The pool was last drained about a year ago.
Here are my numbers today:
PH 7.8
FC 45
CC 3
TC 48
CYA 70
Alkalinity 110
Help?