Ok I know this will be long winded but I hate post that don't give any detail. My neighbors is out of town for a month and letting us use his pool. He said there is nothing we need to do just swim.
Details:
I few weeks go by and all of a sudden it's green and full of algae. I called him and he said to throw a bag of shock in and it should be good in 24 hours. I used to have a pool about 8 years ago, and followed all the TFP guidance, so I knew this was probably not the best approach. However, I was in a hurry so I figured it's his pool I'll just do what he says.
Next day there was no real improvement. I talked to the owner again and he says it needs more shock. I put 4 bags of MAXBlue fast-dissolving, 6-in-1 and a gallon of Pool Time Algicide and Clarifier Stabilizer. Next day is a little better but really dirty. Lots of small dirt and debris suspended. Like something was wrong with the pump or filter. I checked out the equipment. The accessory pump and Polaris were working but nothing was being pulled in from the sk8immer and run through the filter. Tested the controller and it was providing 240v to the pump it just wasn't working. I spent the afternoon replacing the pump. Fired up the pump and everything is working as of yesterday.
Next step is to get the chemistry back. I tested the chemicals using the Leslie's test strips he had.
FCI - 0
Alk - 80
pH - 7
CyA - 40
I just couldn't figure out how after all the shock I put in over the last couple days FCI could be at zero. I figured lets plug all this into the pool math calc and do this right. Per pool math we added 8 cups of baking soda to get the TA up and a gallon of 6% bleach. Tested again after an hour and FCI still does not read anything so I put another bag of MAXBlue in. Floating duck has like 5 pucks in it.
This morning I checked again.
FCI - 0
Alk - 100
pH - 7.2
CyA - 40
Clarity is a lot better. Still not back to normal but ~80% improvement. Still no FCI at all. Not sure what to do now. Just keep putting in bleach until I get a reading? Take sample to pool store? I thought the test strips might be bad so I tested in the spot I poured bleach in right after and the strip reacted to that.
Details:
- Freshwater pool
- About 18,000 gallons
- Direct sun
- Dallas, TX
- Owner uses pucks in a floating duck to maintain chlorine
I few weeks go by and all of a sudden it's green and full of algae. I called him and he said to throw a bag of shock in and it should be good in 24 hours. I used to have a pool about 8 years ago, and followed all the TFP guidance, so I knew this was probably not the best approach. However, I was in a hurry so I figured it's his pool I'll just do what he says.
Next day there was no real improvement. I talked to the owner again and he says it needs more shock. I put 4 bags of MAXBlue fast-dissolving, 6-in-1 and a gallon of Pool Time Algicide and Clarifier Stabilizer. Next day is a little better but really dirty. Lots of small dirt and debris suspended. Like something was wrong with the pump or filter. I checked out the equipment. The accessory pump and Polaris were working but nothing was being pulled in from the sk8immer and run through the filter. Tested the controller and it was providing 240v to the pump it just wasn't working. I spent the afternoon replacing the pump. Fired up the pump and everything is working as of yesterday.
Next step is to get the chemistry back. I tested the chemicals using the Leslie's test strips he had.
FCI - 0
Alk - 80
pH - 7
CyA - 40
I just couldn't figure out how after all the shock I put in over the last couple days FCI could be at zero. I figured lets plug all this into the pool math calc and do this right. Per pool math we added 8 cups of baking soda to get the TA up and a gallon of 6% bleach. Tested again after an hour and FCI still does not read anything so I put another bag of MAXBlue in. Floating duck has like 5 pucks in it.
This morning I checked again.
FCI - 0
Alk - 100
pH - 7.2
CyA - 40
Clarity is a lot better. Still not back to normal but ~80% improvement. Still no FCI at all. Not sure what to do now. Just keep putting in bleach until I get a reading? Take sample to pool store? I thought the test strips might be bad so I tested in the spot I poured bleach in right after and the strip reacted to that.