- Jan 16, 2017
- 30
- Pool Size
- 14140
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool Edge-25
This is a long story and I will try to keep it as concise as possible. I have a 7 yr old aggregate 14140 inground pool. It has a SWG and a gas Pentair heater. It was maintained up until this July by 'professional' pool services. Both services managed to let the pool get stained. Per the Jacks Magic stain kit (done 3 times) it was copper staining, I would guess from not maintaining the pH and the copper gas heater core. I followed the instructions provided with Jack's Magic treatment #3 / #2 process. This was done July 16th, and honestly did very little. I contacted Jack's Magic and they were unfortunately not very helpful. I gave up for now and rebalanced the water.
The problem I have is typical from what I have read here: I cannot measure FC due to the stain removal products, everything reads as combined chlorine. My old SWG gave up the ghost just before the stain removal in July, and so I maintained the pool with liquid chlorine until the water was balanced, at which time I put a new CricuPool EDGE 40 on the pool.
I am having trouble with small algae growth at the corners of the pool. The water is clear.
My latest water testing (done at home with a TFT-100)
FC reads 0.5
CC reads 9.0 (again I have not been able to measure FC since adding Jack's Magic)
pH is 8.0 this afternoon (7.8 2 days ago)
TA 70
CH 250
CYA 50 (low I know but my chlorine does not seem to drop but rather is too high)
Salt 3000-dropping with LOTS of rain last few weeks-need to add some salt.
Temp 86 F
I have a Maytronics robot that I run 2x per week for 3 hours at a time.
I flush the filter once a month
The Pentair variable speed pump is set to filter the entire pool daily:: 2500rpm for 3 hrs, 1400rpm for 6 hrs, 750rpm for the remaining 15 hrs. (The math indicates filtering 45540 gal per day) This math is courtesy of 'Swimming Pool Steve' on YouTube who tested flow rates for the same Pentair variable speed pump I have.
The Circupool runs 24hrs a day set to 3/8-the low flow light never comes on even with the low flow of 750rpm.
So I have algae forming on the sides almost daily, is does brush off easily with the robot, or by pool brush. But it keeps forming daily. The water is clear. I am concerned I have high CC, and very little FC. But I cannot measure this reliably thanks to the Jack's Magic. ( for what it is worth, I took a water sample to Leslie's pool and they told me my FC was 0.34ppm and CC was 12.0ppm). Do I need to SLAM the pool? And how do I can I do this if I can't measure the FC? Jack's Magic is of little help--they do not seem to believe FC is important, just total chlorine.
Thank you for bearing with me--I am sooooo frustrated. This mess was created by the 'professionals.' This just shouldn't be this hard?!
The problem I have is typical from what I have read here: I cannot measure FC due to the stain removal products, everything reads as combined chlorine. My old SWG gave up the ghost just before the stain removal in July, and so I maintained the pool with liquid chlorine until the water was balanced, at which time I put a new CricuPool EDGE 40 on the pool.
I am having trouble with small algae growth at the corners of the pool. The water is clear.
My latest water testing (done at home with a TFT-100)
FC reads 0.5
CC reads 9.0 (again I have not been able to measure FC since adding Jack's Magic)
pH is 8.0 this afternoon (7.8 2 days ago)
TA 70
CH 250
CYA 50 (low I know but my chlorine does not seem to drop but rather is too high)
Salt 3000-dropping with LOTS of rain last few weeks-need to add some salt.
Temp 86 F
I have a Maytronics robot that I run 2x per week for 3 hours at a time.
I flush the filter once a month
The Pentair variable speed pump is set to filter the entire pool daily:: 2500rpm for 3 hrs, 1400rpm for 6 hrs, 750rpm for the remaining 15 hrs. (The math indicates filtering 45540 gal per day) This math is courtesy of 'Swimming Pool Steve' on YouTube who tested flow rates for the same Pentair variable speed pump I have.
The Circupool runs 24hrs a day set to 3/8-the low flow light never comes on even with the low flow of 750rpm.
So I have algae forming on the sides almost daily, is does brush off easily with the robot, or by pool brush. But it keeps forming daily. The water is clear. I am concerned I have high CC, and very little FC. But I cannot measure this reliably thanks to the Jack's Magic. ( for what it is worth, I took a water sample to Leslie's pool and they told me my FC was 0.34ppm and CC was 12.0ppm). Do I need to SLAM the pool? And how do I can I do this if I can't measure the FC? Jack's Magic is of little help--they do not seem to believe FC is important, just total chlorine.
Thank you for bearing with me--I am sooooo frustrated. This mess was created by the 'professionals.' This just shouldn't be this hard?!