Hello and thanks in advance!
So we have a 24x52 summer waves pool that we bought last year. This was our first season opening and we did not properly close it last year. A mistake I will not make again. Anyway, after opening, the pool was extremely dark and could we not see anything. We leaf raked and got all large debris out, dumped shock in (blindly-before I found TFP) and then turned original cartridge pump on.
As you can imagine, the water did not change much. I then found this website which has been amazing. I purchased the Taylor k2006 test kit and went from there in preparation to SLAM.
First day readings were
pH 7.1
TA 120
CH 60
FC 12.5
CC 1.5
CYA 20
We then added stabilizer per the pool calculator. From what I understand, we don't really need to raise the calcium hardness.
Second day readings we only tested FC (which went down to 8) CC(which went down to 1-yay!) and CYA (40).
Per the SLAM/CYA chart we added chlorine and raised the FC to 16 and CC is still 1.
The problem is the water is still cloudy green. I can only see about 18 inches down. I'm rinsing the filter multiple times daily and run it 24/7.
There does seem to be a lot of very small particles in the water. I know flocculant is a no no but will clarifier help? Will it even be effective while SLAMing?
What do I do??
So we have a 24x52 summer waves pool that we bought last year. This was our first season opening and we did not properly close it last year. A mistake I will not make again. Anyway, after opening, the pool was extremely dark and could we not see anything. We leaf raked and got all large debris out, dumped shock in (blindly-before I found TFP) and then turned original cartridge pump on.
As you can imagine, the water did not change much. I then found this website which has been amazing. I purchased the Taylor k2006 test kit and went from there in preparation to SLAM.
First day readings were
pH 7.1
TA 120
CH 60
FC 12.5
CC 1.5
CYA 20
We then added stabilizer per the pool calculator. From what I understand, we don't really need to raise the calcium hardness.
Second day readings we only tested FC (which went down to 8) CC(which went down to 1-yay!) and CYA (40).
Per the SLAM/CYA chart we added chlorine and raised the FC to 16 and CC is still 1.
The problem is the water is still cloudy green. I can only see about 18 inches down. I'm rinsing the filter multiple times daily and run it 24/7.
There does seem to be a lot of very small particles in the water. I know flocculant is a no no but will clarifier help? Will it even be effective while SLAMing?
What do I do??