Film on top of water

[swimming3]

Hi all, if you've seen any of my posts, you may have followed my progressions from ascorbic acid treatment for iron stains to black algae. Now that the pool is clear, we did a treatment on the sand filter with Proteam Filter Magic. We followed the deep cleaning directions and put 32 ounces in overnight then backwashed in the morning. We now have this film on top of the water. Is this from the filter treatment? How do we get rid of it?

The water is clear. Chlorine still high as we've been keeping it up the week post black-algae so it's around 10-11 ppm. PH 7.2. TA 7. CH somewhat difficult to measure because of the film but I think in low 200s.

 

[Wobblerlorri]

I'd say yes, it's from the magic potion you put in your filter. You apparently didn't get it all backwashed out. You're going to have to keep backwashing, or dump the sand and replace it after thoroughly cleaning the tank and multiport valve. You're still going to have to deal with the residue in your pipes.

Next time just do a deep cleaning with nothing but water.

 

[swimming3]

Great.... well, now that it's all in my pool is there an enzyme or something to get it out?

 

[swimming3]

I just backwashed until the water line was too low. Now refilling pool. Do I just need to keep doing this until its gone? It appears that film is on surface but not sure if it is deeper in the water.

 

[Wobblerlorri]

No enzymes, no adding one magic potion after another. Since you've backwashed that much, refill the pool, rebalance your chemicals, and get some scumballs to get the rest.

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[swimming3]

Thanks! I actually called Proteam, and they suggested similar. My biggest concern was this affecting my chemicals balance, but she said it would not. She said to speed up the breakdown/removal process we could use tennis balls, skimmer socks, etc for absorption. I guess it's a surfactant composition, which makes sense. She did say I could use an enzyme, but I agree with you. Since its really just an aesthetic issue, I'm overly concerned now. Thank you for your help!

 

[Mdragger88]

In the future just do this to clean your sand

Deep Cleaning a Sand Filter

This post will walk you through the anatomy of a sand filter, and then provide a video at the end for how to deep clean your sand filter. The filter used in the photos and videos is a Hayward S180T top mount sand filter. The images are of a similar filter. Obviously not all filters are...

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