Thanks Dean and Yippee for the tips
The drain is on the wall, so you wont see it from that angle, but good idea to take that way next time. I can see the brush at the bottom, and when brushing I don't see any of the algae debris that usually gets swept off.
This morning my FC was at 16, so I went ahead and added enough bleach to get it back to 20 before work. I didn't get to test to see if it got high enough. Today is somewhat cloudy and muggy, but hopefully it will hold for awhile today.
I will be able to retest later today, after work. I am hoping to do overnight test tonight.
I have a couple questions:
1: Is there anyway to test CH without using so many drops? I already do the 10ml test, but plugging away 30-40 drops at a time is really eating through my bottle. I was thinking I could do a 50/50 mix with tap water, just need to test tap water to see what its natural CH is. Then just double count the drops?
2: I have read that two scoops of the powder isnt needed, that just one is needed. Does this still lead to accurate readings?
3: My daughter read the CYA test at about 42, while I read it at 52ish. Last night I read it closer to 50. We had quite a rain storm come through, probably about 4-5" of rain, which made my pool overflow, I am guessing that lowered my CYA some as I had to pump out some water. Also, I feel I read somewhere that CYA changes could take up to a week to register? Any truth to that?
4: What is a safe CH level to swim in? If I stop SLAM in the morning, then my CH will probably be around 18 or so. Is that too high to swim in?
5: Is it safe to run my robot at these high CH levels ? (20ish PPM) or should I wait till it lowers to normal levels?
Thanks again for all the help guys, will get a picture again tonight. On a side note, I have put so much bleach into this pool !! It just doesn't feel right yet
I think tonight I will rinse out filters since pool shows no green, I don't expect them to be very dirty.
