Hello from PA

[ejleiss]

Hello,

I am a happy new pool owner and looking forward to learning as much as I can about my pool and what TFP has to offer.

My new quartz plaster pool with PMM Pre-Mix Marquis (Tropic Blue) finished the two week startup process yesterday and I am seeing some ugly water mark stains on the plaster. I am in contact with the pool installers, but am wondering if this is a huge problem or if this can be common and fixed with minimal headaches. I have attached some pictures below.

I followed all of the guidelines and steps that I was told and my readings as of yesterday are below.

Primary Readings
Free Chlorine	2
Total Chlorine	2
pH	8
Total Alkalinity	90
Cyanuric Acid	0
Calcium Hardness	270
Phosphates	0
Temperature	78
Current Filter PSI	18

If anyone has any information or suggestions I would really appreciate it.
Thank you!

 

[jesse-99]

Few quickies, if you can, add information about your pool to your Signature (see mine and others for reference).

What testing kit are you using?

You did the right thing by immediately notifying the pool builder, keep taking pictures. When did you first start noticing the stains? How was the pool filled, water from... where? Did they add any sequestrant when it was filled after start up? Did they give you a guide or info or the proper start up procedure with your pool or did they just turn it over to you and say, "here you go!" ?

 

[Texas Splash]

Welcome to TFP! Good questions above, so we'll watch for those replies before we engage with a plaster expert who may have additional questions. I would also be curious to know why no stabilizer (CYA) has been added to this point.

Enjoy the forum!

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