Hi,
I have a roughly 10,000 gallon pebbletec Shasta pool. It is configured for salt water generation, but have been using pucks the last 2 years. In floor spray head cleaners, cartridge filters.
I've had some difficulties with algae over the last year and need to knock it out and get it cleaned up to avoid hiring a pool guy. I figure I can get it fixed for less than a year of service and come out way ahead over a few years. Phoenix area, do testing at Leslies normally. Ventured out to Corsons to pick up a bunch of liquid chlorine in preparation.
Refilled pool about 2 months ago. Have cleaned filters about 3 times this summer so far. Made an attempt at SLAM without a good test kit, but didn't work out.
Chlorine levels are not staying up - with a puck floater and 3 pucks it's having issues. 2 days ago I added a gallon of HASA chlorine, so pool has cleaned up a bit from that and has had respectable FC levels. Issues are cloudy water, tan colored debris when brushing down walls and sometimes floor. Recently a bad smell and some green algae around the edge. Time to knock out the algae and come up with a better maintenance plan. Would also appreciate advice on getting the SWG going again. Should I do it, and if so, should I do before or after SLAM? I read the article on balancing before SWG and see that my TA might need to come down, but other numbers seem to be OK from my memory. Need to acquire salt and salt test still - and then will see if the salt cell still works. Last time it was operating, would get scale buildup on it. Also was getting scaling on the edge of the pool.
Here are numbers for advice. I've got pool math and FAS-DPD test kit, 8 gallons of HASA.
Yesterday FC was 4
This morning
FC 2.0
CC 0
pH 7.5
TA 110
CH 400
CYA 70-80
Thanks!
Sam
I have a roughly 10,000 gallon pebbletec Shasta pool. It is configured for salt water generation, but have been using pucks the last 2 years. In floor spray head cleaners, cartridge filters.
I've had some difficulties with algae over the last year and need to knock it out and get it cleaned up to avoid hiring a pool guy. I figure I can get it fixed for less than a year of service and come out way ahead over a few years. Phoenix area, do testing at Leslies normally. Ventured out to Corsons to pick up a bunch of liquid chlorine in preparation.
Refilled pool about 2 months ago. Have cleaned filters about 3 times this summer so far. Made an attempt at SLAM without a good test kit, but didn't work out.
Chlorine levels are not staying up - with a puck floater and 3 pucks it's having issues. 2 days ago I added a gallon of HASA chlorine, so pool has cleaned up a bit from that and has had respectable FC levels. Issues are cloudy water, tan colored debris when brushing down walls and sometimes floor. Recently a bad smell and some green algae around the edge. Time to knock out the algae and come up with a better maintenance plan. Would also appreciate advice on getting the SWG going again. Should I do it, and if so, should I do before or after SLAM? I read the article on balancing before SWG and see that my TA might need to come down, but other numbers seem to be OK from my memory. Need to acquire salt and salt test still - and then will see if the salt cell still works. Last time it was operating, would get scale buildup on it. Also was getting scaling on the edge of the pool.
Here are numbers for advice. I've got pool math and FAS-DPD test kit, 8 gallons of HASA.
Yesterday FC was 4
This morning
FC 2.0
CC 0
pH 7.5
TA 110
CH 400
CYA 70-80
Thanks!
Sam
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