Hey all!
I've had a pretty good summer with the pool this year, with the water staying nice and clear. Over the past couple of weeks, I started to notice a very slight tint of green, which I promptly corrected by increasing my chlorine level until the water looked clear again... Now I realize I should've done the drop test to confirm all was actually well.
We last used the pool this past Thursday, and the water remained (I thought) pretty good looking. I vacuumed, brushed, and then put the solar cover on.
Today when I uncovered it, about 5 days since last use, I found a good amount of algae looking material on the floor. The water was clear all the way to the floor, though. Vacuuming seems to have stirred the sediment up, as I expected would happen.
Upon seeing that, I vacuumed what I could, and am now running the filter with chlorine at SLAM level (after balancing the pH).
The issue I'm facing is that I'm going out of town for the next 4 days or so, and I'm not sure what to do with the pool while I'm away. I do have a chlorine feeder that I rarely use, so would it be best to lean on that while I'm away to hopefully keep the situation from getting worse?
Also, any ideas what I did wrong here? Maybe my mistake of not drop testing led to some small amount of algae turning into a larger mess during the 5 days we didn't use the pool? For what it's worth, there are quite a few trees nearby, and I had been using it about every other day and frequently vacuuming.
Edit: I also noticed today that I forgot to put the eye back into the return jet when I opened the pool this year. I don't think that would've really caused this issue, but figured it's worth mentioning.
I've had a pretty good summer with the pool this year, with the water staying nice and clear. Over the past couple of weeks, I started to notice a very slight tint of green, which I promptly corrected by increasing my chlorine level until the water looked clear again... Now I realize I should've done the drop test to confirm all was actually well.
We last used the pool this past Thursday, and the water remained (I thought) pretty good looking. I vacuumed, brushed, and then put the solar cover on.
Today when I uncovered it, about 5 days since last use, I found a good amount of algae looking material on the floor. The water was clear all the way to the floor, though. Vacuuming seems to have stirred the sediment up, as I expected would happen.
Upon seeing that, I vacuumed what I could, and am now running the filter with chlorine at SLAM level (after balancing the pH).
The issue I'm facing is that I'm going out of town for the next 4 days or so, and I'm not sure what to do with the pool while I'm away. I do have a chlorine feeder that I rarely use, so would it be best to lean on that while I'm away to hopefully keep the situation from getting worse?
Also, any ideas what I did wrong here? Maybe my mistake of not drop testing led to some small amount of algae turning into a larger mess during the 5 days we didn't use the pool? For what it's worth, there are quite a few trees nearby, and I had been using it about every other day and frequently vacuuming.
Edit: I also noticed today that I forgot to put the eye back into the return jet when I opened the pool this year. I don't think that would've really caused this issue, but figured it's worth mentioning.
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