So I could have placed this under algae, chemicals, etc. Here is my issue. I had a horrible algae attack. After weeks of shocking, algae treatments, backflushing daily, cleaning the filter elements, it is finally relatively cleared. My problem is that while I have sufficient or more than sufficient chlorine, my CYA is high. I have drained a fair amount of water, which lowered the CYA bur it is still above 100. Living in California, I am concerned about water waste but it appears I will need to drain more.
So here is the question (comments on anything above are welcomed): I don't want to use tablets and keep adding stabilizers etc, which will raise the CYA again. When we moved into the house, there was a liquid chlorine unit but it was removed by our pool guy at the time.
Am I better off trying to get a liquid chlorinator feeder working again, go to salt (what is the downside of that?), or just try to battle the CYA issue now and again, in the future? Oh, I am the new pool guy.
Thank you forum members.
So here is the question (comments on anything above are welcomed): I don't want to use tablets and keep adding stabilizers etc, which will raise the CYA again. When we moved into the house, there was a liquid chlorine unit but it was removed by our pool guy at the time.
Am I better off trying to get a liquid chlorinator feeder working again, go to salt (what is the downside of that?), or just try to battle the CYA issue now and again, in the future? Oh, I am the new pool guy.
Thank you forum members.