I'm a failure for father's day

[Bille]

Pics attached. Note that the pool hasn't been repainted in many years.

It slowed down a little bit with the sun getting over the trees:
4:50pm: 6fc, took it to 13 (a whole gallon)
6:45pm: 13fc, added nothing

 

[Mike1162]

Sure is clear, can't imagine why your going through so much chlorine. How about letting the chlorine drop to 6 or 7 & doing a complete set of tests.

 

[jimmythegreek]

And up your CYA a little to be a solid 30. 20 is too low you want a little more than that even slammimg

 

[Bille]

And up your CYA a little to be a solid 30. 20 is too low you want a little more than that even slammimg

I think so too, I haven't added anything between 6:45pm and 8:00am and it went from 13fc to 10fc. The sun is killing it.

Edit: I added 1 pound of cya to the skimmer. Will check it around 10am to see if FC is 6-7 to do a full test

 

[Bille]

11:30am:

FC: 7
CH: 50 (moving don't care)
TA: 160
CYA: assuming 30 (added 1 pound today)
PH: 7.8

Should I take it back up to shock level now?

Edit: Taking it back to shock level

 

[Bille]

Something funny happened with the cya sock.
I put it in the skimmer but with no basket because the water flow seemed better. I tied the sock off at the end and used the skimmer lid to hold it in place.

my kid checked it and didn't put the lid back in place. So when I checked it the sock was gone. My kid said there was still a lot left in the sock when he checked it.

so it got sucked in and we found it at the access portal on the pump. The sock was still tied but no more cya in it.

What do you guys think? Did I just stumble on a quick way to add cya? Maybe I should be putting the sock in the airlock thing on the pump from now on? Or does this mean all the cya is in the filter?

 

[Mike1162]

The preference is to hang the sock by a return jet.

 

[markayash]

Something funny happened with the cya sock.
I put it in the skimmer but with no basket because the water flow seemed better. I tied the sock off at the end and used the skimmer lid to hold it in place.

my kid checked it and didn't put the lid back in place. So when I checked it the sock was gone. My kid said there was still a lot left in the sock when he checked it.

so it got sucked in and we found it at the access portal on the pump. The sock was still tied but no more cya in it.

What do you guys think? Did I just stumble on a quick way to add cya? Maybe I should be putting the sock in the airlock thing on the pump from now on? Or does this mean all the cya is in the filter?

roto-rooter CYA style

 

[Bille]

So far today:
8:30am 11fc bumped to 13
12:15pm 11fc bumped to 13.
Oh and this big brown thing grew in there, see the picture.

Edit: Bottom still has spots that feel slippery. Also I notice while the water is clear enough to see a coin flip at the bottom, swimming for 30 mins clouds it up. I'm assume that's my weak filter.

 

[Mike1162]

I'd check the impeller on your pump for debris.

 

[Bille]

I'd check the impeller on your pump for debris.

3:30pm 7.5fc water cloudy

Impeller seems ok. My hand doesnt fit in there so I scrapped around with a butter knife and nothing came out.

 

[JJ_Tex]

Something just doesnt add up, but lets take a step back for a second and look at the facts:
- This is not your pool, it is a rental and as I understand it you are moving before next swim season
- You are in Maryland and it is the first of August... so maybe 45-60 days of swimming left?
- You have been messing with this for more than half the swim season

Assuming the above is correct, I would give up on the SLAM *big GASP from the crowd*
I would still test daily and add chlorine daily, but give up on testing and adding multiple times a day and just enjoy the pool for the next several weeks.

 

[Bille]

Something just doesnt add up, but lets take a step back for a second and look at the facts:
- This is not your pool, it is a rental and as I understand it you are moving before next swim season
- You are in Maryland and it is the first of August... so maybe 45-60 days of swimming left?
- You have been messing with this for more than half the swim season

Assuming the above is correct, I would give up on the SLAM *big GASP from the crowd*
I would still test daily and add chlorine daily, but give up on testing and adding multiple times a day and just enjoy the pool for the next several weeks.

before I give up, let me ask (my engineering brain wont let it go), is it possible for bad chlorine to show up in the test but not actually kill anything?

 

[Flying Tivo]

No! In a bottle its either chlorine(active) or Water/Salt(byproduct).

 

[Bille]

No! In a bottle its either chlorine(active) or Water/Salt(byproduct).
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I think it's going downhill on us fellas. This morning it's was clear, you could see a coin in the deep end. Kids been in and out all day. Now it's cloudy and kids say they feel slimy areas. I'm gonna keep shocking for now. It's only money.

 

[Bille]

I haven't added anything in 3.5 hours and it's only lost 1ppm. Currently at 12