All I can hope for at the moment is a kiddo microscope. But now I really want SEM for home.
Actually, as I was leaving today, I saw that portable building nearby had a big branch crash through the roof (now repaired on the outside, but not yet inside). Insulation between roof and ceiling looks orangish. So I put a piece of it next to my sample from the filter grid in case I get my paws on a good microscope.
Outside filter enclosure does look crummy, but inside it's nice and smooth. Is there another sign of deterioration?
I didn't see any fine fiber in pump basket. The mesh in pump basket is similar to skimmer strainer baskets. So it won't catch fuzz.
Could it be leaves mulched/shredded into fine cellulose fibers by the pump (having gone through the impeller-diffuser mill few times)? I ran pump in recirculate mode a lot lately when I was deep cleaning filter (TSP, muriatic acid) before Christmas holidays.
The idea of drano test is awesome; I'll get some Drano. And report.
I have all sorts of trees right above the pool: pines, sweet gums, and oaks.
I have built skimmer guard - milk crates wrapped by door screen mesh (polypropylene). Should I make the same for main drains?
I'm leery of skimmer socks after I've tried to load DE through skimmer sock in an attempt to get somewhat clean water with DE.
Hair nets work well in skimmers, especially for tiny pellets of sweet gum seeds. But I couldn't figure out how to put a sock or hair net in pump basket. It has challenging shape.
I have to say that a wad of fiberglass in one of skimmer intake lines would explain erratic behaviour of those lines - in the beginning (October), I couldn't blast water jet into either of the skimmers from intake-switching Jandy valve right before the pump, and could only push water from the skimmer to the pump. Later, when it seemed that skimmers were blocked, I had easier time pushing water to skimmer from Jandy than in reverse. And the flow rate from skimmers alone is less than main drains alone.
And the suction in skimmer vacuum is abysmally weak, no matter which skimmer I use. This was one of things on my ToDo list after i got rid of algae.
Dog hair? Golden Retriever, Golden Lab?
Dunno. I was a tad worried about finding bodies in that swamp, but all those gallons of chlorine I've dumped into that pool must have dissolved whatever bodies was in there, except for this fuzz?
Thank you all very much! I greatly appreciate it all!
Ig
