Is that algae or pollen

[Dmitrynt]

Hello please look at attached images where i have added pool chemistry results and photos of pool floor. Not sure how to attack it. If i move that stuf it just turns to "clouds". Nothing on the walls. It accumulates in corners and vinyl indentations and seems.

Thanks

 

[an1vrsy]

Trouble Free Pool Care basic principle is that the pool owner tests their own pool water. It is very difficult to advise on next steps using pool store water tests. Those tests are not consistent which makes them unreliable.

How do you chlorinate your water? What test kit to you have? Recommendations for TFPC are either the TF-100 by TFTestkits.net or the Taylor K-2006C

Post up of set of your own test results, and one of the experts will be by shortly.

 

[Dmitrynt]

i guess i got to order the kit while that stuff swims

 

[YippeeSkippy]

Pools all have their own little quirks, like in how they circulate water. In your case I would imagine that what you're seeing is dead algae or debris that tends to collect in those spots you mentioned.

From your test results (even though they're always questionable when you haven't done them yourself) I see you're quite low on FC. That very well may be algae with such low chlorine.
Have you seen this--> FC/CYA Levels
I would also suggest you consider your CYA at 50, as anything over 40 is 50.

You can try to pin it down by doing an Overnight Chlorine Loss Test (OCLT) to see if you lose chlorine overnight which would imply algae over anything else. Directions--> Overnight Chlorine Loss Test

Maddie

 

[Dmitrynt]

Thank you Maddie,
I purchased "THE" test kit. Before it comes i will resort to strips to try and see if get 1pmm loss overnight.
wish me luck and stay tuned....

 

[Dmitrynt]

OCTL using Aquachek strips.
Hopefully kit comes today.

 

[Dmitrynt]

Hello everyone,
I got mine K2006

CYA is between 32 to 36
FC=6.8
CC=0.8
PH=7.7
TA=100

 

[JoeSelf]

CYA is 40. Only whole tens. SLAM level is 16. Keep at it and maintain 16 as much as you can. Minimum 4 times daily. Hit it hard over the weekend.

And Howdy neighbor.

 

[Oly]

You are moving in the right direction. SLAM Process
Print this out, it is critical. FC/CYA Levels

 

[YippeeSkippy]

You'll save on reagents if you use 10 mL of pool water for your sample of FC, with one heaping scoop of DPD powder and count each drop of reagent and devide by 2 for your FC/CC levels.

Maddie

 

[Dmitrynt]

Im attaching CY results. I feel this is very important for slam. We tried CY test again and my teen son said he could still see dot at bottom even below 30. Instructions says "just dissapears" what does it mean?

 

[an1vrsy]

It is best to do the CYA test outside in bright sunlight, back to the sun with the vial at your waist. You glance at the vial and look away. Do not stare at the dot.

 

[frogabog]

I would call that 40 and SLAM for it. While it is best to do the test in full sun, the dot is clearly visible in both pics. I bet at 40 it would be obscured.

 

[Dmitrynt]

Frogabog,
i think you mean the other way around? its closer to 30? the scale is decreasing from bottom up. So if i can still see dot at 32, i would maybe not see it if i added more test liquid and my reading be at 30 or even 25?

 

[frogabog]

Yes, you're right about more liquid. Except if you can still see it at what you would think is 32, but not at 30 then we round up to 40. We can't judge between the lines due to the fact the scale is logarithmic, not linear. Anything in between lines gets rounded up to the next 10.

If you do the test again in the sun with your back to it you'll get a better reading. Do it 3 times, take your best two numbers.

 

[Dmitrynt]

thanks for the video.