A few weeks ago I noticed my pool water was every so slightly cloudy. I had brown dust on the bottom of my vinyl pool that when brushed went up in a cloud. I had zero chlorine in the pool. This is also when I found out my salt system requires 4000 = 4500 ppm. I have never once had that much salt in my pool. I was always told 2800. I went to the pool store to buy salt and they said they recommend 2800 ppm. I explained that I downloaded my manual and it says otherwise. They told me to bring it up to 3400 ppm and see if I hold chlorine at that level. I did what they said at this time because they seemed so alarmed with 4000 ppm of salt in my pool .I have a Breeze 320. Anyway I was more concerned with killing the algae at this time . I did buy a Taylor salt test and can confirm my salt is at 3400ppm after adding what the pool people told me to.
So I started Slaming it. I had tested all my numbers and since my tube for cya allows me to fill it and still see the black dot , I am assuming that is 0 CYA. So I have that issue, but while Slaming, I am not so worried about it. But it is an issue after this. I will have to bring it up.
So it cleared up ( the pool) and I saw white clumps of stuff that began to appear and all brown gone. So from what I understand that is actually dead algae? So I would think that would be good to see? I vacuumed to waste and continued slamming. We had some setbacks due to storms and torrential rains so my slam was interrupted. I still had white piles. I just continued to brush, vacuum and Slam. Again more weather issues.
I got it to where I was seeing less and less of the white dust stuff. We checked our light and nothing. There is a small area in our steps where I can see algae. It's down in kind of a crease. My husband took a toothbrush and scrubbed it. I think it gets in there every time there is an algae issue which we have a lot. Anyway , my numbers were good. I had chlorine in the pool, my alkalinity and ph were balanced and no cc. But we then got bad rains again and saw brown dust. Yesterday I couldn't get out there at all. So this morning I went and saw a little brown dust and white dust. So I started the SLAM process yet again. My water is clear .I can perfectly see the bottom. My cc is .5. My FC this morning was 1. I am not too concerned with the other numbers since they are going to be off until I get done with the SLAM anyway. Since my CYA is 0 , I am slamming at fc 10.
Am I doing this right? Its very very frustrating. My husband is about to lose his mind with this pool lol. Everyone in my neighborhood is having algae problems. It's been. hot and humid. But my neighbor "nuked " her pool and poured 15 gallons of chlorine in it at once and then went away for the week. They asked us to shut off their pump and put it back on the schedule and she has a ton of what I think is dead algae but doesn't seem to have any more brown? This is NOT the way to do it I am assuming?
The problem is , I am going away at the end of next week for 8 days. I don't want to come home to a mess when I am so close to getting this Slammed. Is there anything I can do before I go away? Can I "nuke " it as well or will that not work at all?
So I started Slaming it. I had tested all my numbers and since my tube for cya allows me to fill it and still see the black dot , I am assuming that is 0 CYA. So I have that issue, but while Slaming, I am not so worried about it. But it is an issue after this. I will have to bring it up.
So it cleared up ( the pool) and I saw white clumps of stuff that began to appear and all brown gone. So from what I understand that is actually dead algae? So I would think that would be good to see? I vacuumed to waste and continued slamming. We had some setbacks due to storms and torrential rains so my slam was interrupted. I still had white piles. I just continued to brush, vacuum and Slam. Again more weather issues.
I got it to where I was seeing less and less of the white dust stuff. We checked our light and nothing. There is a small area in our steps where I can see algae. It's down in kind of a crease. My husband took a toothbrush and scrubbed it. I think it gets in there every time there is an algae issue which we have a lot. Anyway , my numbers were good. I had chlorine in the pool, my alkalinity and ph were balanced and no cc. But we then got bad rains again and saw brown dust. Yesterday I couldn't get out there at all. So this morning I went and saw a little brown dust and white dust. So I started the SLAM process yet again. My water is clear .I can perfectly see the bottom. My cc is .5. My FC this morning was 1. I am not too concerned with the other numbers since they are going to be off until I get done with the SLAM anyway. Since my CYA is 0 , I am slamming at fc 10.
Am I doing this right? Its very very frustrating. My husband is about to lose his mind with this pool lol. Everyone in my neighborhood is having algae problems. It's been. hot and humid. But my neighbor "nuked " her pool and poured 15 gallons of chlorine in it at once and then went away for the week. They asked us to shut off their pump and put it back on the schedule and she has a ton of what I think is dead algae but doesn't seem to have any more brown? This is NOT the way to do it I am assuming?
The problem is , I am going away at the end of next week for 8 days. I don't want to come home to a mess when I am so close to getting this Slammed. Is there anything I can do before I go away? Can I "nuke " it as well or will that not work at all?
