Hello -
Been a rough year getting my pool open. Finally feel I’m on the right track but have been having issues with losing large amounts of chlorine every day despite slamming for almost a week and not seeing any algae in the water/in the pool (still can’t see everything though as water is still cloudy). I’m wondering if I need to up my CYA? The pool is in full sun for 10+ hours a day pretty much. CYA at last check before SLAM was 35. I’ve been holding my FC level at 16 as I rounded up to 40 for my numbers.
Just an example of what is happening - today I checked pool in the morning around 8:30. There had been about a 2ppm FC loss. Added enough to bring it back up to 16. Checked at 11:30ish…had lost down to 9. Added again to being up to 16. Checked at about 2, lost down to 8. Again I checked at about 6 and lost down to 9. Just checked the pool at 9 and lost down to 10. I would have expected that much loss in the beginning of the SLAM but this seems a large amount to still be losing.
All my other numbers were in range before I started the SLAM. We did get a large amount of rain though (2 inches) one day and that normally means my PH rises, but I haven’t tested bc of the SLAM.
Would appreciate any help/suggestions.
Thank you!
I’ve attached a picture of the pool I took this afternoon.
Been a rough year getting my pool open. Finally feel I’m on the right track but have been having issues with losing large amounts of chlorine every day despite slamming for almost a week and not seeing any algae in the water/in the pool (still can’t see everything though as water is still cloudy). I’m wondering if I need to up my CYA? The pool is in full sun for 10+ hours a day pretty much. CYA at last check before SLAM was 35. I’ve been holding my FC level at 16 as I rounded up to 40 for my numbers.
Just an example of what is happening - today I checked pool in the morning around 8:30. There had been about a 2ppm FC loss. Added enough to bring it back up to 16. Checked at 11:30ish…had lost down to 9. Added again to being up to 16. Checked at about 2, lost down to 8. Again I checked at about 6 and lost down to 9. Just checked the pool at 9 and lost down to 10. I would have expected that much loss in the beginning of the SLAM but this seems a large amount to still be losing.
All my other numbers were in range before I started the SLAM. We did get a large amount of rain though (2 inches) one day and that normally means my PH rises, but I haven’t tested bc of the SLAM.
Would appreciate any help/suggestions.
Thank you!
I’ve attached a picture of the pool I took this afternoon.
