hey pool forum
Question ??
does TFP recommend adding calcium to an15,000 G, 14 year old, IG pool with 5 week old city water (Drained in late June 2019)
pH 7.7, FC 4ppm, TA 90, CH 150, CYA 40.
i chose 'Beautiful Pool', for user name, precisely cause of the beautiful water effects our pool has. It's surrounded by LOTS a-landscaping AND dirt from flower beds....
(water-fall w cascading sound and fountain). Yep, so nice ambiance BUT algae potential nightmare. …..I stumbled upon TFP, after 11+ years of not enjoying our pool cause i was my own pool lady and i couldn't keep the pool clean, cause i didn't understand the chlorine/CYA dynamic....
But im catching on.....no algae for 5 straight weeks.....first time that's ever happened....
Since my last drain and re-fill, TA usually staying between 60-70ppm, doing liquid bleach with muriatic acid as needed.
since yesterday, ive gotten TA up to 90, only after adding 10 lbs Baking soda.
after 11 years of CYA nightmares...i finally swore off the pucks, and di-chlor, they still live in garage but are NO Longer allowed in pool ...because of 4 drains in 11 years....ADIOS leslie's chemicals....
and looking back at this past decade, what hurt wasn't just the lost swimming days along with the high cost of drains and refills, but also the mosquitos and frogs and each drain and refill, i, in my 50's was thinking, Lord please don't let me have a stroke...i was THE pool guy....
or lady so to speak…. not near as athletic and good looking as the pool guys in the you-tube
videos.....
Question ??
does TFP recommend adding calcium to an15,000 G, 14 year old, IG pool with 5 week old city water (Drained in late June 2019)
pH 7.7, FC 4ppm, TA 90, CH 150, CYA 40.
i chose 'Beautiful Pool', for user name, precisely cause of the beautiful water effects our pool has. It's surrounded by LOTS a-landscaping AND dirt from flower beds....
(water-fall w cascading sound and fountain). Yep, so nice ambiance BUT algae potential nightmare. …..I stumbled upon TFP, after 11+ years of not enjoying our pool cause i was my own pool lady and i couldn't keep the pool clean, cause i didn't understand the chlorine/CYA dynamic....
But im catching on.....no algae for 5 straight weeks.....first time that's ever happened....
Since my last drain and re-fill, TA usually staying between 60-70ppm, doing liquid bleach with muriatic acid as needed.
since yesterday, ive gotten TA up to 90, only after adding 10 lbs Baking soda.
after 11 years of CYA nightmares...i finally swore off the pucks, and di-chlor, they still live in garage but are NO Longer allowed in pool ...because of 4 drains in 11 years....ADIOS leslie's chemicals....
and looking back at this past decade, what hurt wasn't just the lost swimming days along with the high cost of drains and refills, but also the mosquitos and frogs and each drain and refill, i, in my 50's was thinking, Lord please don't let me have a stroke...i was THE pool guy....
or lady so to speak…. not near as athletic and good looking as the pool guys in the you-tube
videos.....