Hey all,
Been lurking around the forums for quite a while, it was super helpful when I decided to install my heat pump myself and plumb everything with PVC last season. Since my pool was installed in 2020, I've been using Enjoy Once-a-Week based on a neighbors recommendation. It was actually super easy to maintain and everything was going great until this summer. During the high heat and drought in July and August here in MA the pool got cloudy and eventually I realized that I had a mustard algae problem. Long story short and after many bags of shock, I'm still dealing with residual algae, I've read up a ton about pool chemistry (also some good threads on why Enjoy isn't so great), I bought a TF-100 test kit, and finally just bought a CircuPool CORE-55 SWG yesterday from Discount Salt Pool with the $10 upgrade promo.
Now the part you've all been waiting for, my first test results using the new TF-100!
FC - 27 eek
CC - 0
TC - 27
TA - ?? lost count of drops, never turned red....
CYA - 95
PH - 7.2
Obviously my water is an issue which I already suspected so I'm currently doing a partial to almost complete drain/refill. I considered just covering it as is and dealing with it in the Spring, but I also have a slow leak in my liner so while the water's low I plan on searching for holes to patch.
Now finally to my question that I'm hoping to get some input on. After it's refilled in a few days, should I take the time now to balance it, add salt, get my SWG up and running, then winterize/close it? Or should I just cover it and do all of that in the Spring?
Been lurking around the forums for quite a while, it was super helpful when I decided to install my heat pump myself and plumb everything with PVC last season. Since my pool was installed in 2020, I've been using Enjoy Once-a-Week based on a neighbors recommendation. It was actually super easy to maintain and everything was going great until this summer. During the high heat and drought in July and August here in MA the pool got cloudy and eventually I realized that I had a mustard algae problem. Long story short and after many bags of shock, I'm still dealing with residual algae, I've read up a ton about pool chemistry (also some good threads on why Enjoy isn't so great), I bought a TF-100 test kit, and finally just bought a CircuPool CORE-55 SWG yesterday from Discount Salt Pool with the $10 upgrade promo.
Now the part you've all been waiting for, my first test results using the new TF-100!
FC - 27 eek
CC - 0
TC - 27
TA - ?? lost count of drops, never turned red....
CYA - 95
PH - 7.2
Obviously my water is an issue which I already suspected so I'm currently doing a partial to almost complete drain/refill. I considered just covering it as is and dealing with it in the Spring, but I also have a slow leak in my liner so while the water's low I plan on searching for holes to patch.
Now finally to my question that I'm hoping to get some input on. After it's refilled in a few days, should I take the time now to balance it, add salt, get my SWG up and running, then winterize/close it? Or should I just cover it and do all of that in the Spring?
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