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[Everett_88]

Got it!

I’ll check again this evening and see what I have.

Happy to hear your comment about the cover as i was hoping I would have minimal attention requirements related to the the chemical levels once it’s closed for the year.

Hoping the 1 drop variance is user error and I actually lost nothing overnight. That seems more reasonable.

I did switch to a new jug in my second pour, so we shall see.

I’ll update here…. Stay tuned!

Checked now. 4.5ppm.

Not much time yet to have a true “trend” but, appears I’m loosing .5ppm per 12ish hours.

That seem high? Normal?

 

[Newdude]

That seem high? Normal?

1 FC per day is entirely reasonable. No two pools behave the same so it'll take some time to get to know yours.

 

[Everett_88]

1 FC per day is entirely reasonable. No two pools behave the same so it'll take some time to get to know yours.

Perfect. Thank you so much for the quick responses. I’ll keep monitoring it.

 

[ShallowWater]

Why has nobody mentioned adjusting CH?

EDIT
Oops.. Vinyl.

 

[Everett_88]

I’ve added LC a few times and am maintaining around 5-6 FC. Have not lost more than .5 ppm in 24 hours.

I vacuumed today for the first time with a manual vac. Holy Crud there was a ton of dirt on the bottom from all the construction and landscaping. The liner is a different color now!

Hoping all the organic Crud I got out will slow the FC consumption even more.

 

[Everett_88]

This will probably be my last post on this thread, but I wanted to close it out for anyone that finds it in the future…

I think (someone smarter than me chime in if I’m off base?) that when I initially added LC to my fill water I did have some algae in there. My water had sat for a few weeks completely untreated while final build steps were complete. In that time, even as cold as we were, I think some algae started brewing.

Here’s why I think that….

I added 77oz of 10% LC which should have brought my water to 6 FC.
I checked my water 24hrs later and I was at zero.
I added 77oz of 10% LC again.
I checked 30 mins later and FC was 5.5
From there I consumed .5 - 1 PPM daily for about 3 days
I added 29oz of 10% LC to maintain my 6ppm goal
From there I lost about .25 ppm daily. (I know the test isn’t accurate to this level but I’m saying this based off the # of days it took to drop FC.)
Added 38oz of 10% LC 7 days ago AND finally had time and temp to allow me to manually vacuum the Crud out of the pool for the first time. I also did my very first backwash.
Since than my FC has stayed 6ppm!

Mind you that my water is 50° and it’s Kansas. It’s still cold. And I have an autocover.

All this to say… I think I had algae and even though I passed the OCLT as I continued to dose it my water further stabilized.

 

[Newdude]

Algae this time of year is mostly dormant for many of us. Its possible you could had a slow motion battle going on from both sides which your good cleaning finished off.

Once it starts growing exponentially again, there would be no question about it.