Hello! Bought a new home here in sunny Florida with a huge in ground pool 5 years ago. Est 30k gallons, second year put in a swg, 3rd year put in a heat pump for my wife to enjoy a little longer swim season.
Everything was good until last year, swg failed didn’t catch for about 5 days when it went from crystal clear to swamp. Had the pool company out they said the cell just needed to be cleaned. They cleaned it straight acid. Told me to run it at shock level for 3 days and we should be good. Three days later and now I have a lovely “creature from the black lagoon” instead of a pool.
2 weeks later they finally accepted the cell was bad and gave me a replacement. Spent the rest of last season trying to play catch up, finally got it clean and ready to swim right around august. Was frustrated but swam for about 2 weeks and enjoyed it. Over the winter I turn the heater off, but keep my pump running at least 6 hours as that seems to be what it takes for about 1 turn over. Once the temp drops under 60 I do not really have any problems with algae.
This winter I have had some small black spots appear. Also a swath down the middle of the shallow end where I did not brush well enough. They are getting larger even with the cold water and decent fc.
Now starting up for this season early and the black spots are getting worse. Need to get ahead of this if possible. I shocked the pool weekend before last. 6 bags of shock about double what it says I need to shock it hard. Swg is still off, but I have started bringing up the salt level.
Got the pool math app and did my first real tests tonight. Need more salt, calc and soda but I have a nice high fc of 100.
Hope this season starts and ends better this year
Everything was good until last year, swg failed didn’t catch for about 5 days when it went from crystal clear to swamp. Had the pool company out they said the cell just needed to be cleaned. They cleaned it straight acid. Told me to run it at shock level for 3 days and we should be good. Three days later and now I have a lovely “creature from the black lagoon” instead of a pool.
2 weeks later they finally accepted the cell was bad and gave me a replacement. Spent the rest of last season trying to play catch up, finally got it clean and ready to swim right around august. Was frustrated but swam for about 2 weeks and enjoyed it. Over the winter I turn the heater off, but keep my pump running at least 6 hours as that seems to be what it takes for about 1 turn over. Once the temp drops under 60 I do not really have any problems with algae.
This winter I have had some small black spots appear. Also a swath down the middle of the shallow end where I did not brush well enough. They are getting larger even with the cold water and decent fc.
Now starting up for this season early and the black spots are getting worse. Need to get ahead of this if possible. I shocked the pool weekend before last. 6 bags of shock about double what it says I need to shock it hard. Swg is still off, but I have started bringing up the salt level.
Got the pool math app and did my first real tests tonight. Need more salt, calc and soda but I have a nice high fc of 100.
Hope this season starts and ends better this year
