Hi All -
New pool owner (bought house) with a 50x20, 30,000 gallon - plaster/gunite pool in direct sunlight... I've recently encountered some issues and I believe its 2 fold and looking for some advice from seasoned pool guys.
1) I was using up granular shock and reading directions it said to broadcast into pool. So I was "sprinkling it" into the pool... Sometimes I'd broom after 15 minutes - sometime not until 2-3 hours later - and I can't be sure I got all of it stirred around... The next day or after cleaning - I noticed what I thought was maple leaves on the bottom of the pool - around the areas where I sprinkled shock.. This appears to be rust staining. (I have very irony well water up here).. Is this because of the chlorine sitting in granular form on the floor?
2) After some reading I also believe that I am supposed to mix the shock in a bucket first, dissolve it - and then dump it in the pool... Is that correct?
3) My current levels are:
FCL: .56
TCL - 2.16
PH - 7.1
ALK 108
Help!?
I have a Hayward Chlorinator, but I don't think it is working properly - its on full and I'm seeing these levels after running the pool pump overnight and shocking yesterday - where more brown stains showed up...
I also haven't been using CYA... should I be buying and adding this?
Thanks guys.
Mike
New pool owner (bought house) with a 50x20, 30,000 gallon - plaster/gunite pool in direct sunlight... I've recently encountered some issues and I believe its 2 fold and looking for some advice from seasoned pool guys.
1) I was using up granular shock and reading directions it said to broadcast into pool. So I was "sprinkling it" into the pool... Sometimes I'd broom after 15 minutes - sometime not until 2-3 hours later - and I can't be sure I got all of it stirred around... The next day or after cleaning - I noticed what I thought was maple leaves on the bottom of the pool - around the areas where I sprinkled shock.. This appears to be rust staining. (I have very irony well water up here).. Is this because of the chlorine sitting in granular form on the floor?
2) After some reading I also believe that I am supposed to mix the shock in a bucket first, dissolve it - and then dump it in the pool... Is that correct?
3) My current levels are:
FCL: .56
TCL - 2.16
PH - 7.1
ALK 108
Help!?
I have a Hayward Chlorinator, but I don't think it is working properly - its on full and I'm seeing these levels after running the pool pump overnight and shocking yesterday - where more brown stains showed up...
I also haven't been using CYA... should I be buying and adding this?
Thanks guys.
Mike