Just purchased a house two weeks ago which has an inground pool. Well, mostly inground. The top foot is above it on a deck (local pool guy was quick to point out how it wasn't a "true" inground pool). According to the paperwork I can find left behind by the previous owners it's 22,000 gallons. Also ,which I know EVERYONE HATES, it has a caribbean clear copper ionizer. I didn't install it. It was here. But I'm suffering from a total lack of info and none of the local pool companies are willing to help me as they don't sell them, have knowledge of them or believe in them. The local dealer is several hours away and won't return my calls. So now I'm new and COMPLETELY on my own. My main issue right now is pool staining. When I got here the chlorine level was 0. The previous owners said no chlorine was necessary. Head, meet desk, several times. Not knowing anything, I believed them. Yep. Not cool. Now the bottom of the pool is staining. After reading through several forum pages I tested it afraid it was from the copper, but putting a chlorine tablet on it (yes I bought some and have them in a floating dispenser) the stain cleared up right away. Yay, however that's one tiny spot in a huge stain. I shocked the pool up to around 10 last night. Scrubbing and vacuuming does nothing on it. So I'm thinking it's not algae (but what do I know). PH is around 7.4 (was almost 8 when I got here a few weeks ago) Alkalinity is just above 80. (I ordered a liquid test kit but as of right now I'm using the test strips they left behind).
Basically, I'm waving the white flag and about ready to fill it in with dirt since no one local will touch it with a ten foot pole due to the ionizer in it.
Can anyone share some knowledge. I'm losing too much sleep over this thing.
Basically, I'm waving the white flag and about ready to fill it in with dirt since no one local will touch it with a ten foot pole due to the ionizer in it.
Can anyone share some knowledge. I'm losing too much sleep over this thing.