Good morning all
For 2 or 3 years, I've had my pool understood and under control thanks to TFP and its teachings. I thought that I knew my pool, and that we had a good relationship.
About 2 months ago, some green stains appeared on my walls and on some parts of the floor; I opened a different thread for it and got help there. Despite 2 SLAMS, the stains remained, so I went in with a kitchen sponge, yes, and scrubbed everything. Cool.
My FC remains higher at 12, than it should be, and the green stains have returned. Despite brushing every other day, the brush goes right over them as if nothing. The brush will remove "normal" algae, but not these stains. My FC has been slowly coming down from the last SLAM 2 weeks ago, and I stress that the water has been and remains crystal clear. I haven't been able to measure my ph since before the SLAM, so I've been letting the FC drop to 10. In doing so, I brush a small amount of algae of the floor.
**Note. I started the slam without bringing the ph down to 7.2 since I wanted to kill those stains right away. So I just took FC to slam level, and poured 10 or 12 ounces of MA before just as a precaution. My purpose for the slam is to get rid of those wall/floor stains; the rest of the pool looked and looks perfectly fine.
Saturday's numbers: FC 14, CYA 60, Temp 80, TA 60, CH 225.
Despite our hot temperatures down here, my FC is creeping down slowly; it was 12 this morning.
So. I'm torn. My FC has been coming down very slowly, and of course algae is getting brushed.
I feel like I've lost control of my pool, despite the daily reminder of crystal clear water and numbers that appear normal (except ph that I haven't measured since the last SLAM).
My thought: KEEP BRUSHING and let the FC go down to 10 so that I can get an accurate ph reading and have a complete set of numbers. And then maintain the normal weekly maintenance. Does that sound smart? However, the stains remain, so I will have to SLAM yet again...
For 2 or 3 years, I've had my pool understood and under control thanks to TFP and its teachings. I thought that I knew my pool, and that we had a good relationship.
About 2 months ago, some green stains appeared on my walls and on some parts of the floor; I opened a different thread for it and got help there. Despite 2 SLAMS, the stains remained, so I went in with a kitchen sponge, yes, and scrubbed everything. Cool.
My FC remains higher at 12, than it should be, and the green stains have returned. Despite brushing every other day, the brush goes right over them as if nothing. The brush will remove "normal" algae, but not these stains. My FC has been slowly coming down from the last SLAM 2 weeks ago, and I stress that the water has been and remains crystal clear. I haven't been able to measure my ph since before the SLAM, so I've been letting the FC drop to 10. In doing so, I brush a small amount of algae of the floor.
**Note. I started the slam without bringing the ph down to 7.2 since I wanted to kill those stains right away. So I just took FC to slam level, and poured 10 or 12 ounces of MA before just as a precaution. My purpose for the slam is to get rid of those wall/floor stains; the rest of the pool looked and looks perfectly fine.
Saturday's numbers: FC 14, CYA 60, Temp 80, TA 60, CH 225.
Despite our hot temperatures down here, my FC is creeping down slowly; it was 12 this morning.
So. I'm torn. My FC has been coming down very slowly, and of course algae is getting brushed.
I feel like I've lost control of my pool, despite the daily reminder of crystal clear water and numbers that appear normal (except ph that I haven't measured since the last SLAM).
My thought: KEEP BRUSHING and let the FC go down to 10 so that I can get an accurate ph reading and have a complete set of numbers. And then maintain the normal weekly maintenance. Does that sound smart? However, the stains remain, so I will have to SLAM yet again...