Ok Im a tad confused. I was here all last year but had to sign under a new email. Anyway I have a Vinyl 20 x 40 SWG with a 6 foot deep end. Last year I had a battle with algae and I followed all the SLAM directions and everything was great. I don't think my CYA was as high as it should have been with a SWG but with the help of everyone on here we decided to keep it where it was to help me SLAM the pool. I was supposed to then raise the CYA(I remember it wasn't awful maybe 40 or 50?) but then had to fight algae again. It took a bit to beat it but by then the season was over.
So now.. I just opened my pool. It is green with lots of green clumps floating. It actually doesn't look as green as it has in the past. But I did the numbers . My PH is 6.8 . My TA is 30. Of course chlorine is 0. When I do the CYA , I get all the way to the top and its crystal clear. So I get confused, does that mean my CYA is over 100? Or non existent? How did it go the other way? What is my course of action beside vacuuming and shocking. I have my big tanks of liquid bleach ready. My pool is pretty filled from all the rain.. so we are vacuuming an backwashing.
I just want to make sure I am doing this right. I should shock it and then fix the TA and PH when I clear it?
Plus it smells really bad.. It hasn't ever smelled like this.. but I have never had the floating green bushy looking things( that is the technical term) . I usually just have algae all over the bottoms , sides, leaves and worms.
So now.. I just opened my pool. It is green with lots of green clumps floating. It actually doesn't look as green as it has in the past. But I did the numbers . My PH is 6.8 . My TA is 30. Of course chlorine is 0. When I do the CYA , I get all the way to the top and its crystal clear. So I get confused, does that mean my CYA is over 100? Or non existent? How did it go the other way? What is my course of action beside vacuuming and shocking. I have my big tanks of liquid bleach ready. My pool is pretty filled from all the rain.. so we are vacuuming an backwashing.
I just want to make sure I am doing this right. I should shock it and then fix the TA and PH when I clear it?
Plus it smells really bad.. It hasn't ever smelled like this.. but I have never had the floating green bushy looking things( that is the technical term) . I usually just have algae all over the bottoms , sides, leaves and worms.