Hello,
I am having a green algae outbreak issue. I thought I had it cleared but it came back again. I know there is something going on with my ph and that is probably why it bloomed again so quickly.
So I need advice. I just tested the pool:
FC: 0
ph: ??????? -- hot pink / purple
CYA: Hanging around 30-ish (I'm not very good at reading this test but it's somewhere around here)
Before the first algae bloom, I knew something was off with the ph so I tested and it was a hot pink/purple. Like 2 steps above the highest color of 8. I thought I had high ph. I added the proper amount of acid to reduce 0.6. When I tested it next, I got a really low reading...like 7.0 but it looked like it could have been lower. So, I went ahead with my clean and SLAM of the pool. Algae cleared up and I kept up with the SLAM for a few days afterwards. Immediately when I let off the SLAM, green pool again.
Also, I bought new 0004 reagent because I thought my reagent might be bad. Both new and old are testing the same way. Now, I'm thinking my ph is still off the scale (high?) and my 7.0 reading was a false reading the other day.
So, now I have the hot pinkish/purple-y ph reading again. What in the world? Suggestions? Do I do the acid again and lower? We have had an enormous amount of rain and I usually add a regular amount of acid in the summer, so maybe it just needs much more this year because of the rain (and I'm talking flood...7 inches in one night....2 weeks before 4 inches and then another 3). It's been crazy here.
I am having a green algae outbreak issue. I thought I had it cleared but it came back again. I know there is something going on with my ph and that is probably why it bloomed again so quickly.
So I need advice. I just tested the pool:
FC: 0
ph: ??????? -- hot pink / purple
CYA: Hanging around 30-ish (I'm not very good at reading this test but it's somewhere around here)
Before the first algae bloom, I knew something was off with the ph so I tested and it was a hot pink/purple. Like 2 steps above the highest color of 8. I thought I had high ph. I added the proper amount of acid to reduce 0.6. When I tested it next, I got a really low reading...like 7.0 but it looked like it could have been lower. So, I went ahead with my clean and SLAM of the pool. Algae cleared up and I kept up with the SLAM for a few days afterwards. Immediately when I let off the SLAM, green pool again.
Also, I bought new 0004 reagent because I thought my reagent might be bad. Both new and old are testing the same way. Now, I'm thinking my ph is still off the scale (high?) and my 7.0 reading was a false reading the other day.
So, now I have the hot pinkish/purple-y ph reading again. What in the world? Suggestions? Do I do the acid again and lower? We have had an enormous amount of rain and I usually add a regular amount of acid in the summer, so maybe it just needs much more this year because of the rain (and I'm talking flood...7 inches in one night....2 weeks before 4 inches and then another 3). It's been crazy here.