Hello all,
I have been enjoying my newly-glass coated indoor pool for awhile. Since I have a Chemtrol automatic dispenser, maintenance has been next to nothing. What I have noticed is some debris in the bottom near the return outlets. After vacuuming them up several times, I had enough to take to my local pool guy to find out what it was. Taking a sample of water, it ended up being phosphates in the water that was coating my heat exchanger and subsequently flaking off. They did an analysis and yes, my water was high in phosphates. They said for some reason last year, the water spiked in phosphate content and that was about the time I replaced my water after the GlassCoat process.
So I installed clean filter cartridges and in went some phosphate remover and as I was told the water went cloudy. The directions say the cloudiness should dissipate after 48 hours. My pool guy said to wait that long, or more and here, put this clarifier in to bring the water back to clear. You guessed it- it was a bottle of something blue, and I know how blue chemicals are viewed around here.
So, in lieu of blue, what should I do instead? And yes Marty, my water has stayed “gin clear” thanks to everyone’s advice.
Thanks in advance!
I have been enjoying my newly-glass coated indoor pool for awhile. Since I have a Chemtrol automatic dispenser, maintenance has been next to nothing. What I have noticed is some debris in the bottom near the return outlets. After vacuuming them up several times, I had enough to take to my local pool guy to find out what it was. Taking a sample of water, it ended up being phosphates in the water that was coating my heat exchanger and subsequently flaking off. They did an analysis and yes, my water was high in phosphates. They said for some reason last year, the water spiked in phosphate content and that was about the time I replaced my water after the GlassCoat process.
So I installed clean filter cartridges and in went some phosphate remover and as I was told the water went cloudy. The directions say the cloudiness should dissipate after 48 hours. My pool guy said to wait that long, or more and here, put this clarifier in to bring the water back to clear. You guessed it- it was a bottle of something blue, and I know how blue chemicals are viewed around here.
So, in lieu of blue, what should I do instead? And yes Marty, my water has stayed “gin clear” thanks to everyone’s advice.
Thanks in advance!