I will try to keep this short and sweet.
18x36 6'. Saltwater with IC40, Pentair SD-80, Heat pump (have been using somewhat), Pentair VS superflow. In SE Ohio.
Pool was finished a couple of weeks ago. I had been cleaning it everyday during the construction because I was seeing dirt in the bottom weeks before it was finished. (It wasn't dirt we found out, I am colorblind. It was mustard algae I believe after doing some research, based on how it sat in the pool).
I had issues getting a real test kit as the first one had opened up during shipping and had to be returned, so I was going to Leslie's Pool Supplies near me and getting the water tested starting almost two weeks ago. The levels were way off for just about everything. I informed the pool builder they needed to get the water right before I would give them the final payment. They started treating it a week ago and have been adding crazy amounts of chemicals as of the past couple of days. They are now saying they haven't seen anything like it before in 20 years. The chemical guy just talked to the owner of the pool company and was informed that there was an enzyme that need to be added for the glass media that we used. (I forced them to use it, I am the very first customer of their's to use glass in the sand filter). He also mentioned that if they can't get this under control, they are going to want to swap out the glass for sand, cause that must be the problem since they have never seen this before and they have never used glass before. I do not believe that glass vs sand could even remotely be the problem, but I am open to the idea if anyone else can back it. .
The company is reputable enough, they have been building pools for 20 plus years successfully as far as I can tell. I believe they know what they are doing.
Here are the levels from the first time I had it tested.
FC=0.003 !
pH=8.3
Total Alkalinity= 194 !
Calcium=169
CYA=5
Iron=0.1
Cu=0
Phosphates=2832 !
Salt=3060
I know, right?
The phosphates kept rising even though there has been no fertilizer anywhere near the pool and we tried noPhos. I know everyone says they don't care about phosphates, but in the thousands? The ants were committing suicide by the millions in the pool, but has lessened up. We have two large Rose of Sharons close to the pool that started flowering a couple of weeks ago. We do have lots of trees in our yard, but not super close to the pool and there haven't been a lot of leaves in it, nor should they be pollinating right now anyway. Within a week, the phosphates had reached 3100 and I stopped testing cause they were dosing it Dang near everyday anyway.
Within a week of the first test, the here are the results.
FC = 2.58
pH = 8.1
Alkalinity = 149
Calcium = 182
CYA = 34
phosphates = 3127
Sorry if I rambled or missed important info. I was up 24 hours straight for work and just woke up after 2 hours of sleep to the pool guy knocking on my door to tell me this.
18x36 6'. Saltwater with IC40, Pentair SD-80, Heat pump (have been using somewhat), Pentair VS superflow. In SE Ohio.
Pool was finished a couple of weeks ago. I had been cleaning it everyday during the construction because I was seeing dirt in the bottom weeks before it was finished. (It wasn't dirt we found out, I am colorblind. It was mustard algae I believe after doing some research, based on how it sat in the pool).
I had issues getting a real test kit as the first one had opened up during shipping and had to be returned, so I was going to Leslie's Pool Supplies near me and getting the water tested starting almost two weeks ago. The levels were way off for just about everything. I informed the pool builder they needed to get the water right before I would give them the final payment. They started treating it a week ago and have been adding crazy amounts of chemicals as of the past couple of days. They are now saying they haven't seen anything like it before in 20 years. The chemical guy just talked to the owner of the pool company and was informed that there was an enzyme that need to be added for the glass media that we used. (I forced them to use it, I am the very first customer of their's to use glass in the sand filter). He also mentioned that if they can't get this under control, they are going to want to swap out the glass for sand, cause that must be the problem since they have never seen this before and they have never used glass before. I do not believe that glass vs sand could even remotely be the problem, but I am open to the idea if anyone else can back it. .
The company is reputable enough, they have been building pools for 20 plus years successfully as far as I can tell. I believe they know what they are doing.
Here are the levels from the first time I had it tested.
FC=0.003 !
pH=8.3
Total Alkalinity= 194 !
Calcium=169
CYA=5
Iron=0.1
Cu=0
Phosphates=2832 !
Salt=3060
I know, right?
The phosphates kept rising even though there has been no fertilizer anywhere near the pool and we tried noPhos. I know everyone says they don't care about phosphates, but in the thousands? The ants were committing suicide by the millions in the pool, but has lessened up. We have two large Rose of Sharons close to the pool that started flowering a couple of weeks ago. We do have lots of trees in our yard, but not super close to the pool and there haven't been a lot of leaves in it, nor should they be pollinating right now anyway. Within a week, the phosphates had reached 3100 and I stopped testing cause they were dosing it Dang near everyday anyway.
Within a week of the first test, the here are the results.
FC = 2.58
pH = 8.1
Alkalinity = 149
Calcium = 182
CYA = 34
phosphates = 3127
Sorry if I rambled or missed important info. I was up 24 hours straight for work and just woke up after 2 hours of sleep to the pool guy knocking on my door to tell me this.