I'm a 5th year TF pool user/fan and am a bit stumped on what's happening with my pool right now. I'll add my current readings below as well as some notes on clarity and other things I believe may be pertinent to my issues. I"m looking for help on what to do next as we have a big pool party next weekend.
Chemistry:
ph-8.2 (ph climbs very quickly this year and I've had to add a lot of muriatic acid to keep it down--about 1 bottle per week)
ta-80
fc-7 (I've been shocking lately with liquid chlorine which I use exclusively over pucks)
cc-1
tc-8
cya-35
hardness-500-1000 (really high I"m assuming because I use iron-treated well water to top off and this has been a dry year)
My guess is that hardness is contributing to my issues but I don't know what to do about it.
About 4 days ago my pool started getting murky (more white then green but then turning to green with about 3 foot clarity) so I started shocking at about 10ppm a day consistently to get cc down. I am having to vaccuum and scrub every day because there is fall out of green and rust colored material. Backwashing and rinsing at least once per day.
I have a sand filter.
If anyone needs to know anything else just ask otherwise-HELP
Chemistry:
ph-8.2 (ph climbs very quickly this year and I've had to add a lot of muriatic acid to keep it down--about 1 bottle per week)
ta-80
fc-7 (I've been shocking lately with liquid chlorine which I use exclusively over pucks)
cc-1
tc-8
cya-35
hardness-500-1000 (really high I"m assuming because I use iron-treated well water to top off and this has been a dry year)
My guess is that hardness is contributing to my issues but I don't know what to do about it.
About 4 days ago my pool started getting murky (more white then green but then turning to green with about 3 foot clarity) so I started shocking at about 10ppm a day consistently to get cc down. I am having to vaccuum and scrub every day because there is fall out of green and rust colored material. Backwashing and rinsing at least once per day.
I have a sand filter.
If anyone needs to know anything else just ask otherwise-HELP