I messed up. shocked the pool and miscalculated and brought my FC to 37 ppm, luckily my CYA is 50-60 so it should allow some chlorine burnoff... otherwise is it worth using chlorine reducer or is that bs ?
pool was cloudy from all the rain lately, I shocked it but miscalculated now its at 37 ppm
- Thread starter 6spdg37s
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 62,717
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
It will be well within SLAM level FC in a day or two. Just turn off the SWCG.
Rain has little effect on water chemistry.
Rain has little effect on water chemistry.
it was a lot of rain , I had to drain like 6 inches out of the pool
I did turn the SWG off
I did turn the SWG off
with 50-60 CYA, It would be safe to swim around 24ppm and down ? for adults
- Jun 24, 2021
- 16,276
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60 Plus
So it diluted you by 10% in a 60 inch average depth pool, hardly enough to notice.
If your FC was that low that a 10% drop caused cloudiness, the rain is not the problem.
got my PH back down to 7.4-7.5 and chlorine is down to 25 now... by end of tomorrow should be down a little more.
pool is still kinda cloudy but all my levels are testing ok..
pool is still kinda cloudy but all my levels are testing ok..
- Jun 24, 2021
- 16,276
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60 Plus
Post pictures of the pool.
Do an overnight chlorine loss test tonight. Link-->Overnight Chlorine Loss Test
If you fail, start the SLAM process to clear the pool. Link-->SLAM Process
I have to grab a pic when I get home, but it's testing good and has CC of 0. do you believe in phosphates from the rain ? or is that BS
- Jun 24, 2021
- 16,276
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60 Plus
3rd season having my 20k gallon SWG pool. never had clarity issues minus the first 3 days of opening it.
It started getting cloudy last week, I shocked it, over shock dit accidentally , and then turned off the SWG and did the FC test , CC test, overnight chlorine loss test, and everything was ok... go out this morning and this thing is green and has green debris on floor looks like algae...
where do I go from here? SLAM it run filter 24 hours ? manually vacuum out to waste after? is it possible that the pool robots have algae on It? should I be cleaning that with bleach or shock or something too ?
rain has been insane here in NJ and threw everything off my PH as 8.0 but I Brought it backdown to normal level.
frustrating cause its the end of the season and I was hoping I wouldn't have to deal with this....
advice ? suggestions??
It started getting cloudy last week, I shocked it, over shock dit accidentally , and then turned off the SWG and did the FC test , CC test, overnight chlorine loss test, and everything was ok... go out this morning and this thing is green and has green debris on floor looks like algae...
where do I go from here? SLAM it run filter 24 hours ? manually vacuum out to waste after? is it possible that the pool robots have algae on It? should I be cleaning that with bleach or shock or something too ?
rain has been insane here in NJ and threw everything off my PH as 8.0 but I Brought it backdown to normal level.
frustrating cause its the end of the season and I was hoping I wouldn't have to deal with this....
advice ? suggestions??
There’s only one way to deal with algae. SLAM. Are you doing the TFP methods? We don’t shock pools here so better clarify.
Looking at your previous post, was your water perfectly clear with no algae or dust on the bottom when you stopped following the SLAM Process earlier this week?
yes it was ok for about a day but we got multiple days of rain back to back...
ya I said shock but I meant SLAM I do follow ur methods.. when I open it every year its usually a little algae ish , so I vacuum to waste, then SLAM for couple days and its usually clear the entire summer
but is it possible its on my betta robot or my dolphin bottom robot ?
that when I shocked the pool to like FC=37 it was clearing up as soon as it went to normal level it got yellow again. and been googling and matching to similar photos/experience and it looks like it.
When you come off slam it's always good practice to take it for slam one extra day with a OCLT to follow.
You mentioned pool robots....I'd clean/soak those filters too.
You mentioned pool robots....I'd clean/soak those filters too.