took few weeks but got pool crystal clear, and all chemicals balanced, free chlorine around 3-4, cy about 40, ph 7.2-7.4 and alk about 120, pool was perfect, well today went to pull solar cover off and was lot yellow spots on edges and on wall little, when brush it off u can see it float away, omost like a light powder, and settles on bottom, and from what been reading looking like mustard algae, or do u think something else? im going to shock pool and raise free chlorine level to 20+ and see if drops, also when checked chlorine last time free chlorine was at 6 and combined chlorine was at 0, but free chlorine did drop to 1-2 range for a day or 2 awhile ago
possible mustard algae?
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How is your area doing with pollen? Is it found on cars or patios, other flat surfaces?? I would think pollen would behave just as you describe, but not sure if your area has passed the pollen time frame.
Up your FC a point or two just to be sure you don't go too low again.
Maddie
Up your FC a point or two just to be sure you don't go too low again.
Maddie
there is some pollen and asked wife, she didnt pay attention when she pulled cover off so could be lot on cover that fell in, from what i understand answer is no, but shocking pool wont hurt anything outside just not being able use for few days and money it costs, also pool i have has a auto chlorinator, long as keep it at a setting to keep chlorine at 4 or so, do i need do anything else chlorine wise?
You can swim up to SLAM level.
As to your daily FC level, you're tempting algae if you only dose to a FC of 4 with that CYA of 40. You should be dosing to 5-7ppm FC, so that your daily loss is still covered and you won't go below 4 ppm. Lookie here--> [FC/CYA][/FC/CYA]
Maddie
As to your daily FC level, you're tempting algae if you only dose to a FC of 4 with that CYA of 40. You should be dosing to 5-7ppm FC, so that your daily loss is still covered and you won't go below 4 ppm. Lookie here--> [FC/CYA][/FC/CYA]
Maddie
and one last question on stabilizer testing, i have the taylor k-2006 kit, when im checking stabilizer, do i stop when the black dot on bottom is hard to see or keep adding to where litterly cant see it when looking down, and if stabilizer is a bit hit, whats easiest and cheapest way to lower it
You can do the test where you fill the tube up to 100, glance away and then look. See the dot clearly?
Next fill it to 90... glance away then look... See the dot clearly??
And so on with each level of CYA. The trick is to not stare at it, but glance away then look. And make sure the sun is at your back and you're holding the tube waist high. The trick that you fill it to each successive level helps speed things up since we know it won't be anything in between. Does that make sense?
As for easiest and cheapest way to lower....drain and refill baby!
Maddie
Next fill it to 90... glance away then look... See the dot clearly??
And so on with each level of CYA. The trick is to not stare at it, but glance away then look. And make sure the sun is at your back and you're holding the tube waist high. The trick that you fill it to each successive level helps speed things up since we know it won't be anything in between. Does that make sense?
As for easiest and cheapest way to lower....drain and refill baby!
Maddie
well unfortunately i retested it and stabilizer is at ruffly 90, ugg so looks like going be pumping a lot water out and replacing, is the reason that stabilizer is going up because the auto chlorinator and tablets?
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what rly sucks is no bottom drain on pool lol and vac hose isnt a tight seal so eventuly loose prime, so going have use a sump pump and spend half day lol
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what rly sucks is no bottom drain on pool lol and vac hose isnt a tight seal so eventuly loose prime, so going have use a sump pump and spend half day lol
Yup Yup Yup. Those evil darn pucks are the bane of pools everywhere! People just don't realize the ingredients in them build up and up. Pool Stores don't exactly advertise this problem either.
M.
what would be your recomendation, dont use the auto chlorinator at all? or use it add very low setting and add chlorine weekly manualy
We put our solar cover on for a few days and when we pulled it off, we had so much yellow pollen in the pool.
Once I get cya back down to level and water balanced, what is a normal day to day drop in fc level assuming pools covered at night and not extremely hot
Our recommendation is to NOT use the pucks at all for routine chlorination. Use bleach or a Salt Water Chlorine Generator.
Have you read this: -->Pool School - How to Chlorinate Your Pool
Have you read this: -->Pool School - How to Chlorinate Your Pool
Draining pool won't be easy since no bottom drain and backwash goes into neigbors back yard, he's fine with normal backwash but not 4k gallons lol and need new sump pump and roads 100 feet away, if u drain out 3 inches water every few days n fill with fresh, on top normal everstion, and add no new source of cya and only use liquid chlorine will cya drop in month or so?