Hi all! Dakemi here, a blast from the past. You all helped me save our yucky algae/amonia pool in Reno, NV (remember??)!!!!! Thank you TFP and all the members that helped me!!
Then we sold the house and moved to Hawaii. We just finished building our new pool in Hawaii and this time I need only a little guidance.
We are close to the ocean so theres a lot of underground ocean water. We built our pool 18" above ground so we could have at least 6 1/2' depth at the deepest part. It look like a giant fountain, only a LOT deeper.
Hawaii is SUNNY and hot. The pool exterior is gunite and the interior is completely tiled. 13000 gallons with three small flat fountain water features. The pump system is a Pentair Intellipro VSF.
FC is always low 0-<.5 FC, probably cuz my husband is always in the pool and has friends over a lot.
pH is rather high usually 8.2
CYA is 50
I add Muriatic acid as prescribed in pool math to lower pH and Clorox to raise FC.
The pool temp is WARM, feels like its heated (but its not).
Here's my question:
Is it just the sunlight and usage that is causing me to have to add Clorox daily?
Is pH of 8.2 even after adding Muriatic acid acceptable?
Thanks!
Then we sold the house and moved to Hawaii. We just finished building our new pool in Hawaii and this time I need only a little guidance.
We are close to the ocean so theres a lot of underground ocean water. We built our pool 18" above ground so we could have at least 6 1/2' depth at the deepest part. It look like a giant fountain, only a LOT deeper.
Hawaii is SUNNY and hot. The pool exterior is gunite and the interior is completely tiled. 13000 gallons with three small flat fountain water features. The pump system is a Pentair Intellipro VSF.
FC is always low 0-<.5 FC, probably cuz my husband is always in the pool and has friends over a lot.
pH is rather high usually 8.2
CYA is 50
I add Muriatic acid as prescribed in pool math to lower pH and Clorox to raise FC.
The pool temp is WARM, feels like its heated (but its not).
Here's my question:
Is it just the sunlight and usage that is causing me to have to add Clorox daily?
Is pH of 8.2 even after adding Muriatic acid acceptable?
Thanks!