- Jul 25, 2013
- 6
Hello, Stats;
FC-7, CC-0, Ph 7.4 to 7.6 ish, TA 110, CH - 600 (Water from hose is always 500 or higher) CYA - 30 to 40ish. I only use liquid chlorine and acid. UNTIL LAST WEEK ! ! Stupid me, got bored and tried something and now regret it.
The Story: I read that using a flocculant can sometimes help reduce your CH levels. I always have high CH levels due to SoCal ground water is super high all the time. I also have had super green algae pool water for about 3 weeks or so (cause I have ignored the pool a bit). We had a huge wind storm and tons of leaves and junk dumped into the pool, so I decided to the full deal to get the pool back up to tip top shape. I swept, vacuumed, cleaned all the baskets and dropped tons of chlorine to kill everything off. As expected water was cloudy from all the sweeping and the dirt in pool. AS I know, this would have been fine and cleared up in a day or so. BUT... I thought... Its also about time for me to clean my filter again. SO I THOUGHT, "Hey, why not go buy a flocculant to try out, drop it in, run the filter for a couple days since its time to clean it out anyway maybe get lucky and reduce my CH."
Here is the problem. I didnt read the bottle. For two weeks I have watched the pool stay ridiculously cloudy. I kept thinking my hayward pool sweeper wasn't doing a good job.. The filter pressure has gone up, and kept thinking I am not running pool enough. I keep dropping chlorine and acid but nothing is working. Finally I realize the directions say "vacuum to waste." I dont even know what that is.
Sooo... Advice??? I assume Vacuum to waste means sweep while the filter is on backwash? If thats so,, how long do I do this for? How much water do I waste?? How do I know I've even done this enough?? The water is really cloudy and there is not much on the bottom of the pool anymore? I think my pool sweeper pretty much got it all, and now I assume I am recirculating the flocculant particles? Should I stop running the filter for a day and let it settle? Dare I use more flocculant?? Thoughts?? At a total loss.. Help me out Pool Pro's!!
Thanks!
FC-7, CC-0, Ph 7.4 to 7.6 ish, TA 110, CH - 600 (Water from hose is always 500 or higher) CYA - 30 to 40ish. I only use liquid chlorine and acid. UNTIL LAST WEEK ! ! Stupid me, got bored and tried something and now regret it.
The Story: I read that using a flocculant can sometimes help reduce your CH levels. I always have high CH levels due to SoCal ground water is super high all the time. I also have had super green algae pool water for about 3 weeks or so (cause I have ignored the pool a bit). We had a huge wind storm and tons of leaves and junk dumped into the pool, so I decided to the full deal to get the pool back up to tip top shape. I swept, vacuumed, cleaned all the baskets and dropped tons of chlorine to kill everything off. As expected water was cloudy from all the sweeping and the dirt in pool. AS I know, this would have been fine and cleared up in a day or so. BUT... I thought... Its also about time for me to clean my filter again. SO I THOUGHT, "Hey, why not go buy a flocculant to try out, drop it in, run the filter for a couple days since its time to clean it out anyway maybe get lucky and reduce my CH."
Here is the problem. I didnt read the bottle. For two weeks I have watched the pool stay ridiculously cloudy. I kept thinking my hayward pool sweeper wasn't doing a good job.. The filter pressure has gone up, and kept thinking I am not running pool enough. I keep dropping chlorine and acid but nothing is working. Finally I realize the directions say "vacuum to waste." I dont even know what that is.
Sooo... Advice??? I assume Vacuum to waste means sweep while the filter is on backwash? If thats so,, how long do I do this for? How much water do I waste?? How do I know I've even done this enough?? The water is really cloudy and there is not much on the bottom of the pool anymore? I think my pool sweeper pretty much got it all, and now I assume I am recirculating the flocculant particles? Should I stop running the filter for a day and let it settle? Dare I use more flocculant?? Thoughts?? At a total loss.. Help me out Pool Pro's!!
Thanks!