Hi all,
Was referred here by a friend, what an amazing community. My pool (20339 gallons) had a few super-unreliable pool guys, the pool turned green, and I decided to maintain it myself. The pool was somewhat neglected for a few months, and while I was cleaning debris out of it, I didn't bother with the chemistry at all (knowing it's wrong).
After reading pool school last week, I fixed my metrics and started SLAM:
1. Brought pH down with Muriatic Acid to ~7.5 (was 8.4 or higher prior)
2. Brought CYA up to 40 (was 0 prior)
3. Brought FC at 16 ("SLAM" level in PoolMath) with liquid chlorine only
4. Replaced my cartridge filters (old ones were not replaced in 3 years, completely fallen apart) and noted the new clean PSI
I've been keeping FC at 16 for 5 days now. Brushing daily. Running my pool robot. I don't have a vaccum.
The water looks A LOT better, but I still have some stains / areas that look green - mostly in the center of the pool.
Brushing the walls/floor of the pool does occassionally bring up a green cloud, so I suppose I'm not done.
But curious how I'm doing so far, and any tips on where to take it from here?
Was referred here by a friend, what an amazing community. My pool (20339 gallons) had a few super-unreliable pool guys, the pool turned green, and I decided to maintain it myself. The pool was somewhat neglected for a few months, and while I was cleaning debris out of it, I didn't bother with the chemistry at all (knowing it's wrong).
After reading pool school last week, I fixed my metrics and started SLAM:
1. Brought pH down with Muriatic Acid to ~7.5 (was 8.4 or higher prior)
2. Brought CYA up to 40 (was 0 prior)
3. Brought FC at 16 ("SLAM" level in PoolMath) with liquid chlorine only
4. Replaced my cartridge filters (old ones were not replaced in 3 years, completely fallen apart) and noted the new clean PSI
I've been keeping FC at 16 for 5 days now. Brushing daily. Running my pool robot. I don't have a vaccum.
The water looks A LOT better, but I still have some stains / areas that look green - mostly in the center of the pool.
Brushing the walls/floor of the pool does occassionally bring up a green cloud, so I suppose I'm not done.
But curious how I'm doing so far, and any tips on where to take it from here?
