- Dec 30, 2020
- 316
- Pool Size
- 13500
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Algae is slimy - dirt/sand is gritty.View attachment 588351
Here is a picture of it in my skimmer throat. Feels like sand but brushes to a poof. Only seems to show up in the heat of the day after 2pm.
Algae is slimy - dirt/sand is gritty.
Algae gets bleached out by slam level fc while dirt generally doesn’t.
Do you have fine pleated filters for your bot? If so - use them.
It took me a couple of seasons at the old place to understand and accept it. In the end I learned to trust my testing to prove what I was looking at.I hope I am the dummy that has been trying to SLAM out dirt since Feb.
Did you build a new driveway to the shop? Or just access gravel driveFwiw- i run my bot daily at 9am because seeing the orange/brown crushed concrete dust from my yard drives me crazy!
My yard went from this
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To this
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With multiple vehicles driving down to the shop daily the fine bot filter is a must!
I have also dealt with what I believe was MA & it did bleach out whereas the dirt doesn’t.
I keep my fc at the top of target range for this reason.
Yes - We have an asphalt drive that stops at our house and during the wet times the area to & infront of the shop would become a mess. There was a path but no gravel. We still need more gravel lolDid you build a new driveway to the shop? Or just access gravel drive
I can't keep up with all your threads.Now to catch what is pooping in my pool. I will start another thread for that.