I am new to the forum but I am following TPF already for a couple of years. We bought our house with pool in the winter of 2012. The first season I followed advise from the pool store which resulted in buying a lot of chemicals and ending up with bleached out spots of the vinyl floor. Luckily I found TFP and learned a lot over the years. Now I have an issue that I'd like help with. Sorry for my simple English, I am from the Netherlands.
I started slamming our pool Sunday morning august 5th. The water was clear but I am dealing with some algae for weeks now. Only a little green on the bottom and the walls but I was loosing chlorine very quick each night.
Readings when I started: FC 0, CC 0, PH 7.8, alkalinity 110, CYA 35. Phosphate 100.
I brought the chlorine level up to 14 with liquid chlorinator 10%. Tested 2 hours later FC 13.5 CC 0. Tested again 4 hours later, FC 9, brought it back up to 14. Next morning FC 10, added chlorine. The rest oof the day same routine as the day before with almost same test results. This morning FC was 10 again after bringing it up to 14 last night. I don't see any change and no dead algae. I wonder if I should keep going or maybe I am doing something wrong. I am brushing regularly and the filter pressure did not go up. Thanks in advance for your help.
I started slamming our pool Sunday morning august 5th. The water was clear but I am dealing with some algae for weeks now. Only a little green on the bottom and the walls but I was loosing chlorine very quick each night.
Readings when I started: FC 0, CC 0, PH 7.8, alkalinity 110, CYA 35. Phosphate 100.
I brought the chlorine level up to 14 with liquid chlorinator 10%. Tested 2 hours later FC 13.5 CC 0. Tested again 4 hours later, FC 9, brought it back up to 14. Next morning FC 10, added chlorine. The rest oof the day same routine as the day before with almost same test results. This morning FC was 10 again after bringing it up to 14 last night. I don't see any change and no dead algae. I wonder if I should keep going or maybe I am doing something wrong. I am brushing regularly and the filter pressure did not go up. Thanks in advance for your help.