Swamp Fever

jerseyrails · May 12, 2020

My CYA is too low to measure. My chlorine levels are too low on the SWG. My salt is too low. My water is crystal clear, except for all the oak tree pods that keep falling in; I've skimmed a lot of them off, the skimmer baskets get clogged with the things within a day. I've only added Chlorine with the SWG for the last two days.
I'm home tomorrow, so I'm hoping to get all the chemistry up to date. I'm going to test in the AM, go to lowes for salt and then the pool store for the stabilizer. I'm planning to test in the evening, hoping to get my OCLT done, because Friday looks like a nice day for the pool.

jerseyrails · May 13, 2020

So I'm going for OCLT tonight; shut my SWG off an hour ago, and just did my testing. Water is nice and clear. My CYA is too low to measure with my kit, so it's at least 30. Assuming I pass, I'll add stabilizer tomorrow, but I only have four pounds and the app says I need 9 to get to the target range. If my FC is 2 with the SWG at 60% for 24 hours, should I increase it at all? I'd like to reprogram the pump so it doesn't run 24/7.

mguzzy · May 13, 2020

yes.. get your CYA up up up... otherwise there will be no CL retention and the SWG is working at a higher % than it needs to be just to counter act the effect. for a SWG pool you should be in a 70 ppm range

jerseyrails · May 15, 2020

Hooray! I made it! Now I have a new problem; a hostile force has invaded.

JJ_Tex · May 16, 2020

Eww...

So the OCLT is supposed to be done at SLAM levels. At this point I wouldn't go back to SLAM levels, but I would keep an eye on everything and be ready to quickly get back to SLAM if you see something off in the next few weeks.

Speaking of... get your chlorine up ASAP. At a CYA of 30, a FC of 2 is the bare minimum, you should be trying to keep your FC at 4-6 using the non SWCG chart, then still the same FC range when you get your CYA up and can switch to the SWCG. After all of the hard work you have put into this, I would make sure it never gets close to the minimum levels of the chart.

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jerseyrails · May 17, 2020

I’ve put in 2lbs of CYA, my last test still came up 30, and that’s only because I can’t get a lower reading. Just added 2lbs more.

mguzzy · May 17, 2020

How long did you wait to test.. some here say to wait 24 hours to see the addition of CyA register. In my experience I see it slowly creeping up sometimes 3 days after adding it.

JJ_Tex · May 18, 2020

Did you get your FC up?