Hello, I am in the process of a divorce and I am taking over the maintenance of our 25,000 gallon inground pool.
Last summer my husband completely stopped caring for the pool and my son and I took over. I brought the test into our local Leslie's and was told the pool needed to be drained and I needed to do an acid wash as the CYA levels are too high (but it was too hot to drain at that point).
I purchased the trouble free pool kit and have accurate readings and would like recommendations on what I should do regarding, how much to drain. Also, there is a tiny amount of green algae growing on the walls which I assume is just due to the lack of chlorine.
free chlorine 0.12
Total 0.97
PH 7.8
Calcium hardness 789
CYA 161
Phosphates 24
Total dissolved solids 2000
Originally I thought I would post here and see what percentage was recommended to drain but because of the calcium hardness and total dissolved solids I’m wondering if I should not just drain the entire pool. from looking at other threads on this site, does does not seem like I should do any type of acid wash on the walls. The person at Leslie says that the CYA “sticks” to the walls and that’s why I need to acid wash it.
Thank you so much for your advice and assistance!
Last summer my husband completely stopped caring for the pool and my son and I took over. I brought the test into our local Leslie's and was told the pool needed to be drained and I needed to do an acid wash as the CYA levels are too high (but it was too hot to drain at that point).
I purchased the trouble free pool kit and have accurate readings and would like recommendations on what I should do regarding, how much to drain. Also, there is a tiny amount of green algae growing on the walls which I assume is just due to the lack of chlorine.
free chlorine 0.12
Total 0.97
PH 7.8
Calcium hardness 789
CYA 161
Phosphates 24
Total dissolved solids 2000
Originally I thought I would post here and see what percentage was recommended to drain but because of the calcium hardness and total dissolved solids I’m wondering if I should not just drain the entire pool. from looking at other threads on this site, does does not seem like I should do any type of acid wash on the walls. The person at Leslie says that the CYA “sticks” to the walls and that’s why I need to acid wash it.
Thank you so much for your advice and assistance!