What is this flowing on pool surface?

[NewPoolGuy00]

Does anybody have any idea what this could be floating on the pool surface? I originally thought it could just be accumulated pollen or something else from the environment but it has stuck around for a few weeks. In clumps together in some areas and doesn't seem to be going away.

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[Texas Splash]

Looks like calcium flakes. Did you just recently open pool? Can you post a full st of test results?

 

[YippeeSkippy]

Looks like tree schmutz..... pollen and such blown in from trees around you? If I'm seeing it correctly?

Collect some in a dish and put a drop of muriatic acid on it....if it fizzes its calcium.
Maddie

 

[Dave31410]

My guess is that you have some kind of tree or large shrub nearby that has very small flowers. The flowers break apart as they shed and any slight breeze will carry them into the pool. My neighbors have a large wild cherry tree that does this. If it doesn't go away soon than maybe Texas Splash is correct.

 

[NewPoolGuy00]

Looks like calcium flakes. Did you just recently open pool? Can you post a full st of test results?

Pool construction finished last March and we used year around so it isn't just opening up.

Free Chlorine - 7.6
Total Chlorine - 7.6
PH - 7.8
Total Alkalinity - 120
Cyanuric Acid - 80
Hardness - 140
Salinity- 3200

 

[NewPoolGuy00]

Looks like tree schmutz..... pollen and such blown in from trees around you? If I'm seeing it correctly?

Collect some in a dish and put a drop of muriatic acid on it....if it fizzes its calcium.
Maddie

We do have alot of trees etc way back behind the pool so maybe that's it. Maybe we lucked up and didn't have much last year. O will wait it out. Thanks.

 

[YippeeSkippy]

Hmmmmm....Calcium level is a bit low for a plaster pool. You need to raise it up to help protect your pretty new finish

 

[NewPoolGuy00]

Looks like tree schmutz..... pollen and such blown in from trees around you? If I'm seeing it correctly?

Collect some in a dish and put a drop of muriatic acid on it....if it fizzes its calcium.
Maddie

Maddie, no fizz when added to sample

 

[YippeeSkippy]

alrighty then..... we'll go on the assumption it came from trees. Lord knows I've got stuff blowing like crazy into the pool today and I'm just 2 hours down the road from you. Keep your pump running to skim it.

Summer will get here. Eventually.

Maddie

 

[Texas Splash]

Maddie, no fizz when added to sample

That's reassuring.

 

[NewPoolGuy00]

Hmmmmm....Calcium level is a bit low for a plaster pool. You need to raise it up to help protect your pretty new finish

Got it. Thanks.