I had an issue last week where I had added stabilizer to the skimmer and a good portion of it wound up back in the pool - mostly under the returns. Please don't focus on how I should hang it in a stocking in front of the return. That lesson has already been learned.
I vacuumed the large deposits back into the filter and most of it appeared to hold. The pool is currently clear and the chemistry is pretty good. The results using TF-100 kit for this morning are:
FC - 3.5
TC - less than .5
PH - 7.3
TA - 60
CYA - 30
Later additional test results from the same sample at Leslie's (I know not to rely on these but sometimes I use them to check against my results):
Phosphates 587
Calcium Hardness 22
So, I've been noticing that a white/gray cloud has been kicking up when brushing the walls and bottom of the pool since before I added anything except 12.5% liquid chlorine when opening the pool. The first time brushing the sides this year the pool a very milky blue/white. The pool is currently clear but got a little cloudy/milky when I ran my pool robot yesterday. I could see the little puffs of milky powdery clouds being stirred up by the robots brush. My DE filter cleared it in less 24 hours. See pictures of what was left in the filter basked.
So, I think I might have more than one issue going on. The granules pictured in the filter basket of my pool robot look like they could be some of the remaining undissolved stabilizer. But because the milky cloudy thing has been happening since before I added stabilizer, I don't know what that is. Please help me figure this out. My details are in my sig but I have a vinyl liner so I don't think it's a calcium hardness thing. In addition to that not being as important in a vinyl liner pool, it's also very low.
One other thing to consider is that my liner is 15+ years old and is totally bleached out. I'm trying to get a new one installed but because of supply issues, it's not going to happen until fall. Could any of this be the liner degrading?
I should probably add that I've seen something like this happen in previous years (some cloudy debris coming off the bottom and sides) but it never seemed to cloud the pool so much.
Should I just brush the walls hard and let the filter clear it until it doesn't happen any more?
Thanks in advance for your help.
I vacuumed the large deposits back into the filter and most of it appeared to hold. The pool is currently clear and the chemistry is pretty good. The results using TF-100 kit for this morning are:
FC - 3.5
TC - less than .5
PH - 7.3
TA - 60
CYA - 30
Later additional test results from the same sample at Leslie's (I know not to rely on these but sometimes I use them to check against my results):
Phosphates 587
Calcium Hardness 22
So, I've been noticing that a white/gray cloud has been kicking up when brushing the walls and bottom of the pool since before I added anything except 12.5% liquid chlorine when opening the pool. The first time brushing the sides this year the pool a very milky blue/white. The pool is currently clear but got a little cloudy/milky when I ran my pool robot yesterday. I could see the little puffs of milky powdery clouds being stirred up by the robots brush. My DE filter cleared it in less 24 hours. See pictures of what was left in the filter basked.
So, I think I might have more than one issue going on. The granules pictured in the filter basket of my pool robot look like they could be some of the remaining undissolved stabilizer. But because the milky cloudy thing has been happening since before I added stabilizer, I don't know what that is. Please help me figure this out. My details are in my sig but I have a vinyl liner so I don't think it's a calcium hardness thing. In addition to that not being as important in a vinyl liner pool, it's also very low.
One other thing to consider is that my liner is 15+ years old and is totally bleached out. I'm trying to get a new one installed but because of supply issues, it's not going to happen until fall. Could any of this be the liner degrading?
I should probably add that I've seen something like this happen in previous years (some cloudy debris coming off the bottom and sides) but it never seemed to cloud the pool so much.
Should I just brush the walls hard and let the filter clear it until it doesn't happen any more?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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