atomasze
07-07-2010, 10:19 AM
I am having a tough problem with the pool this year. I have been using the BBB method for several years with no problem. This year the pool has had a green tint. I thought it was an algea, so i shocked. Kept shock around 15 to 20 ppm for 7 days with no improvement in the green tint.
I then began to suspect metals in the water. So i tried a metal remover from the local pool store. Brought the ph down, let the chlorine go to zero, as instructed by product and added to pool. Sure enough after a couple of days i had a non-green tinted pool, but you could see a bit of haze in the water, i can live with that. Brought the ph back up, 7.6, and added Chlorine, normally keep around 3ppm, and 2 days later the green tint is back.
The pool isn't cloudy, or slimey sided, just tinited green. I did the over night chlorine check and i lose about 0.5ppm. There is a heater attached and i am wondering if the manifold from that could be leaching metal into the pool.
Its a 33000 gal inground, with vinyl liner. This mornings readings
PH 7.6
FC 2.5
CC 0.5
ALK 110
Anything i'm missing?
I then began to suspect metals in the water. So i tried a metal remover from the local pool store. Brought the ph down, let the chlorine go to zero, as instructed by product and added to pool. Sure enough after a couple of days i had a non-green tinted pool, but you could see a bit of haze in the water, i can live with that. Brought the ph back up, 7.6, and added Chlorine, normally keep around 3ppm, and 2 days later the green tint is back.
The pool isn't cloudy, or slimey sided, just tinited green. I did the over night chlorine check and i lose about 0.5ppm. There is a heater attached and i am wondering if the manifold from that could be leaching metal into the pool.
Its a 33000 gal inground, with vinyl liner. This mornings readings
PH 7.6
FC 2.5
CC 0.5
ALK 110
Anything i'm missing?