sc-pierce
07-31-2006, 02:58 PM
hi all,
after finding this forum last week i am a true believer of bbb. but...
brief history,
never owned a pool before 2 years ago, prev owner used all walmart (aquachem) products, so i followed suit (except i used the leslies pucks), we have an IG vinyl liner which i was told is about 22000, hayward s200 filter and super pump...
anyway...i tested for cya for the first time this weekend...that and other results are below. (using aquachem test kit)
ph 6.8 or less
alk 120 to 130
cl 0.5ish
cya between 90-100
temp bath water warm (the air temp has been at or near 100 for the last couple weeks, little rain)
i've been fighting with algae (only slightly green on the ladder, steps, etc. by no means a green pool)
after the test and forums, i removed the hockey puck floater, and waited a day to let the chem adjust to retest. no change to above results. filter running 24/7. i did a minor backwash, just in case. we got a good rain two afternoons in a row and the normally clear water turned cloudy, which in my experience means i need to adjust ph and shock.
added a 1/2 box borax, retested, 7.0 and added the other half box retested. ph now 7.4ish.
added 4 1gallon 46 oz jugs of 6% bleach once the ph was right. cl went up to about 3ppm, 24 hours later still cloudy. added another 3 bottles (1G 46 oz of 6%) this morning and retested at lunch (still cloudy). this time the results are:
fc 5+ppm (test kit doesn't register higher)
tc 5+ppm
ph 7.6
cya (dunno---out of test solution) but i doubt it changed any.
alk 130
am i doing everything right? my wife got a little miffed at me cause the cl and ph dropped out. and now the water's cloudy. how long should the water stay cloudy?
after finding this forum last week i am a true believer of bbb. but...
brief history,
never owned a pool before 2 years ago, prev owner used all walmart (aquachem) products, so i followed suit (except i used the leslies pucks), we have an IG vinyl liner which i was told is about 22000, hayward s200 filter and super pump...
anyway...i tested for cya for the first time this weekend...that and other results are below. (using aquachem test kit)
ph 6.8 or less
alk 120 to 130
cl 0.5ish
cya between 90-100
temp bath water warm (the air temp has been at or near 100 for the last couple weeks, little rain)
i've been fighting with algae (only slightly green on the ladder, steps, etc. by no means a green pool)
after the test and forums, i removed the hockey puck floater, and waited a day to let the chem adjust to retest. no change to above results. filter running 24/7. i did a minor backwash, just in case. we got a good rain two afternoons in a row and the normally clear water turned cloudy, which in my experience means i need to adjust ph and shock.
added a 1/2 box borax, retested, 7.0 and added the other half box retested. ph now 7.4ish.
added 4 1gallon 46 oz jugs of 6% bleach once the ph was right. cl went up to about 3ppm, 24 hours later still cloudy. added another 3 bottles (1G 46 oz of 6%) this morning and retested at lunch (still cloudy). this time the results are:
fc 5+ppm (test kit doesn't register higher)
tc 5+ppm
ph 7.6
cya (dunno---out of test solution) but i doubt it changed any.
alk 130
am i doing everything right? my wife got a little miffed at me cause the cl and ph dropped out. and now the water's cloudy. how long should the water stay cloudy?