pedsrn
05-06-2007, 10:01 PM
We had a hole at around 18" on opening, so we started out two weeks ago with almost a total refill (24' AG Vinyl). I used borax and baking soda to get my numbers straight. I was lazy, didn't want to fool with bleach jugs, so I used aquachem's shock to get my levels up and to clear up the winter algae. The pool LOOKS wonderful now. Today, while swimming, I noticed some scattered rock-like crystals on the bottom of the pool, stuck to the liner. White, sorta porus. They reminded me of broken teeth. Is this scaling? It IS in the area where I typically broadcast my chemicals. We removed much of it by scraping it with our finger/toe nails. A couple places made me a little nervous, so I left it until I hear from you pros.
What is it? What do I do?
Second question: I haven't measured my cya, I KNOW it is near zero because of the refill. I'm reading: FC 7, CC 0, PH 7.0, ALK 80, 83 deg F (I added borax and baking soda after this reading). I am using the 3" tablets from Lowes right now in a floater(aquachem). We had pretty heavy use the past two days and it seems to be holding the FC pretty well (dropped from 8 to 7). Do I REALLY need to add cya or could I get by using the tablets this season and count on them to add cya? I used the bleach last year and the year before with almost no problem except the dang bottles. We have no recycling center around and I feel soooo wasteful throwing those things away, not to mention they are just bulky.
Thanks in advance!
Tracy
What is it? What do I do?
Second question: I haven't measured my cya, I KNOW it is near zero because of the refill. I'm reading: FC 7, CC 0, PH 7.0, ALK 80, 83 deg F (I added borax and baking soda after this reading). I am using the 3" tablets from Lowes right now in a floater(aquachem). We had pretty heavy use the past two days and it seems to be holding the FC pretty well (dropped from 8 to 7). Do I REALLY need to add cya or could I get by using the tablets this season and count on them to add cya? I used the bleach last year and the year before with almost no problem except the dang bottles. We have no recycling center around and I feel soooo wasteful throwing those things away, not to mention they are just bulky.
Thanks in advance!
Tracy