View Full Version : Learned My Lesson
karrde97
06-04-2007, 12:54 PM
OK. I put our pool at the new house last summer and bought Ben's kit and went BBB. Great. I thought I was doing pretty good.
Opened this year to green pool. A week later it was crystal clear. Doing good so far.
We had a couple weeks where it was cool (Central Illinois) and lots of rain so I would test every other day. Then I got to the point where I would just add jug(3Qt) a bleach every other day.
Family pulled the cover off last Friday to swim and...BAM!!!...dark green.
I'll have it clear in a couple days.
Note to self. TEST WATER AT LEAST ONCE A DAY! ESPECIALLY AFTER IT RAINS!
:D Yep, a good lesson learned!
steveinaz
06-04-2007, 05:48 PM
I test for ph and FC/CC on Wednesday's and Saturdays. The SWCG does the chlorinating, and I make adjustments, if necessary, based on what I see. My ph is stable to a point where twice a week is all that is needed. Skimmer and pump baskets are checked daily.
Sprocket
06-06-2007, 03:04 PM
I forget who told me to take the cover off for a bit every day or longer if going for more days without the cover off .
Something about gas lock , anyone join in and correct me . But it seems if the pool doesn't breath a bit from time to time , the gases lockup and it won't let your FC work like it should .
Sooo even if it's cold out I try and get the cover off for a 2 hours or so every other day .
Hope this helps ya and gl .
ChuckD
06-06-2007, 08:07 PM
I forget who told me to take the cover off for a bit every day or longer if going for more days without the cover off .
Something about gas lock , anyone join in and correct me . But it seems if the pool doesn't breath a bit from time to time , the gases lockup and it won't let your FC work like it should .
Sooo even if it's cold out I try and get the cover off for a 2 hours or so every other day .
Hope this helps ya and gl .
I've got plenty of evidence it's a myth, but I wouldn't swear to it.
Our pool's at our place-in-the-country-soon-to-be-our-primary-residence. For two years now I've kept the solar blanket (cut to fit) on for the couple weeks between visits and suffered no algae blooms, nor any other contamination. At first I did have something which turned out to be my ignorance of the reaction of Cl, iron-rich water and sunlight. But all last year I never opened the cover and had to do much more than vacuum a bit and add some Cl. The cover would have been on for two to three weeks at a time. And the pump was timed to run two periods of four hours each day.