This is the first summer I have had a pool so bear with me. It's been great so far, crystal clear, no problems at all.
We had a bad storm last Friday and ended up with a bunch of debris, leaves, ect in the pool. I think this is where the problem started. I cleaned all that out. Vaccumed a couple of times. It looked clean. The water was clear the whole time.
The last several days I've noticed what looks like dirt on the bottom of the pool. Yesterday I vaccumed it all up and left the filter off all night. Today when I woke up it was still clean and clear. I turned the filter back on and after a few hours I entire pool floor is covered in a brown dirt like substance. It's little patches even distributed around the entire pool floor. It is easily stirred up into the water if you touch it. The water itself is still clear. What is this stuff?
Hubby thinks it's some kind of algae but I'm not sure. Would algae show up when the pool wasn't moving as opposed to when I turned the pump on?
I don't really think it's just dirt, it comes back to quickly after I vaccum and no one was in the pool today to track anything into it. Could my filter be pumping sand into the pool? It never has before. It just seems weird that it's even distributed all over the bottom of the pool.
I have also noticed under our Wedding cake steps the water is kind of gross. The walls and floor are really dirty. I'm sure that is from no circulation under there. Could that have anything to do with it? How do you keep that area clean.
background- 27 foot round above ground pool. Sand filter. I've been using liquid chlorine and chlorine pucks. That's all that's been added for several weeks.
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