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    Default Re: 7.2 vs >8.2 Grrrrrrrrrrr

    congrats !!

    you've almost earned your stripes as a true beleiver in the BBB method.

    keep the filtering going and hold the CL pretty high for a couple more days

    Brush it everywhere to uncover any living algae that may be hiding under a layer of dead slime.

    Next week you need to get a handle on the high level of CYA.
    I don't recall if you were using stabilized chlorine ( pucks or tablets ) that continually add CYA, but it is a pretty common trap. The CYA keeps going up and the owner sees the CL levels at 3 to 5 and thinks everything is just dandy.
    Then the frog pond hits and until you learn that CYA at 100 or more is counter-productive, nothing clears up the algae ( for very long )

    The other good news about all this is that the algae ran up the red flag. If algae can grow, so can the nasty bacteria that may make you and the kids sick. Coliform can flourish in the same soup as algae and if the pool didn't go green you might had a rough time until the connection got made that the pool was the source of the infections.

    Keep it up. If you need help on a few trick to get the CYA down, there are lots of good folks here to help
    Last edited by brent.roberts; 07-05-2006 at 07:17 PM.

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