lisa1965

Thank you both for your replies. Since I last wrote we have had a ton of rain down here so I haven't checked any of my levels since 5/6. I can see that the green hue is going away but I have a very brownish color coming out of my cartridges when I clean them. I cleaned them 3 days in a row and the brownish color seems to be going away but any white areas on the liner, polaris, stairs, ladder, skimmer, etc all have a brown stain to them. After some research through this site I thought it was my copper or iron level but the salesperson at the store checked my copper level and she said it wasn't high enough to cause all that. She had me add some more pH up and stabilizer. My last reading said: Free Chlorine 7.5 CYA 49 pH 7.2 TDS 4300 salt 2900 CYA 49 I think the chlorine is still too high but at least I'm not itchy anymore after swimming, I was having everyone shower after swimming. If I add more salt will my pH raise or do I need to keep adding pH UP. I will clean the filters again in 2 days and see how the brown coloring is doing but we are expecting rain again all weekend so I'm guessing I'll need even more salt and possibly pH UP if the salt won't raise the pH.

My pool located in Atlanta is a 18x38 salt water pool using 4 lg cartridges, this past winter my Jandy pump went out so when we took the cover off we had a mess, the water was blackish, within the last 10 days I have replaced the pump motor and followed instructions from the pool store so it is now only a green hue but clear but can't seem to get rid of the green hue. I thought it was maybe copper because I am seeing staining on my liner, stairs and polaris. The pool store says the copper is not high enough to cause the green hue but the stains can be taken care of once the water is clear. I do not completely understand the analysis so I just follow what they tell me but nothing seems to be improving, any help or ideas would help. Analysis, 24000 gals Date of Analysis 4/20 4/24 4/27 4/29 Sat Ind -1 -1.7 -1.5 1 TDS 3100 3200 3900 4100 CYA 40 40 not tested not tested Tot Chl 3.5 10 9.5 10 pH 6.9 6.5 6.4 8.8 Tot alk 92 73 100 102 Hardiness 104 97 113 122 Borates 17 11 40 41 Salt 2200 2200 3200 3200 Pool Store instructions: 4/20 5lbs banish, 15lbs super soluable, clean filters daily, brush liner 4/24 5bags mineral springs salt 4lbs balance 100, con't cleaning filters every other day, brush sides 4/27 4lbs balance 200, 2lbs super soluable, 2lbs banish, con't cleaning filters 4/29 3lbs Lo'N Slo, con't cleaning when cleaning filters, they look great no matter on them but they are starting to stain, pool bottom is clear of matter so are pool sides, I have been brushing them every other day any help on why the pool is not clearing, I am almost to the point to drain and refill Thanks, Lisa