Wow. This was absolutely spot on with that formula! My salt pool, which is no longer running a generator, just liquid chlorine; stays around 140 ppm CYA. And I have to keep the free chlorine anywhere between 7 to 10 ppm to keep everything looking good and prevent any algae from forming. If chlorine falls within the 1 to 4 ppm (Leslie's standard), I'll start to see algae growth during the hot months. Now I know CYA is causing me to use more liquid chlorine (HASA). Appreciate the tip as always!... Can't wait to try it out.
I have a spa that is in a hotel it is 1900 gallons. My CYA is over 200 ppm, my ph is between 7.2-7.4, my alkalinity is 200, my calcium is 240 my chlorine is 10 and cc is around 0. Although we are having issues with the feeder over feeding. I have problems with cloudy water and algea. However my water i feel is mostly clear and my boss is a little ocd. I just got my CPO certification and this is my first big time bodies of water
Have you ever tested a "Pool Tiger" device? I had one installed over the summer and it's the first season I had to add cya in my pool. Also the pool walls are super clean, no brushing. Water is crystal clear. Not sure why not much info is out there for Pool Tiger? Be curious on your thoughts.
@@Josh-ew1le And it doesn’t always work. Drain down half way and refill. Then go to tabs and shock that don’t have CYA or stabilizers. I have had a level of 40 ppm all summer just from the residual CYA.
Forgot to mention I saw what looks to be a "snake oil" product in Leslie's the other day. It's supposed to be a CYA remover. It's from a company called Green Story Global. It's some pouch of 'pixie-dust' that your supposed to drop in the skimmer basket and run the pool pump non-stop for several days! Please look into this product to see if it's junk or legit. The guy in the store said it was basically 50/50 results. The people that had good results ran their pumps 24hrs for about a week!!! That sounds insane.
It sounds like a similar product to the Bio-Active stuff. Natural Chemistry just discontinued their CYA reducer as well. Everything needs to be in a specific near perfect rang to actually make the product effective.
This whole problem would be solved if non-stabilized (CYA-free) tablets were readily available and economical. That would allow us to use regular tablets until our CYA reached 50ppm a then switch over to the CYA-free ones to keep it there. We are reusing orbital rockets twice a week but can’t solve this problem? In the meantime I’ll continue adding liquid chlorine 3 times a week. Not convenient but super effective.
The "stabilizer" of CYA results from the using up of the TCCA that you buy to chlorinate the pool. The chemistry basically has a ring with 3 chlorines on it. As it does its work, it drops from 3 to 2 to 1 and to 0. The ring without chlorines is replaced with hydrogen (one at a time as the Cl is used up). CYA is that - TCCA without the chlorine. Short and sweet: tablets BECOME CYA and then the CYA accumulates in the pool. While some may be diluted with more CYA "stabilizer" when you buy them (check the ingredients), by definition you will get CYA from them as the active ingredient (TCCA) is used up even if they are nearly pure.
Amazing video thanks for taking the time to make this
Wow. This was absolutely spot on with that formula! My salt pool, which is no longer running a generator, just liquid chlorine; stays around 140 ppm CYA. And I have to keep the free chlorine anywhere between 7 to 10 ppm to keep everything looking good and prevent any algae from forming. If chlorine falls within the 1 to 4 ppm (Leslie's standard), I'll start to see algae growth during the hot months. Now I know CYA is causing me to use more liquid chlorine (HASA). Appreciate the tip as always!... Can't wait to try it out.
How did the Aluminum Sulfate do for your pool?
I have a spa that is in a hotel it is 1900 gallons. My CYA is over 200 ppm, my ph is between 7.2-7.4, my alkalinity is 200, my calcium is 240 my chlorine is 10 and cc is around 0. Although we are having issues with the feeder over feeding. I have problems with cloudy water and algea. However my water i feel is mostly clear and my boss is a little ocd. I just got my CPO certification and this is my first big time bodies of water
Would simply drain it and start over. Those readings are hard to correct in such a small body of water.
Have you ever tested a "Pool Tiger" device? I had one installed over the summer and it's the first season I had to add cya in my pool. Also the pool walls are super clean, no brushing. Water is crystal clear. Not sure why not much info is out there for Pool Tiger? Be curious on your thoughts.
Not yet. It looks interesting.
@@SPLlet me know if you need a contact over there.
Nice guy, he found a local company for me to do installation. He provided owners evaluation units for their pools.
$999.00 WOW LET ME KNOW HOW IT WORKS OUT AND HOW LONG IT WILL LAST . POOL TIGER... OR IS IT JUST ANOTHER SCAM... $999.00
Chlorine Tabs are expensive now gone way up in price now... i like using them. but watch out for fast increase in Cyanuric Acid (CYA) in your pool.
Make a tab without CYA.
they do - cal hypo tabs. But those raise the calcium level and are expensive.
That alum procedure quite the chore
Draining might be easier.
@@Josh-ew1le And it doesn’t always work. Drain down half way and refill. Then go to tabs and shock that don’t have CYA or stabilizers. I have had a level of 40 ppm all summer just from the residual CYA.
I have gone to liquid chlorine. CYA levels are doing a number on my plaster. No tabs and a shock with out CYA.
Forgot to mention I saw what looks to be a "snake oil" product in Leslie's the other day. It's supposed to be a CYA remover. It's from a company called Green Story Global. It's some pouch of 'pixie-dust' that your supposed to drop in the skimmer basket and run the pool pump non-stop for several days! Please look into this product to see if it's junk or legit. The guy in the store said it was basically 50/50 results. The people that had good results ran their pumps 24hrs for about a week!!! That sounds insane.
It sounds like a similar product to the Bio-Active stuff. Natural Chemistry just discontinued their CYA reducer as well. Everything needs to be in a specific near perfect rang to actually make the product effective.
This whole problem would be solved if non-stabilized (CYA-free) tablets were readily available and economical. That would allow us to use regular tablets until our CYA reached 50ppm a then switch over to the CYA-free ones to keep it there. We are reusing orbital rockets twice a week but can’t solve this problem?
In the meantime I’ll continue adding liquid chlorine 3 times a week. Not convenient but super effective.
Cal Hypo tablets are as close as you will get. 👍
Based on my monthly usage Cal Hypo tabs are 300% the price of liquid chlorine. That’s far too expensive to justify for the convenience. Still looking
The "stabilizer" of CYA results from the using up of the TCCA that you buy to chlorinate the pool. The chemistry basically has a ring with 3 chlorines on it. As it does its work, it drops from 3 to 2 to 1 and to 0. The ring without chlorines is replaced with hydrogen (one at a time as the Cl is used up). CYA is that - TCCA without the chlorine. Short and sweet: tablets BECOME CYA and then the CYA accumulates in the pool. While some may be diluted with more CYA "stabilizer" when you buy them (check the ingredients), by definition you will get CYA from them as the active ingredient (TCCA) is used up even if they are nearly pure.