Clear water, everything else wrong?

[Watermom]

If your pH starts swinging, then you can worry about TA but as long as it is holding steady at 7.5, don't worry about it.

[Laguna]

FC: 5
pH: 6.8
TA: 60
CYA: 100

So... my guess is add washing soda which will raise pH and also slightly raise TA?

[Watermom]

You can do that, but if your TA rises faster than your pH, you may end up needing to switch to Borax after awhile. Kind of depends on how low your pH actually is. Since the pH tester only goes to 6.8, it could really be much lower than that.

[PoolDoc]

#9 - Once you've added the polyquat, resume raising the pH until you reach a level of 7.4 - 7.6. At that point, your heater will no longer be 'under atttack'.

=> Use borax, till you've sustained a reasonable pH for a couple of days.

[Laguna]

Opened filter for first time in a week. It is covered in aqua "stuff". Consistency of wet paint, completely covered. Linking pictures because I'm not sure you'd believe me otherwise.

(pics removed by moderator)
Ummm... help?

[aylad]

Laguna,
please email the pics to poolforum AT gmail DOT com and include a link to this thread so that we can add the pics.

Thanks

[Laguna]

Sent, thank you!

[PoolDoc]

Here are your pictures. They are almost certainly showing some form of copper, possibly copper carbonate -- but I've never seen filters look like that before. I did a little checking, and am wondering if it's copper borate -- the color is awfully blue for copper carbonate,but seems right for copper borate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOIeJQwkH (couldn't find any stills)