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MNPoolDreamer
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Post subject: Finally, clear water!!!  Posted: June 9th, 2012, 11:07 am |
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Just have to say thank you to everyone for their help and support. We finally have the perfect combo for clear water! It was so clear the other day that I could see perfectly across the pool when I was underwater! We've never had that!
We learned that it is dirt - not algae on the bottom of our pool (dirt level is directly related to how much the farmer is in the field on previous days)
Modifying the basket inside the filter and running on low seem to be the best Combo for sparkly clear water. We put the light in the pool last night and there was some stuff floating by, but for a sand filter, what can you expect? It was really small stuff and you had to look down directly next to the light to see it.
My levels
Fc 8
Cc 0
Tc 8
TA 125 (I know its still high)
Ch 325
Cya 45
Ph 7.3
Borates 30 (pool store says 80, no way as I only added 4 boxes of borax last year)
Temp 91
A few water boatmen. If we leave the cover off we get more, but if we take it off just before swimming we only get a few and they don't hang around too long.
We do use metal out product for iron and I added a dry clarifier to the filter. Otherwise I'm a bleach and muratic acid adder.
Edited to add photo - sorry if it is rotated, but you get the idea. Plus it's windy so the water is a little choppy.
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After a 2+year battle with HOA, threats for removal will continue for as long as we own the pool.
24' Round Diamond Star, 54" wall height, 200sq ft sta-rite cartridge filter
Dynamo 1hp 2 speed pump, 266k Rheem milivolt heater, hard plumb but lines not buried (but they will be in 2013)
Pool rover jr. - our best friend!
Tf-100 plus borate strips and Taylor k1000.
Twin Cities, MN
Ditched the 26" sand filter
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linen
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Post subject: Re: Finally, clear water!!! Posted: June 9th, 2012, 11:16 am |
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Congrats  Wow your pool is warm at 91! Too hot for me, especially with the weather we are currently getting.
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I am a Pool School attendee and I use my TF100 test kit and the Pool Calculator to properly maintain my: Round 11K gallon AGP with a deep end, 20" sand filter, Matrix 1hp 2spd, 6 2ftX20ft solar panels (and solar cover!), Intex SWCG (copper bars disconnected). Also a Rubadub hot tub (chlorine) and a UDS (Ugly Drum Smoker) poolside.
Here at tfp, shocking is a process, not a product. Your are not finished with the Shocking Process until:
1. CC is less than 0.5 ppm, 2. An OCLT shows a loss of 1.0 ppm or less and, 3. The water is crystal clear.
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Post subject: Re: Finally, clear water!!! Posted: June 9th, 2012, 11:26 am |
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Indiana, ABG 24'x52" Galveston by Blue Cascade (Craigslist $600 w/part of deck included), 13,500 gallons, Intex SWG, solar panel
My backyard is like a park... Why then does DH always want to go camping??? I just don't understand.
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MNPoolDreamer
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Post subject: Re: Finally, clear water!!! Posted: June 9th, 2012, 11:49 am |
Joined: May 13th, 2009, 2:45 pm
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Cool it down? Are you crazy??!!! We run the heater to make it this warm! Costs me about ten dollars a day, but we don't go on vacation so it's money well spent. The kids love it and we can swim at night when it's 70 outside. We will drop the temp as it warms up outside.
We're supposed to get rain on Sunday so that will raise my ph. I'll add the muratic acid on Monday.
I'll go take a pic and post it.
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After a 2+year battle with HOA, threats for removal will continue for as long as we own the pool.
24' Round Diamond Star, 54" wall height, 200sq ft sta-rite cartridge filter
Dynamo 1hp 2 speed pump, 266k Rheem milivolt heater, hard plumb but lines not buried (but they will be in 2013)
Pool rover jr. - our best friend!
Tf-100 plus borate strips and Taylor k1000.
Twin Cities, MN
Ditched the 26" sand filter
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Post subject: Re: Finally, clear water!!! Posted: June 9th, 2012, 12:46 pm |
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Gotta love blue liquid glass.....................
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1.5 hp Speck pump 85 g.p.m. 22" 250lb. sand filter hard plumbed
Pool Rover Jr., Pool Blaster Max, Diver Dave TF100 Test Kit/Speed Stir
Margaritaville Frozen Concoction Maker, Liqour Chiller, & Drink Mixer & Party Tub----Collect 'um all!
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Post subject: Re: Finally, clear water!!! Posted: June 9th, 2012, 7:45 pm |
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I get alot of atmospheric brown dirt in my pool when its real dry
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18ft 52in deep doughboy 8000 gallons
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Congratulations! How about a pic? 
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