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Funny, with the drought earlier this sunmer it seemed that was all I'd been doing. :roll: Thankfully rain has been falling a -little- more regularly. :)

[attachment=0:2hd6ng7l]pool.jpg[/attachment:2hd6ng7l] the day after 30 person party. all levels stable and normal. BBB wins.

You also are low on your chlorine, which is probably why you got an algae bloom. See this link for recommended levels: pool-school/recommended_levels I keep my pool at the upper end of the FC for my CYA level, haven't had a problem yet

Warren, I used to live in Hilo on Hawai'i. Loved it! Still have friends there. Are you Hilo or Kona (or Kohala) side? OP: you're on the right track, listen to these experts, and soon you'll be annoyed with the BBB method for showing you every speck of debris in your pool.

Looks like someone stripped the head off of the plug a long time ago, and it's rusted too. I don't dare try to remove it really. I was getting the water through the oring on the lid, which is why I replaced it.

Kind of what I figured, does filtering efficiency go down too? Any experience with the Hayward Valve? It seams like it way more points of possible leaks than the Jandy one.

Water level is normal, NO vortex Drain plug is frozen, it's an older pump

I have bubbles in the basket of my pump. Not big ones, the kind that you have to be within 3 ft of the basket to even see. I've replaced the lid o-ring, and tried the garden hose trick, but to no avail they are still there. There is a main drain and skimmer line, both 1.5 in. They are...

Ran at 10ppm for another week with no more signs of them, trying 8ppm now to see how it goes. Thanks! p

New here, I've been lurking since I started researching pool maintenance in September of 2011 when we purchased our house with a pool. Glad I've avoided the pitfalls of the pool store advice and have been on the BBB method this year. It's so easy, and my kids think I'm a scientist with my Taylor...