Recent content by amieelynne

ok, I've been doing BBB for a few years now, thanks to the help of this board. I though I had a good handle on it but I am stumped! my pool has been a hazy green for a few days now. at first I thought algae <uggh> and shocked it into submission. when the levels were high enough and there was...

yes, the fc was the same before I put the solar cover on, not sure about the cya because I didn't test it then--but I assume so. it's down a bit from last year because of the partial drain and then refill from the winter closing. I used the TF test kit..I did estimate the 15, it was a bit higher...

I understand that algae is a result of too little chlorine...but 6.5 is higher than I had it most of last season without problems. why would this develop now without 1) a swim load or 2) warm weather? so far we've only had a couple days make it to 70f, and many nights drop down to the 40's and...

I opened my pool a few weeks ago and things have been going along good. I've been running the filter on and off (mostly on because I forget to shut it off for days at a time) and testing to make sure things are relatively normal, even though there wasn't any swimming--the water was still only...

thanks to a lot of great advice here I went ahead and bought a mesh winter cover for my above ground pool. closing went like a breeze, and all has been well until now. I'm in massachusetts and we have gotten slammed with more snow before jan 1 than I think we got all last winter combined...it's...

I didn't add that much--1 gal of 12% in a 17,000g pool. that usually only brings it up to around 7-8ppm. I did it to shock it in preparation for closing and because after I pulled the stairs I noticed some algea in the area where they had been. I wanted to kill it off to make sure there were no...

I've been using the HTH 5 way test kit all season without a glitch so I figure why fix something that isn't broken...but I just went out and tested tonight only to see some really strange results! the chlorine side was yellow with the first couple of drops but by the 5th it had turned an ugly...

I planned to do the exact same as you are describing--thanks to your advice earlier in the season ;) -- but when I mentioned leaving the skimmer open to my pool installer (who is all for the BBB method and is actually the one who directed me to TFP) they said not to because as the water freezes...

thanks to everyone for the suggestions...the new pump is still working (thankyoulord..lol) and I took your advice mike--I supersized it of course, because I am just getting pretty sick and tired of the hassle and wanted to be done with it once and for all :lol: 2 5gal gas cans filled with 120lb...

anyone here own the catfish vac that is like the pool buster? I have been searching around for a good price on the pool buster today and a few results that came back were for the catfish by pool blaster. any opinions on how well this catfish works? it's a little cheaper than the pool buster...

I had a huge disaster that involved broken sand bags and a clogged pump this week...I still have a little bit of sand in the pool I need to get out but now I'm afraid to vacuum ANY amount of sand and kill another pump. how else do you get sand out, maybe I'm just not thinking right today but...

it was sand that clogged the impleller. the pool store guy just about had a heart attack when he opened up the motor and turned the impeller screw with a screwdriver and heard it grinding around in there!!! LOL of course, I was terrified that they would blame me for the break--(yes, technically...

unfortunately...the store doesn't have a 3/4hp pump. they have 1 & 1.5 single speed and a 2hp 2 speed. unless I just want to toss the old pump (which is now only 2 days old) and spend the money on a new one I have to take what they carry in exchange. I think the first pump was bad from the...

OK, so I guess I was a bit overconfident in my pool savy after all the reading I did on here and I needed to be taken down a peg or two!?! in the last 4 days I had 2 pumps fail and the sand bags for my steps burst :cry: I'm heading out to the local pool store to replace pump #2 shortly and...

thanks...that only works on the new AOL 9.0VR I believe. I have an older version and have no option to clear footprints, yet I do have that option on my other computer that is running VR. I figured out the problem and solved it in IE and for now I'll just deal with accessing this site from...