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Do you have any additional pics? This is what I have now, for a 3500g AGP... Think it will work? Or should I go back to Home Depot TA was 170, pH was 7.8 before adding acid.

No, not even close to that bad...but it took me probably 8hrs over the course of a couple of weekends to remove the poles the first year. Hair dryer to heat it up, "safety tipped" pliers to pull it apart.

Depends on what you mean by "some"... and remember a picture is worth 1000 words :) You can see in my picture from a couple of years ago, some material being left on the pole. I've not had any issues in the two years since.

To close out this thread... The filter was the problem. And it wasn't the gasket, it was a mistake hooking it up after storing it in the garage for the winter. To anybody else who runs across this thread... If you're passing OFCL and your CC are under 0.5 but your water isn't getting...

We're going on our 3rd year of use of a Bestway pool and 58401E Sand filter I think my spider gasket is bad. While vacuuming the pool to waste, we noticed water coming out the output into to the pool. the gasket doesn't look bad to me, though it also doesn't look particularly robust either...

The spider gasket doesn't look bad to me...

All, I've had a couple of recent posts about cloudy water, even after SLAM'ing (regular and MA) and passing the OFCL and CC tests in the morning... Since the definition of insanity is to continue to do the same thing while expecting a different results...I ended up draining the pool down to a...

And if the chlorine isn't being used, OFCL of less than 1 and CC of 0.5, and the pools not getting any better...then what's the point of maintaining FC of 16? I raised it to MA level (24) this evening, and left the intake grills off... We'll see if there's any difference in the morning...

Technically, the third step is crystal clear water...and that's my problem. I've passed the first two. You are done when: CC is 0.5 or lower; You pass an Overnight Chlorine Loss Test OCLT (ie overnight FC loss test shows a loss of 1.0 ppm or less); And the water is clear...

Having trouble with cloudiness, SLAM'ed late last week. I have no trouble passing the OFCL test, and CC is 0.5. But water is still cloudy. pulled the intakes and see this... Is this mustard algae? I've had the cover on since the water has been cloudy and the temps cool... CYA is 40, should...