Recent content by Ctheronj

I did four backwashes and one bona fide filter cleaning in the past 24 hours and the water is looking remarkably clearer this morning (eight hours overnight was still enough to completely reduce the flow to a standstill despite only a 25 per cent increase in PSI). I finally heard back from the...

CYA 50 FC 20 CC 0.5 I added DE to the filter this AM. Within 2 or 3 hours the PSI had risen from 15 to 20 and throughput of the pump was very minimal so I performed a poor mans backwash (by opening the drain valve at the bottom of the filter and allowing water to course backwards out of the...

Thanks for the help! I think you both have convinced me to go ahead and add DE to the filter, which I will do later this morning. I will post fresh numbers when I get a chance as well. I had not rechecked the cya level as I read somewhere on here to wait a while after adding before testing, I...

TLDR: SLAMming pool for past 5 or 6 days, colorless but cloudy/milky, not sure about filter effectiveness. The instructions for our filter talk about rinsing the filter with a garden hose and say nothing about DE, but the filter is a "DE" model. Should I try adding some DE? Long Version: I...