Recent content by erricrice

Ahh yes this was helpful! It didn't quite have what I was looking for, but it did say that the heavier solution of liquid chlorine would stay separate as long as there isn't any turbulence in the water(which makes sense, stirring it up would dissolve it more). It referenced Brownian motion for...

Anyone else have any info about how this process works?

Oh wow, sorry to hear it didn't work out for you! I don't think I'd be surviving right now if mine didn't work out :) And yes I'm thinking the same - if you were to mix the chlorine it would probably not separate again(otherwise you'd see the same thing happening in your pool at some point)...

Oh yeah no worries - I'm not having any issues with circulation or FC in my pool or anything like that. This is purely a chemistry question. I'm curious exactly how the yellow chlorine bed in the liquidator tank works and why it doesn't just fully dissolve into the pool water above it in the...

Hello! I've had a liquidator for about a year now(thanks guys!) and I'm curious about the mechanics behind the yellow chlorine bed in the liquidator tank. Why doesn't the chlorine fully diffuse into the pool water above on its own over time? I realize chlorine is heavier, but eventually...

Ok I think I finally figured out what was going on with this one. I did have an issue with some black algae due to a very old, cracked marcite surface(I'll be making a new post to describe how I handled all that). Once we got further into the summer, the tablets started to dissolve more at the...

Hey just an update here I did end up postponing until after the trip - and I'm glad I did! It's been only a few days, but I've had to add a lot of acid and they do recommend lots of brushing in the first 30 days to help "polish" the stones in case there was any excess plaster. It also would...

Hello! I have a company coming out to resurface my old plaster to a newer pebble-sheen surface. They were supposed to start last week, but unfortunately they've hit a lot of delays due to being very tightly booked in the summer and we've had some bad weather here lately. The bad news is that...

I'm looking into getting my pool resurfaced - my current surface is the original marcite with spider cracks on about 50% of the surface due to the previous owners keeping it drained for a few years. I'm planning to go with one of the many Pebble-Tec surfaces, but since I've had so many problems...

Ok a quick followup on this one. After anchoring the floater right next to the skimmer(so water is always flowing over it), the tablets dissolve a little bit better, but still only about 1/2 gone after a full week(in the sun, no less - water temp was hovering around 88 every day!) Picture below...

Ok, liquidator is on the way! Apparently shipping from the other side of the country can take some time, so in the meantime I've set up a bit of an experiment. Since the only thing I can think here is that there is a difference in how the water flows across the floater, I've tethered it against...

Yessir! Your signature has helped me a lot with that :D

Hmm yeah I could see that but I haven't changed anything in that area - it wasn't stuck near a return the last few years but I will try anchoring it there and see if that helps! The flow is actually way better than when I first moved in - the pool was not kept up by the prior owners and the DE...

Yeah, the openings are as wide as they go(and there are two holes in the bottom of the floater as well). I've been using Suncoast Complete tablets the whole time (Chlorine Tablets, Complete Multi Purpose 3 Inch | Pinch A Penny Store). I thought maybe the last bucket of those I had bought was...

Haha yes after only a couple of minutes on this forum I was convinced tablets were not the way to go. But I do still want to get it figured out! There's obviously something weird going on and I don't want to run into some other problem in the future with liquid that might be related. I'm...