Recent content by evalm2010

Thank you both for your quick replies. It is not cheap. One treatment cost me $50 bucks. I wonder if it helped at all.

I was hoping someone can answer my question. Before I went BBB the pool store told me to put 2 1/2 16 oz. Biogard Scale Inhibitor into my pool. My guess is because my CH was pretty high. My trusty TF-100 measured my CH after I put the scale inhibitor in at 630. The ingredient is...

Thanks again. :)

I heart my TF100 kit. I'd marry it if I'm not already married. :lol:

Yey! :whoot: Thank you Jason, I think I'm going swimming tonight. :party: Oh I have another question. Do you think I should lower my ph from 7.4 to 7.2 and my TA from 100 to maybe 90 with my CH being so high (580)? Thanks again. :-D

Oops I forgot the CYA, it is <20. So yes my CYA is low because it's an indoor pool. So I'm debating if I can go ahead and let the FC fall below the shock level. :)

Hi. My background is here and here. I have now realized I have a filter problem which is probably why my water is still very cloudy. It looks clean but oh well until that filter is replaced there is nothing I can do about it. Here's the latest test results: FC: 10 CC: .5 TA: 100 PH: 7.4 CH: 580...

Yey, thank you both for a speedy reply. :-D

Thank you woodyp. When we backwash the psi goes down, then it slowly goes back up again when in (what we think) is filter mode. Would recirculate also show increase in the pressure gauge?

My sand filter is ancient. It's so old the multiport has only backwash, winterize, recirculate and filter. I understand the new ones now have six, rinse being one of them. My question is what is recirculate for? The reason I am asking is because the valve pin broke so to backwash we have to...

Yup I'm beginning to realize this now. I think I'll try this and see what happens. Thanks Chem Geek.

Thanks Ike, I think I got it. I'm leaning towards trying this method. This question has probably been asked here many times but is there any negative impact of long term use of MPS? I promise I will read up on this as soon as I'm done posting. I am willing to try just about anything as I have...

Okay so it looks like today I only lost 1.5 ppm. My FC was 11 last night and tonight it was 9.5, CC <.5. I think i'm getting there. I brought it back up to 13.2 tonight by dumping another 182 oz bleach. I want it to be still at shock level when I get back from work tomorrow. And then I will...

Thanks Steve. I kinda suspect that too. When I did an overnight FC loss test and only lost 1 ppm with <.5 CC, I thought I was done shocking. Being new to this, my 24 hour FC loss seemed normal (to me) without realizing mine is an indoor pool and is not exposed to sun like everyone else...

Thanks Jason. Maybe I can do half and half. On Thursday night I'll bump the FC to 15 using bleach then use a couple of trichlor tabs in the floater. I'll remove the floater as soon as I get back Monday evening. I've pretty much convinced myself this is what I'll do. If anyone else has any...