Recent content by Golddlocs

I use the cable and those big clips from home depot and my cover didn't fly off! Instead of those cheap pillows I used a big floating ring that the kids use in the summer I buy extras and use one as a pillow. I use a mesh cover because I got tired of pumping the water off my cover. Hope that helps.

I use that for the return and I have a square thing I use for the skimmer so no water gets in the slimmer causing it to crack when the water freezes Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

No pollen maybe it's left over stuff from last year? I used the mesh cover and all the snow melted and I didn't need to top it off do you think it could be the chemical I used to close the pool? Is That an algicide? Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

That picture looks like move you just have a lot more so is that pollen? Because when I remove the skimmer sock it has some fuzzy stuff on it so maybe it's pollen? Any suggestions on how to get rid of it or just don't worry about it,? Should I stop slamming it? Sent from my SM-G900V using...

Checked bleach bottles plain clorox double checked algicide and it's not the bubbles you get from detergent it's almost like oil on top of water and when I look in the skimmer you can see a film on top of the water, not a lot it's weird it's almost like a froth you get on a latte, and yes I know...

Hi all, I am not sure where I should post this or if I should start a new thread, sorry still getting the hang of this. I opened my pool 3 weeks ago to a green mess ( I use a mesh cover) I cleaned it added bleach and some algicide not the foaming one I learned after rubber ducky looked like he...

Ok it is dichlor. Can I get powdered CYA From the pool store?

Thanks for the info. My pool is directly in the sun so I will shoot for 40ppm and see how that does. Is it ok to use the granulated bags of shock to get the CYA up? I have only use 2 bags since opening the pool.

Hello All, I just opened my pool my water is 99% clear but for some reason I have no FC I am guessing it is because of my CYA numbers my tc is 2.5 fc is 0 ph is 7.5 ta is 100 cya is 20. I added 2 bags of shock so that I could get the cya in the water for the initial opening I know using the...

Good analogy i had two heavy rains i did my cya test and got three different readings after the rain 80, 90, 80. :-|. I don't think i am suppose to get rain tonight so i will perform oclt test I figure it can't hurt. My water looks great its crystal clear. No algae, I ran my robotic yesterday...

Also reading BBB for beginners it says "If you have a SWG or get extreme amounts of direct sunlight on the pool, adjust CYA to between 60 and 80. Otherwise adjust CYA to between 30 and 50" My pool is in the sun no trees any where so shouldn't i be in 60-80 range not 30 :?:

Just to clarify the cya is preventing my chlorine from staying in the water. So with not enough chlorine the algae will continue to return? Once i drain the pool and fill it up add chlorine until the fc=39. Am i on the right track?

Algae is back again arrrggh Here are my test results using test kit tf 100 Fc=11 Cc=1 Tc=12 Cya= 100 Ph=7.8 It seems like i am putting a lot of bleach in the pool to keep algae at bay. What chlorine level is too high? And why is algeacide bad? :brickwall:

:swim: :swim: :goodpost: :flower: Really i just thought if water was not moving algae built up faster. But thats good to know i'll just keep up with the chlorine levels keep pool clean and i should be good the water looks great! :flower:

Ok when i get home i will post pics and test again. the water looks great! I have been running my pump more and that seems to be helping. I went from 24 hours down to 18 hours a day. I was going to try 12 hours a day but i am away on vacation for 5 days and i did not want to come back to algae...