Recent content by Hermskii

I said it here once and I'll say it again. I did the Intex filters. I had a 18 X 48 inflatable for pool for years. It finally popped and flooded the backyard and I happily got another one. The 2nd one didn't last as long as the first one. I used Type A filters at first and then like you folks...

I did the deep clean. The sand was bad but not nearly as bad as the sand in the example video of the deep clean process. My issue was more a white screen connected at the bottom of the multi-way valve assembly. I loosened it up and lifted it right off of the sand tank. The white screen was...

I have a intex sand pump connected to my above ground pool. Today, when I was doing the backflush that I do once a week, I noticed the amount of water being flushed out started to reduce in quantity until it became just a trickle. I could her something building up in the canister so I shut it...

I tried to put my numbers in my signature before but when I hit save it always says I used too many lines. Here are my current water chemistry numbers: FC: 7.5 in the morning and 5.0 after dusk pH: 7.5 TA: 70 CH: 120 CYA: 75 Salt: 3,000 Borate: 50 My pool has no...

I had a Intex pool that I slammed and the liner bleached out/ faded badly and unevenly. It looked awful. I don't recall at what level I took the FC up to but it was not above 12 if I recall. Now I may need to slam my new Intex pool. The Mustard algae slam says to take it up to 42 until I pass a...

Thank you for that. I was out of town last night so I won't get to do this until tonight. Hopefully my liner won't bleach out. I recall taking my FC up for a slam half as high as this one with my last pool and the liner faded out badly. It looked awful after that.

Very well. Remind me about the SLAM please. The Trouble Free Pool Math says I need to add 675 oz.s of 8.25% bleach to get my FC up to 42. I ran my SWGs all this morning so I suspect my FC will be around 7 tonight when it starts to get dark. I want to do the slam tonight so the FC will be at a...

I put a new ladder in my above ground pool a few weeks ago. Today I saw some yellow under it in inside of the pool side of the ladder. I moved it over 3 feet and there was a huge perfectly yellow/orange square of algae under it. After kicking at it under water a few times. it turned into a huge...

The other liquid options I saw cost about $50 a bottle and I would have needed about 6 bottles based on what I had read. So that's $300. Maybe Boric acid and what I was looking at are different and have different costs too. The 20-Mule Borax was about $60 total and the Muriatic acid another $20...

Thank you for your replies with links too! I will do the same. I will try to answer your post in order I received them. I will pre-dissolve the Borax and add as you suggested. Now that I think of it, I did see one guy do it like that but then he cast it out over the middle of the pool from a...

I will be adding BORAX to my pool soon. I'll be adding it while in the 20 Mule Team Borax form. All the videos I see show adding it by pouring it into the skimmer while the pump is on. I don't have a skimmer. Can I just pour it into the pool and get in and kick it around until it dissolves? I'll...

Thank you folks for your answers! I appreciate it. I will hopefully come back in a week or so and let you know my results. Have a great day!

I have completely refilled my pool being it is a totally new above ground pool It has 6,818 gallons of salt water in it and no CYA. That is right. I have not added any conditioner yet. I went to that place who's name will not be mentioned and bought a 4-lb. tub of their branded conditioner. The...

Great answers. I had tried and re-tried the spraying of soapy water on it and never detected anything. I tried to listen real close all the way around inside and out and found nothing. I overfilled it and got in with goggles and searched the entire underwater portion of the ring and there were...

I have the pool listed in my sig. The air ring around the top has a leak. It leaks just enough that if I don't fill it up once in the am and again in the pm, the pool will collapse in the night. I have tried spraying the whole ring with Windex to find the leak and I have soaped it all up with a...