Recent content by jenifah

Am I on the right track finally? Merged for history. Butterfly So, thanks to everyone yesterday, my pool did a complete 180 and looks like an entirely different pool. This morning I woke up to a cloudless pool (found a couple more dog toys at the bottom!), I did find a couple of small patches...

So, persistence and a little patience has paid off. I added the 3 gal of bleach and I've got knee highs in my skimmers with the CYA. I have been checking my filter PSI's every 30 minutes and have been backwashing every hour (when I backwash my psi goes down to 13/14 and then within the hour had...

Re: HELP! Cannot get water clear from cloud & algae! do they sell patience by the pallet somewhere because I think I am out :D

Re: HELP! Cannot get water clear from cloud & algae! thanks for the advice. I am off to go get some stabilizer. I have been just testing at the pool store, but I know I need to go ahead and invest in one of the recommended test kits. I did get a 6 way strip test kit, to hold me over until I...

Re: HELP! Cannot get water clear from cloud & algae! one more thing to add...while there was a tiny bit of green algae in a few spots, I brushed this morning and overall my water is a cloudy turquoise color.

I am having some problems and here is a little background...about 3-4 weeks ago my pump went out. My (cheap) husband who is really super busy said he would fix it vs me just going ahead and calling a pool repairman. So 2 weeks later (my pool is sitting stagnant this whole time turning a nice...