Recent content by Kalico

> As long as you can dig around the pool and not find water, you’ll be ok. How far would one need to dig to find out? We don't have nearly the level of water sloshing about that this video shows, and I don't think we would literally "hit water" if we dug anywhere. But I'm concerned about...

Pool guy was here. He reacted like @Newdude LOL...and he's just looking at it after the water has gone down and he can actually see the pool. Pic from today is below for comparison. He was sure the equipment was toast. Coulda knocked him over with a feather when he turned it on and it blew out...

Thanks everyone! Really appreciate all the input. @Texas Splash holy moly! Yes, you've been where we are. Thanks for the pic. Your egret looks as happy as my mallard couple. (But I think mine are more green and slimy....) @AQUA~HOLICS Thanks for mentioning the staining. I had thought about...

In the recent California storms, we ended up with our entire pool and most of the equipment under flood waters. All that was visible was the diving board. The water that's in it now is brown. I can't see the bottom, but I can feel the mud and I can stir it up by brushing (at least in the...

Thanks @CuckooChris ! Appreciate it muchly.

And then I read this and I think it answered my question. Sorta. I still need to wrap my head around it. https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/chlorine-smell-questions.83668/

Thanks. I've been reading up on that, and I see a lot of references to there being instructions and a video, but I haven't found that. Can you point me at them, perhaps? Also, I am curious about the associate you've made here between the strong smell and high usage. I thought I read somewhere...

We just got a new CalSpa Pacifica PPZ-732L 6 person stand-alone hot tub. :party: L O V I N G I T :party: But the spa people (I know, I know...) gave us a starter kit that uses the Frog @ease Smartchlor system. I am suspicious of it, given my wonderful experiences here with the TFP crowd...

Good to know. I chose 1# based on PoolMath's recommendation to get me from 30 to 40, but I guess if it was a bit lower than 30 + water added + what you said here, then it starts to make more sense. Question: @cowboycasey said I might have lost 3ppm over a few days. I need to understand what...

Good to know. Today I was in bright outdoor light, very sunny, back to the sun, facing north. If the light was making it more opaque, I've got nuthin!

Ok....I added about 1# of dry CYA this weekend. In the 24 hours I waited before retesting, I added some water to replace a couple of inches lost to evaporation since the initial fill. Today my CYA levels are DOWN from where they were last time I tested. We're actually below 30 now (I can still...