Recent content by Krisdee

Should I add more baking soda to get the alkalinity up while I am slamming?

It keeps going to about 18. Hayward just sent me a brand new filter since there was something wrong with my other one causing the pressure to go crazy and the whole thing to rattle. After all the green was gone I cleaned the filter to be on the safe side. I just ran and got a lot more bleach to...

I had let some water out and the CYA had been 70 so I was using those numbers during slam. I don't get why the CYA went up. I am using plain old 8.25% bleach. I had added some baking soda due to my alkalinity being 50. I am missing something, but I am taking your point to just keep slamming...

I finally got rid of what looked like the color of pea soup, but I cannot get it to not be cloudy. Current readings show FC is 10 (20 drops x .05) TA 70 PH 6.8, CYA 70. I have never had so much trouble with this darn pool as I have this year. I had changed from a sand filter to a cartridge...

Now I get where I am going wrong. Thanks.

CYA level is currently 70 and FC#, if I am doing it correctly, is 22. I use 8.25% bleach. I cannot seem to get ahead of this pea soup even though I am staying on top of it morning and night. All the rain we are getting is ever so helpful.

I will keep following slam as I have been, but this is the first time this process hasn't even put a dent in the issue so I am getting a bit frustrated. When I purchased the filter I was told size didn't matter with a cartridge filter. I provided the size of my pool and everything. I now wish...

At the beginning of June, I had my sand filter replaced with a cartridge filter and downsized to a 1hp pump due to my pool having a 1.5hp when I bought the house and was told that is too much power. Couple weeks ago pressure started going wonky and gauge makes a buzzing sound. In doing some...

Thank you. I cleaned the cartridge, again, and took out the pressure gauge and put it back together in case the seal slipped. So far so good so keeping my fingers crossed.

My filter was working just fine. After I vacuumed and turned the pump off, cleaned the cartridge, and turned the pump back on the filter began vibrating and making a loud buzzing noise. The pump and filter are only a month old and I have had zero issues like this before. I checked and rechecked...

Great. Thank you!

I have the tf 100. I had lost my cya tube for slam but got one today. So is 0 good for cc? My water is almost crystal clear now.

So i followed tips on here to get my pool from cloudy green to almost perfect. Stuff keeps settling for me to vac. I am concerned about adding alkalinity, via baking soda, as I thought that would spike ph causing more cloudy issues. I hate feeling so duh. Also what does no chloramines mean...

How long should I leave my pump on? Should it stay on until the pool is clear or should I have it off for the stuff to settle? Also, what is flocking?

I ordered the FAS-DPD chlorine test kit. It should be here by Tuesday at the latest due to the holiday.