Recent content by lbcornett

Thanks. I'll be making sure the chlorine is well maintained!

Hi! I'm taking care of a friends 24' above ground pool while they're on vacation. She uses the BBB method as do I. She's had algae problems most of the summer. Not sure if this is normal for previous years. CYA is 40. I tested yesterday with 20 being result so added 2 pounds to get it...

Still shocking, the bottom is almost clean. I need to get the solar color clean anyway. It's going in this evening. Anybody have a time frame for how long to leave the cover on the pool to consider it clean of potential algae?

OCLT was good. Started out with FC of 10 and 6.5 hours later had 9.5, no CC either time. The water looks good but the skimmer sock still has green stuff in it and the floor isn't clear. I'm going to keep my chlorine up around 14-16 tomorrow and then vac to waste Sunday to try to clear up the...

I do have the big kid test kit. Added 3.5 cups muriatic acid this afternoon to work on pH. Last night took the chlorine to 14. This afternoon FC was 10 and CC 0. Will do an OCLT tonight just to see how it's doing. . Eyeball position doesn't seem quite right this year. Maybe next year will...

I'm afraid I need to shock my pool. We've had what I had hoped was dead algae on the bottom, trying to get rid of it vacuuming to waste and brushing but it won't go away. Now it seems to be active. My skimmer sock has a green hue and I have .05 CC. Fall in Indiana brings falling leaves and...

They're pretty sure it's algae but I'll suggest that it could be iron and I'll let them go from there. No idea what kind of chlorine they've been using. I've tried for a couple of years now to get them to switch over to "our" way of thinking and finally today they asked on their own about it...

Have a friend with an inground pool. Every year they uncover the pool and it looks good but is green before you know it since they fill with well water. I thought maybe to get the water up to a shock level before they start adding well water might help. Is there a better way? They use...