Recent content by lpheaven

A good friend of mine tried bio-active against my simple instruction of how to lower CYA and that product did 2 things.zero and nada. ;)

oh.......yeeea End of the month update. Now i can concentrate on other things in the yard, like humping 5 tons of river and pink lady rock from the quarry supply to replace all the blue rug juniper. You would think my daughters boyfriend would help after watching me dump 10 wheelbarrow loads ...

Wow. OK here is an update. From 6/23/16 - 6/30/2016 the pool just would not clear up. End of the day on the 30th, I got an algae bloom and was about to call it quits. The only thing I did not do was change the sand. On 7/1/2016 I changed the sand and was back in SLAM. My numbers before the bloom...

Update 6/25/16 - 6/26/16 Confidence is high. I got my TF-100 kit, tested a few times and a few extra, just because I like it. All numbers nominal but couldn't cleanup the cloudiness. Deep cleaned filter twice. I gave in yesterday and at 10:00 am est on 6/25/16 I decided to floc the pool, this...

FYI - before i got the kit i brought a water sample to the local store around 10:30 am est. Kid tried to tell me my phosphates is what is clouding my pool as they are greater than 3500 and that my TA was 190, that i needed to buy a case of phosfree and 4 buckets of dry acid. I thanked him for...

Got my TF100 put on goggles and a lab coat and here are my 1st results- I tested twice, it was fun. 6/23/16 5:15pm est FC 14.5 CC 0 CYA 55 CH 150 PH 7.5 TA - weird after 12 drops the solution turned yellow not pink Still totally cloudy. I did perform another deep clean of the filter at...

The water is lighter then the picture indicates, I didn't color adjust or white balance. Its more of a milky blue. Ran pump all night. Ph went from 7.2-7.5 Best, Robert

Update 6/22/26 8:00 am est Tested then back washed 5 minutes and rinsed for 1. Had about a 1/2 inch rain last night. AL 150 CYA 50-60 pet dummy strip. TF100 should arrive tomorrow yay.

Thanks so much for answering my questions. Soooo here is another :-) My filter calls for 300 lbs of #20 silica .045-.055mm sand. Aqua Quartz has some good reviews. What do the good folk of TFT usually have the best results with ? This is just in case I am actually having a filtering issue. I...

Pool is still very cloudy. Using my old test kit the color is back to the dark orange color. Unsure why it's taking so long to clear. Anything else I can do at this point ? I cancelled my new Taylor kit order and bought 2 tf100 kits. Whish I had found that link sooner ha. The kits won't be here...

7:30 pm est I added another gallon of bleach to keep up the slam. It dropped down a bit during the day. Water is a sky blue now but cloudy.

Your not supposed to have anything in line with that pump except a gfi breaker/timer/cutoff. If you do have an outlet in the same line as the pump, its supposed to be twistlok only and gfi protected from the breaker. That is actually the code. If there is any type of grounding issue with the...

HA yea i laughed it off after a few expletives. I hope i didn't SLAMdance ? PH looks ok but i may have been a little overzealous on the chlorine. I cannot test AL, after 15 drops it didn't turn red/pink, it turned yellow-ish. Assuming due to FC level. Pool is identical color to yesterday and...

Update 6/19 12:15 pm est. Pool is looking worlds better. Now i am trying to clear everything up. Dead alge on bottom is grey. INYO contacted me about the gasket and they were out of stock so i had to go with option B and dump 100 bucs on the oem assembly with the factory fitted spider gasket as...

I would say Kick Butt job ! I was a member on another pool forum many years ago but i think its closed down. Anyway, i've been maintaining my pool with mostly the BBB method without any all hands on deck red alert stop drop and roll total freak outs....until this seasons opening !!! This is...