Recent content by mamalou23

Thanks all! I appreciate the help.

I am testing my pool water today and it is acting very differently from ever before. Please help! 5/27/17 readings Free/Combined Chlorine = no reading, gray sample, 4-5 dippers did not turn it pink. Can R-0870 powder go bad? Very odd, has never happened before. pH = yellow, way below 7.0 mark...

I am just curious for future years if it would be wiser to drain halfway a murky, green pool at start up than to try to clean up the water that is in there? It takes so long to clean a frog pond and I still wonder even for this year if it would clear any quicker if I drain it halfway now. I have...

Thanks, yes I am using 12% liquid shock. Good to know that CC will fluctuate. Do I even need to test for CC if my water is not clear? I was hoping the DE would speed up the filtering process and clear it quicker. The water has lightened from dark green to sea green and sometimes looks bluish...

So do I add shock in the morning when it is still at shock level but the CC is at 2? The pool is sea green cloudy and I don't see a visible change each day. I am brushing every day and vacuumed this morning. I want this process to go faster but it just doesn't when it gets to be a frog pond in...

Oh okay thanks. That's definitely not what I want. - - - Updated - - - No I have not needed to backwash as frequently without DE.

I am still trying to clear my murky green pool SLAMing since 5/11 and am to the stage where I am not seeing much change day to day. It is still cloudy sea green looking somewhat blue around the edges so I have started adding DE to the skimmer basket. I backwash after a few hours but am wondering...

I was going to post a pic yesterday but couldn't figure out how to do it. (Sorry, no techno smarts.) Every year before this one I have used a copper algaecide in the pool. Does it need that as well? And what are skimmer socks?

SLAMing since 5/11 from a slimey green pool to now it is cloudy blue. It has seemed to be cloudy blue for a few days now and still SLAming. What else should I do? CC is at .5, passed the overnight FC loss test, it is just not clear. Sure curious as to what else needs to happen. Brushing and...

Started SLAMing on last Monday, 5/11. Have been diligent (at least 3 times a day) to keep FC at 12 with a CYA of 30. PH is at 7.4. Has gone from dark slimy green to light brownish green to light green to sea green to blueish but seems to have stopped "improving" in color and can still not see...

I started using TFP last summer and was thrilled with how easy it is and glad to feel like I have control of my pool not the pool place. Scooped leaves way in to the fall and it was pretty clean on the bottom. It was clear till probably about Feb. or March. No pool cover on for winter. Piedmont...

Does anyone have recommendations for pool covers/installers for anchoring in concrete in NC? We have tried water bags and find them useless. May be selling the house so want the pool to stay extra clean this winter and not be a frog pond in the spring. Thanks in advance.

What application does the recirculate slot have on my multiport valve for the pool sand filter? Haven't ever used it and wondered what its purpose is. Thanks.

Okay thanks. I will try the Green Works first.

Thanks so much for the visual. Mine looks like that except for the ON OFF trippers and the other 2 little silver tabs at the top left that are unlabelled. My switch does not have those. Now what? 4-6 hours? Wow! We have run ours 24/7 all summer long for 18 years. Guess we could save some...