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Cool, thanks guys. I ordered both! I think i'm going to grab an enzyme from leslie's as well while the pig mat and scum ball are shipping. I also thought to run just the skimmers on waste setting to skim off the top oily water. Good idea?

So my daughter decided to pour peanut oil into pool...not sure how much, but entire surface has oil spots. What's the best way to remove the oil? do I need to drain?

i have a leak in the main drain area, but it actually a crack in the sump portion...you know, that coffee can shaped part that feeds the main drain line and the VGB cover attached to. Anyway, I filled the cracks with A/B Epoxy last year and that has worked until now. I was thinking, since I...

Water is clear, as usual, thanks to TFP. :-) Was just wondering as I saw a great deal on a DE filter and thought about adding it to my system. Since pool is enclosed, I rarely have to backwash sand filter but was wondering what's the life expectancy of sand? i understand it can become...

Was wondering.....if I currently have a sand filter, would there be a benefit or disadvantage of having a DE filter downstream? Seems that sand filter would catch most, prolonging DE. Thoughts?

Awesome, thanks! So load #1 is high pump AND natural gas heater; load #2 is low pump only; and load #3 which only activates if load #1 is running is salt water generator? That seems like it will work out as I mostly run load #2/low pump as it is sufficient to cycle water since pool is...

I have a Intermatic PE153 digital timer that has three loads. Issue is that I just added a heater to my system (Sta-Rite 400K BTU). I assume this means I would need to upgrade my timer to a 4-load - Hi pump/lo pump/swg/heater. I can't locate a time that has 4 loads that will ensure hi pump...

In case it helps others...I ran my pumps 24/7 for about almost two weeks and kept brushing/running Polaris robot to help stir up the white powdery dust. finally the pool is crystal clear again. My current #'s are: PH: 7.2 FC: 4.0 TC: 4.0 TA: 75 CH: 325 Salt: 1100 Borate: 15 However, this does...

Well, I'm guilty of #7. Does this mean drain/refill? 7.Adding sodium bicarbonate AND calcium chloride to the swimming pool at the same time. (Never, never do this!)

Thanks for all the help. I'm still filtering and running the robot. PSI is staying the same on the sand filter. Thinking about adding a little DE to see if that can help filtration. I added the CYA via pantyhose in front of the return. Of course it blows out a cloud, but that quickly...

Ok, latest update. I've ran the pumps continuously with the 380 bot to stir up the white sediment hopefully to filter. I thought my calcium regent may be compromised, so I picked up a new Taylor regent at leslie's and now I test: PH: 7.5 FC: 4.5 TC: 5.0 TA: 65 CH: 300 CYA: 35 Borate: 10...

I've got the PH down to 7.6, but CH still immediately turns blue so i'm not sure what the CH is. (usually turns red->blue). I brushed a little and have my robot/sand filter running and now it is so cloudy you can't see the bottom or the robot. Usually it is crystal and can see the screws in...

Yes, it's weird. I filled the pool, tested fill water, then starting adding chemicals. Due to the falling temps and work, I calculated the chemical additions with poolcalculator and added all at once. However, the next day I checked levels and showed 2.5FC; 7.8PH; 70TA; CH350; CYA35 so I was...

I have always maintained my pool with the BBB method, but after draining/refilling my pool to correct a leak in the main drain, i'm now seeing cloudy water. My numbers are: FC 3 TC 3 PH above 8, but lowering TA 75 CYA 35 Salt 1000 Borate 20 For my CH, I used a different product than I normally...

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