Recent content by rpampt

Just went back and read this again. Maybe I'll start at my numbers listed before, then work it down to these numbers after I get a good idea of daily usage. BTW, I understand it takes more chlorine to raise the level higher, but does maintaining the chlorine level higher use more chlorine...

I finished shocking, but don't really think it was needed. I've backflushed and drained some water to lower the CYA. I added some DE to the filter, it drover the backpressure up in a few hours, so I backwashed and did it again. Looks like it will last longer this time, I'm thinking it may...

Yes, that adding DE to the sand filter sounds like the way to go. Will try that this week. Thanks for the link, I didn't find that before.

OK, update. I'm holding the pool at shock level, but don't think that's the issue. After more online reading, this seems to be some type of dust, not algae. I went in and hand vacuumed off the bottom through siphon hose. The brown stuff sucks right up like dust, almost. There is none on the...

I'm in SE Indiana. We are in the middle of a very hot stretch of historical numbers. Heat index has been over 100 just about every day for the last few weeks. My schedule is difficult to have a routine, but my wife can help out. Thanks for the input.

Taking it up to shock level. Then will try and maintain it. I work 12 hour days, sometimes days, sometimes nights, so the time for bleach addition can vary. I should have plenty of the 12.5% left over after shocking and will give the bleach a try and see if I can keep up with it. Any other...

Am I correct when reading the pool calculator? If I lower my cya to 40 and my FC minimum is 4 and at the end of the day it's 4 and I want to raise it to 9 so it lasts until the next night, I need to add 1-174 oz jug of 6% bleach.? That seems like a lot of bleach and costs a lot more than the...

I'm assuming either sun or shade, didn't see that info anywhere. I don't see anything sticking to the sides though which I thought was common to all the algae's. When I brush at it, it seems to dissolve into the water, doesn't seem to float around. Maybe it's only pollen or something (wishful...

BTW, usually the only times the chlorine levels would drop was when the chlorinator was needing replacement. Otherwise it seems to hold the level fine. I usually wouldn't even check it until I saw a drop in the chlorine level. I'm a bit nervous about switching over to adding bleach daily as...

Thanks again. Hopefully, but doubtfully my last question. After some reading, it sounds like what I'm seeing could be mustard algae, so should I be taking the shock level on up to 34? Wow that's a lot of bleach.

Thanks frogabog. For some reason, I was thinking that I needed to keep it at 3 or higher. I actually backwashed today after taking readings, and will be doing so while shocking, so CYA should come down. I also thought folks here said you should allow the CYA to rise in the summer heat. I...

OK, second year pool owner here. Although using the pucks last year, I followed guidelines here for everything else and never needed to shock it. Loaded it up good with bleach for the winter and crystal clear when I opened this spring. Anyway, I was hoping to switch over to straight bleach...

It's full sun just about all day. I'm just estimating that 10-12 days number. Maybe I need to write down when I add new ones and keep an accurate check. I will say I tried stacking a bunch of them probably 7 of them in a canister, without breaking up a few and not enough water was able to...

Re: Deck is finally started Looking good so far! I'm relocating a 28 x 40 pool deck to my pool from my fathers house. He lives 100 yds away. Brought it over in 4 pieces. I have all the posts in and support beams are in place. Now to get the boom truck to sit the 4 large pieces in place on...

I'm baack! Been doing the pool thing for a couple months now and have a little more of a handle on what to do. Here are my numbers from 7/11. Only problem was the TA was 300 not 30. I worked it down over about a week or so with PH down and aeration to raise the PH back up. I just turned my...