Recent content by Suziqzer

With an SWG your CYA should be 70+. It won't make your FC fall, only increase the amount of FC levels you need to keep in your pool. The pool calculator will show you that if you plug in a few different CYA numbers to see what they do. If you ran your SWG overnight, I would expect your FC...

You are fine. You are correct in thinking that if you can't hold your FC easily that there is something going on in your pool causing it to work which breaks down the chlorine into CC. I would SLAM and look for any nooks and crannies where any dirt or algae could be hiding. Steps, lights...

If you're having trouble keeping your FC in range, yes, you should SLAM after you get your ph writhing range.

Yes, muriatic acid to bring down you ph a bit.. 7.2-7.8 is normal. You can plug all of your pool info into the pool calculator and determine how much you need for your pool. You can change the % top so you can use whatever % that you find. So ph first, then CYA to 30 for now. Sometimes...

Beautiful! Enjoy it! :paddle:

Get your ph down using muriatic acid like mcnaus suggested. Add enough CYA in a sock by your return to get your level up to 30... It can take up to a week to fully dissolve in the water even when it's gone from the sock so it won't show on your test right away. Start the SLAM process. Add...

Like the others said, no hate here. We all have to learn sometime. You'll get it. The pool stores are supposed to help pool owners but all too often they just sell stuff and give suggestions that mean more sales whether they mean to or not. If I was a pool store owner I would be inclined to...

I hope your plans go through with too much of a hitch. Looks like it will be beautiful!

Perfect! Just encouraging new users to try it & not giving advice yourself is great help. Enjoy the extra time you have now that you aren't always running to the pool store!

:kim: Awesome! Refreshing isn't it?!?! Can I encourage you to step in and encourage some of those newbies? Too many think they can muster along with pool store tests and half following our advice. I often think they would listen better when someone who just converted to BBB stepped in and...

Looks cool! Keep us updated. We love to see pool builds!

The pool store isn't telling you the same thing the people here are. We don't use "shock" products, it's a process with chlorine after you know your accurate test results. Algaecides are not recommended as they are not needed. The problem with pool "shock" products is that they contain other...

JoeSelf .. We've never thought o use tubes to hold the winter cover. Smart. The pillows we've always gotten for that never seem to last the whole winter. TSiGirl.. Love the post and hooks, might have to steal that idea Mickelin.. Pretty wood deck! Teald024.. That's a good one! One of my...

We used to have no problem swimming in hotel pools or at the Y. Always assumed that if the chlorine smell was strong it meant they were dosing it well to keep everyone safe. Now that we know what it means we have a much harder time getting into public pools. And when we do it's... don't get...

I envie your fancy pool wth a spa :cool: I have a simple above ground pool and find that when I have a few leaves/debris on the bottom and just want to get the manual vacuum out and do a quick pick up rather than waiting on the automatic, if I switch the pool to just main drain and give it a...