Recent content by verun

I have been cleaning it nearly daily for the past week by taking apart the filter. There are no tears from what I can see.

Hi, I am just getting over an extensive shocking phase which means that I must clean my filter twice-three times per day. Usually I can get 2.5 hours on a fresh cleaning. I have had the filter for three years and when I open the filter to clean it there is very little DE on the filter element...

Would it be okay if I just ran the pump on recirculate while the CYA is dissolving in the sock in the skimmer and once it is all dissolved go on with cleaning the filter again? Thanks

Hi, I am going to be adding cyranuric acid to the pool (18,000 gal.). Would it be better to hang the sock in front of the returns or placed in the skimmer? I have been back washing and cleaning the filter very often since I have been socking to kill algae? Basically, which method will ensure I...

Hi Again, I tested and came up with FC=9 and CC=1.5. I added enough to bring it back up to 12 PPM about 4.5 hours ago and the sun is bright and direct so I'm sure I am getting a good amount of my FC eaten by the sun. If I add the CYA now and put it in a sock, should I- 1) Put it in a tube sock...

Hi, Would it be best to test the water now, at 1:00 P.M., or wait until tonight? Thanks

Hello, I have completed the test again this morning and these are the numbers I came up with: FC: 10 CC: 2 TC: 12 CYA: <20 It is now evident to me that my CYA is low, of course the pool store has been reading it at 25 so I am not sure what I should do about the CYA levels. There must still be a...

Hi Again, I finally got my test kit in the mail, TF-100. I tested the water once the sun went down and it yielded these results. FC-7.5 CC-1.5 TC-9 pH-7.2 T/A-110 I had one last test at the pool store this morning (yay!), they told me that my FC was at 5 ppm so I came home and added the...

Is it okay if I just run the pump on recirculate for now so that I can filter/vaccum out all of the dead algae later on and avoid having to constantly dismantle the filter to clean it out and use more DE? Thanks, verun

Hi Again, So I went back to the pool store again (hopefully the last since I should be getting my test kit tomorrow) and they told me that levels were these: FC: 6.0 pH: 7.7 CYA: 18 I don't know how my CYA level could be 18 ppm from 25 ppm this morning (probably error). The FC seems to be...

Hello again, I just got the water tested once again and the results were as follows: FC-3 pH-7.6 CYN-25 Yesterday I put in 5 bags of 73% cal-hypo in the morning and 3 jugs of 6% bleach in the evening. Somehow this has resulted in the levels now being at 3 PPM this morning. So the chlorine held...

Hi again, So I put the 5 one pound bags of 70% Cal-hypo in the water and allowed the pump to run for around 4-5 hours this afternoon. After that time I took the pool water to the pool store and had it tested for FC. They claim that the level was 3 PPM! Could this be possible if I put 5 bags of...

Would it be detrimental to to use the calcium-hypochorite instead of the bleach and if so should I add the five bags to the pool all at once?

Yeah, CA is the calcium reading. It is a vinyl liner. I already own the shock and I don't think they would let me return in anyhow. Should I raise the pH before doing anything with the chlorine?

Hello, So first let me begin by telling you about my pool and its problems. It is an 18,240 gallon in ground pool with a DE filter and vinyl liner. Some things came up in my life last year and I quite stupidly did not cover my pool for the winter. This season the pool was extremely green and...