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Jule, did you backwash? During my conversion, I backwashed every day right before adding liquid chlorine in the evening, even though the filter pressure didn't increase much.

thanks, Bama. I will keep that in mind.

thanks, Jason.

yes, I meant a solar cover.

Jason, thanks for confirming this. Now I am really inclined to get a solar cover. My pool is rectangular (21x40) and the stair is outside the rectangular. Does it mean I have to buy a bigger one (say, 24x40) and then cut it to fit the actual pool? or can I just buy a small one (say, 20x40) and...

BTW, any one has good experience with the sun cover? some website boasts it can increase the water temperature by 10-15 degrees. Hardly can believe this claim, but if it does, it would help my family enjoy the pool much more.

poolmom, thanks for the reminder about the completion criteria. So my conversion is not officially done yet. I don't have the FAS-DPD testing kit that is recommended here. The local pool shop successfully sold me a bottle of cheap but entirely useless accuCheck testing strips (I didn't know...

Re: windy100's Conversion from Baquacil into chlorine Before the conversion, baq reading was 14 and P.H. was 7.8. So in summary, the conversion took: 1) 5 full days 2) 24 gallons (12% I guess?) liquid chlorine 3) twice of thorough vacuuming/scrubbing 4) a strong belief in the conversion

Re: windy100's Conversion from Baquacil into chlorine day 5: after 24 gallon liquid chlorine morning: [attachment=1:47mfeg8f]2010-05-12 pool_day5_morning_resize.JPG[/attachment:47mfeg8f] evening: (DONE with conversion. got back the blue pool) [attachment=0:47mfeg8f]2010-05-12...

Re: windy100's Conversion from Baquacil into chlorine day 4: after 22.5 gallon liquid chlorine morning: [attachment=1:2pyzug1f]2010-05-11 pool_day4_morning_resize.JPG[/attachment:2pyzug1f] evening: [attachment=0:2pyzug1f]2010-05-11 pool_day4_evening_resize.JPG[/attachment:2pyzug1f]