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couple more of course....as I'm diving into the wealth of knowledge on this site (trying my hardest to stay away from the "deep end" as it seems to just confuse us newbies!!!) I'm wondering: 1) Can I even accomplish a BBB pool when I don't plan to be there everyday? (our pool is at our vacation...

You guys n gals on here really are a great asset! Thanks!!! So I've worked my tail off so far and I'm getting some good results in a short time....now for some questions (of course!): I'm headed for shocking for a few days I'm sure but I'm hesitant b/c: CYA is reading 90ppm right now - OTO...

arggghhh....isn't there an "easy button" :roll: Thanks NCFlyers....I'll get the brush out and get some sweat rollin in no time! Nother silly question....can we swim in the "green water"? I'm assuming it's not any worse than swimming in the nearest lake!

WHEW!!!! Long night for me last night....I got the test results below: pH 7.2 TC .5 CYA 100 TA 140 CH 90 my water is clearing up but I have the green algae on the bottom of the pool now....how do I get rid of that? If I brush it it comes off but goes into the water column? Then I add...

The pool is at our "vacation house"....hence the 40 min drive. I was "upsold" the "better pump" as the 3-phase has an automatic converter but it enables the pump to run more efficiently (it's running at 200w right now but pumping 1200rpms). :hammer:

Perfect! THanks for the tips Wasky....I'll do just that and come back with more TEST TEST TEST results ;-) Thanks again and happy swimming everyone!

Here's my pool...23,000 gallon oval in ground, first pool ever and I live 40 mins from the pool so monitoring it "daily" is tough (read:impossible). It gets good sun, but not a ton of sun (maybe 5-6hrs a day) as it's surrounded by a lot of trees in backyard. I just replaced the pump (got a...