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I absolutely love that idea, and that will be so cool for them, especially the one who hates going under water! So I'm done scrubbing the walls again with my last gallon of bleach, rinsed walls, washed the ladder really well and weed eated around the pool. Ready to go get my bleach, stablizer...

I guess one more thing. My pump is apparently the new model. I bought it on clearance at target, well it was mismarked for $15.41. I got it January 2012 but didn't want to mess with it. So it has the copper bars and also generates less chlorine. I researched and lots of people said it's easy to...

THis is why I LOVE this place! I didn't hang around much last year because I got to know my pool pretty well and could use pool school or search if I needed help :) CYA is definitely the first thing I wanted to get done, and I knew that would be pretty low. I put in the calculator I wanted to...

So this year I am converting to SWG. I've spent weeks here reading about it, and today am finally ready to take the plunge so to speak. Pool is cleaned and empty. SWG is hooked up and pool filter hooked up (obviously lol). I just did a test on my fill water and these are my numbers: FC=5 PH=7...

Just to update :) Pool is back to normal. I'm maintaining 7ppm FC, my CYA is at 30ppm, and my PH is 7.2 :)

Re: Holy Algea TY Tropical storm Lee~ I added 8oz (by weight) of CYA yesterday night in a sock. I pulled the sock out now and it dumped the CYA back into a cup. It weighs 7.9oz, so not very much at all dissolved. Just checked the FC is 0.5 the CC is 12.5. I added the bleach to bring it back up...

Re: Holy Algea TY Tropical storm Lee~ I didn't test the PH when I brought bleach up to 15 originally, previously it was at 7.8 (the 1st of September). I'm trying to keep FC around 15 as that really worked well last time :) I just tested FC this am and it was at 13.5, but wow, pool looks...

Re: Holy Algea TY Tropical storm Lee~ Thanks Zea3- I was a bit shocked when I saw my gorgeous pool a nice shade of green blech on the bottom. It seems like I fought so much with this pool earlier this summer, and now I have to do it again. When we had our inground we tossed everything in the...

Re: Holy Algea TY Tropical storm Lee~ I only tested for chlorine (both) because I knew there was algae). FC was at .5 and TC was at 0. I'm going to try to go back out in a bit and work on some more debris, funny I remained on couch avoiding housework all weekend, but here I am cleaning pool...

Just now was the first opportunity I had to go outside and check my pool in 3 days since Lee started bombarding us Friday afternoon. Thursday night I drained the pool 24 inches and brought my chlorine up to 13 to anticipate heavy rain. However, today I go outside and UGH! My beautiful pool is...

Thanks everyone! I thought they were moles, but apparently they may be voles. I'm not sure, because the cat has caught both the field mice and the moles. We have a few mole hills though, but I have some of those top trails. How confusing! In some areas of our yard you walk and you sink a bit...

Things were well, I had to go out of town unexpectedly on the 2nd and just returned home last night. I had instructions to add 1 gallon of bleach each night to the person who kept an eye on my house. Apparently they thought i wouldn't notice or something? I came home and the pool has algae...

The liner is all messed up, they have sure done a fine amount of intricate road work! How long has your mole problem been? This is pretty recent in the pool area. We've done a lot of the mole "cure alls" without much success. Even the cat has had it's fill of them! I'm just worried about the...

We have a mole problem. I hate the stupid things! They have ruined the side yard (not pool side, about 1000ft away from pool), we have trapped and the cat does a great job killing them.... Today is my first day home after 2.5 weeks of being gone. Besides coming home to a slighty changing pool...

Hmm, the idea of a floater is tempting. I will go ahead and try to bump the CYA up with the sock method and see where we go again! The water does look awesome, and I'm so happy with it!

Okay, I wanted to post a follow up... I finally passed the oclt test and have maintained around 7 fc for the past few days. However, I am not reading CYA. Today's results: FC 7 CC-0 PH 7.2 CYA-can still see black dot after tube is full. I did add the required amount over 2 weeks ago, in a...

It's beautiful, but the drive to get a town with a walmart, drug store, etc kills me some days. I love it here though and I make a few sacrifices to enjoy what we have available to us here :) I didn't pay anything for the amazon order, it was paid using a giftcard I got for christmas. If I...

I think it's just called Fred's. It's like a dollar general type store? I live in the south and I know practically every town has one. A 96oz bottle is 1.49 for their brand. I could do better, but it's an hour to walmart, and with gas prices (plus whatever junk i would buy at walmart besides...

I'm using Fred's brand bleach, but today I bought Clorox brand. I did check and it's 6% (for both of them). I'm pretty sure the calculations are off of 6000, at the bottom where I entered the pool width and depth it has 6000 gallons. I just checked my water after being gone all day, it went...

Well I added what the pool calc said to get to 15 (7.25 cups) Just checked water and I'm at fc 13.5 CC 0.5 I'm going to go add the reqd amount of bleach and check it again later today. My issue is, I'm not going to make it with the r0871 drops. I'm really low right now and its going to take...

I was ordering from Amazon as I got a giftcard for Christmas and we don't really need anything from there. I'll order a 2oz bottle and then I'll order all testing stuff from tft next year :) I'm not trying to be impatient, it's my natural personality! Believe me, I am trying to have patience...

Re: The CHEAPEST Source of Liquid Chlorine! Who can find it! 1.) Kroger 2.) Clorox 3.) 6% 4.) 3/4 gallon 5.) 1.29 Note: You must buy 10 in order to get it for this price however. It's $1.79 if you buy outside of groups of 10. I don't know how long this sale lasts, but I plan on buying 10-20...

Thanks Richard. I guess just frustration seeping out. I'm an instant gratification person, and this is hard for me. I definitely do not have POP! I need some though! I hope that after purchasing my next 10 gallons that we will be good to go! Can you read my ETA and answer if you know the...

I need some reassurance please :( I have used 9 gallons of bleach in this pool this weekend, is this a typical amount when shocking? My last test result is FC-8 CC-0.5 I just added more bleach, and since I'm almost out of the one testing solution, I am not going to test again tonight. I...

Test at 10:45 pm FC 11 CC 0.5 I'll check it again in the morning and see what happens :)

Test @ 7:00pm (We had a storm with a good rainfall for about an hour, not sure how this affects test results) FC 10 CC 0.5 Adding 21 oz of bleach, and will test again around 9. At that point, I'll decide on the OCLT test, but I think it's going to need another day of shocking.

Ok, well bad weather is moving in, so no swimming. Just tested water 2:45 pm to find out how much I need to bring to 12. FC-6 CC-.5 So, I need to add 63oz of bleach. ETA- Just cleaned filter, scrubbed pool walls and bottom and added my 63oz of bleach. I must say pool looks a TON better...

Stabilizer has been in the pool for 24 hours now, and I put enough in to get to 30, so I should be shocking to 12. Not sure where I got 10 from, thanks for bringing that to my attention. I'm going to retest, and add enough to bring it up to 12. Can we swim in the pool today? A friend wants to...

Ok, can you clarify something for me? When I added the 31oz of bleach earlier when my FC was at 7, that was to bring it to 10 correct? So my FC dropped from 10 to 6 this time? Not 7 to 6? For some reason, I'm having trouble understanding this.

Frustrated now! We had rain this morning, but it stopped about 20 minutes ago. 12pm sample FC=6 CC=0 Going to dump the required 51oz of bleach in (and I'm feeling thankful i bought 10 gallons yesterday), and try to check again in an hour. Can I try the OCLT test again tonight? Looking at...