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I was running out of options and believe me I was very apprehensive about adding the clarifier. I did my research on here and saw where people had good results and others not so much. But I also came away with sometimes things do have their uses and it appears this was an occasion that it worked...

Bought some clarifier, put 3 oz. in. Water was crystal clear in 24 hours.

It's still cloudy though not as bad. I bought some skimmer socks and they are extremely dirty. There is less and less sand everyday. I backwashed again and this time ran the rinse cycle for close to 3 minutes. That probably cut in half the amount of sand coming back into the pool. Also been...

I went ahead and backwashed again. I also run the rinse cycle longer than I did before. Getting kind of frustrating to say the least.

It was crystal clear up until the sand bag incident. I backwashed then because of all the sand we were vacuuming up. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 4

Raised chlorine to 10 last night around 8:30. Checked at 10:00 last night and it was 10.5 Tested this morning a little after 6 o'clock and it was a perfect 10.5 with no CC's. The acid brought my ph down but the cloudiness is still present. Here are the complete numbers... FC 10.5 CC 0 ph 7.5 TA...

Thanks guys. Will do it tonight and post results back tomorrow.

What number should I target for the chlorine? I'll do the OCLT tonight.

That chlorine test was done after a full day of sun. I've been chlorinating to 5 each night, then 24 hours later its 3.5 the vast majority of the time. The weeks it was cloudy and raining the chlorine actually was 4 a few times. This is what I have been doing since June and my readings have...

Here is my problem. We had sand bags holding down our stairs and of course one of the bags started leaking and we had a mess. We have vacuumed multiple times, very slowly and the sand keeps coming back. Each time it comes back, its less and less. I bought some skimmer socks to try to trap more...

Bumping my CYA up seems to have done the the trick. CYA should be around 40. Upped my FC target to 5. The last couple of days have been full sun and around 93-95 degrees. Last two days FC has been at 3.5 in the evening when I test. Going to see how the rest of the week and next week goes to see...

The biggest thing with my new pool is I wasn't getting that much chlorine consumption for the first few weeks because the weather was cool, cloudy and raining most of the time. I was maybe adding 20 ounces or so of bleach a day. Then finally the sun has come out and stayed out, which means more...

That is what I was thinking. I'm going to add some cya via sock tonight to get me up to around 40 and go ahead and adjust my chlorine target and see how that works.

We've had our pool about a month now. Water has been crystal clear from the start. Used about 13 bottles of bleach and 40 ounces of baking soda thus far. My neighbor who also has a pool is dumbfounded about how we keep our water so nice. People who have been in our pool love that the water feels...

91° after a low of 79° last week during all the rain and record low temps. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

The wife and me vacationing on Tybee Island.

Yeah I put 4 lbs of cya in. Haven't tested for it yet. Figured I'll see what it was after a week and go from there. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Today's results. FC 4.5 CC 0 TC 4.5 TA 100 Ph 7.2 I added cya on Tuesday. FC has ranged from 0 on day my electric was finished to 4.5 today. I've used roughly two and a half bottles of bleach thus far. TA started at 110 but has been at 100 rest of the week. Ph started at 7.8, then went to 7.5...

Pump is up and running. Added bleach last night. CYA is dissolving. Stairs going in tonight.

Pool was fine. I believe my wife is color blind or something. Its now completely full. Electrician just called and said power is installed and pump is circulating water. Going to test the water when I get off work and go from there.

Thanks. The rain stopped my electrician today. Wife just called and said water is just about to the skimmer and looks to have a very light green color. What can I do now before the water gets to the right level and my power is hooked up?

Pool is about halfway full. Electric is going in today. Still need to back fill a little. Hoping we don't get too much rain tonight that makes a muddy mess.

The driveway held up like a champ. All I need now is a pool and a little over 17K gallons of water.

8 tons of sand plus the weight of the dump truck too heavy for a 20 year old concrete driveway? I'm thinking about just having it dumped it the front yard which is about 60 feet away from where the pool is going. I don't know if I want to take the chance on cracking my driveway especially since...

Sorry yes the TA turned pink at 11 drops. I stopped at 16 drops. My CH was 120. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Received my TF-100 kit today. Still no pool but I tested my water to get a feel for it. Here are the results. FC 2.5 CC .50 TC 3 CH 160 was really pink. Should have kept going but didn't know how red the test meant lol. I know to keep going when I do it again. Started turning pink with 11...

I bet I've read over pool school a hundred times. Takes me doing something to really get the hang of it. I'm sure once I start testing it'll all start to come to me. Seems fairly simple and way cheaper than pool store products.