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I recently purchased a 15'x52" Verona Lomart above ground pool and need to purchase a pump/filter system. I am going with a sand filter system but not sure which is better: 1) Oceania-C740010-Above-Ground-Pool-Filter-and-Pump-System OR 2)...

Yea u are right about the rain! We live on the coast here and today is actually the first day I see full sun!!! But I bet by the time the bus passes at 3, I will be standing with my umbrella waiting for my kid,getting drenched, only to watch her run straight to the house and bypass my kind...

It finally turned red. I just got another sample a couple of hours later! I wonder if it was because I had got sidetracked and by the time I tested it the sample was a couple of hours old?!! O well!

Nope! its not discolored! so.....what does it mean if the test went straight to blue and not red at all?

Hi!! its been awhile since i have had to post a question!! :party: I am concerned that my TF-100 test kit may have gone bad, due to my hubby and/or kids leaving it outside in the heat!! And the crazy thing is, is that they don't even test the water!! Well, my daughter has gotten the hang of...

Good point! I know I will most likely end up buying the TF100 anyway, so I will just go ahead and get that one. Thanks for the advice :-D

CHARLIE: Since you will be ordering tomorrow, the TF-100 gives the best value. Had I known about it before I bought my K-2006, that would have been my choice. See? I told you that you would start to change your thinking of your pool. Now that it is making sense, you can see just how easy and...

Well.....first of all the only test kit I currently have is the HTH OTO 3-way kit. I understand its not the greatest. I have been reading everyone's posts and learning a lot with ya'll personal experience and also googling many options on kits and chemicals. :goodjob: Charlie_R: Thank you for...

VERY long day!! Thanks for asking...I thought I was doing better so I messed with the pool some and added some more chlorine, but now my arm is looking more red and maybe a slight red streak to it :( I think my pool is probably doing better than I am at this point! I will try to get out...

I just retested the pool and the results are cl 5 and ph b/t 7.0 - 7.2

Again, thanks for the great advice!!! Now I know for sure I will be going cheap for awhile due to our budget took a big nose dive since my last post @ 12:30am this morning. :( ....I am typing this post as I have just returned home from the ER!! As I was typing my last post, my kids came running...

Re: small seasonal pool--is it worth buying expensive test k Great Advice!! I am pretty sure i will be trying the BBB method. Since the algae mishap, i have found to like the bleach use rather than the tablets!! Trial & error.....and of course, time & patience!! Now...if I can only get my 3...

thank you SOOOOO MUCH to Charlie_R and ob1quixote !!! :) :) now this is encouraging!! I was just telling my husband that I think I will be sticking to the BBB method for now on. and for the test kit, i am wondering if i could just start off cheap by just getting the single FC test. i have the...

do I really need to spend a lot of money on a fancy test kit if it is just a small seasonal pool? I only had one problem since I put it up, and that was algae due to leaving it alone for 4 days while on vacation. I have the hth 3way test kit and I have been doing just fine with that.

Re: vacuum to waste yes A LOT...maybe too many times that now im actually second guessing myself b/c different sites and labels on products say different things.....I think I have "POOL BRAIN OVERLOAD"

Re: vacuum to waste ok I gotcha! I am going to walmart later to buy the 6way test kit. so when u say the cc has to be .5 or less, do u mean that the cl level has to drop on its own? and yes I did lose a lot of water. I had to add water last night and a little this morning

ok now im thinking I should wait like 6 hours to raise ph level back to normal....??? the last thing I put in the pool was 2- 1" cl tablets in the chlorinator around 10am this morning and it is 1145am. I did put an extra dose of liquid bleach directly into the pool about 9pm last night with the...

Re: vacuum to waste ok...now It seems that I may have finally defeated the algae!!!! :) I tested my water with the 3way test kit ( I know I know...I need a better one ) the cl level was still very high, dark yellow (of course from the shock to kill algae ) but the ph went like 6.8 or below. I...

Re: vacuum to waste thanks a bunch :)

Re: vacuum to waste ok...new question about the cartridge. could I replace my summer escapes cartridge with an Unicel?? **my Summer Escape cartridge: 4.125"x8" 7 sq. ft. GFP both ends open with 1...

Re: vacuum to waste the cl was 2 yesterday. today, after the treatment sat overnight, i retested and it was dark yellow. it was too high for my cheap test kit to read the number. it looked to be A Lot of cl today!!!!

Re: vacuum to waste yes it is a cartridge....i cannot find out what the brand is though. nothing is written on it and all i can find out on the internet is that it is from Polygroup/Summer Escapes and it is Type C, 4.125"x8", w/ built in chlorinator screen, and Grime Guard Filtration Fabric

Re: vacuum to waste i have only the oto test kit. yesterday it tested great...cl 2 and pH 7.3....but I had a layer of green at the bottom after leaving it covered for only 4 days. I have a 14'x42" above ground round summer escapes pool. it has SFS 1000 filter system, F700C pump type, and 780...

is it possible to add a diverter valve to an above ground pool's filtration system so that I can vacuum to waste. I have a summer escapes above ground pool 14'x48" with SFS 1000 filter system that uses a type c cartridge filter. I want to be able to get rid of a major algae build up from...