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Thanks. Richard suggested the same thing a week or so ago when I started filling. I would never have thought kids could have so much fun with a few giant bags of salt. I added it last night and had my son "help". Even manged to get a decent science discussion out of it regarding heat and...

I had this problem until this year. I was having to adjust the pH upward by 0.5 at least once every two weeks. I kept my pool covered with solar disks alot and thought that may have been contributing, but his year I have a solar blanket and it's not happening. The only thing I have done...

Oh, that makes sense. Hope you get the answers you need. Best of luck!

I'm not sure about this, but from looking at the pro series in a store yesterday, I think the hole where the the pro series skimmer/filter outlet may pose a problem if you aren't suing that specific filter. Instead of the typical setup of two circular holes used to attach two 1.5" hoses, it had...

I finally did my first CYA test using the T-100. Here are the results from today's testing. pH 7.5, TA 110, CYA 70, FC 5, CC 0. The water is sparkling and perfect. I have decided to not worry about adding borates for now. Things have been stable for the past week, so I am going to go for the...

That's one heck of a project! I can't wait to see the finished product. :) How on earth do you keep a palm tree alive in Canada?

I will continue testing every evening. I will surely be back after the CYA dissolves to check with you pool veterans before making changes. Thanks so much for sharing your expertise and time!

For my little pool (using pool math) it would take less than four boxes of borax to raise borate from zero to 50ppm. It takes about half a box to change my pH by 0.5, an adjustment I had to make weekly in the past. I normally wait 24 hours between additions (excepting CYA), and test for actual...

The bottom section of the pool calculator shows that the CYA going in right now will decrease the pH by about 1.2. I was thinking of matching that change with the appropriate amount of borax. But, that would also raise the TA, hence my hesitation. Last year, I was able to add borax to offset the...

I started on Saturday with 100% new fill water. (Thanks for walking me through that!) I plan to switch to SWG once I hit the levels recommended in the Water Balance for SWG's post. My current numbers are: TC - 8 FC - 7.5 pH - 7.2 CH - 50 TA - 110 CYA - added stabilizer today, will test in a...

Re: Please help! Open a swamp, how & when to use new sand/SWG combo and chemicals? I think I may have found something that could explain it. They are currently reporting the size for this product to be "20-40." I con't confirm this, but many people clearly state online that it was at some point...

Re: Filter Sand Is this something that just happens on occasion, maybe bad batches? I initially thought that I might have a new pump with a defective or missing piece, but when I looked online, I saw nothing but stories of people having the exact same thing happen to them. They were scattered...

Re: Filter Sand I'd advise avoiding the Quikrete stuff being sold. I tried it today. It is finer than play sand and flew right through the system. Since it was my first time seeing "pool filter sand" I has no basis for comparison. The #20 silica I just got from the pool store looks like a bag...

Re: Please help! Open a swamp, how & when to use new sand/SWG combo and chemicals? It was way too fine. When I noticed that it didn't have a # on the bag, I asked the guy at home depot if they had any other options for filter sand and he said no. He assured me that this was the #20 silica sand...

Re: Please help! Open a swamp, how & when to use new sand/SWG combo and chemicals? Finally got the Quikrete mess cleaned up and filter running a little over an hour ago. My T-100 also arrived this morning. Current number are Cl-0, CH-50, TA-40 and the pH I am unsure of. I have done over 20 pH...

Re: Please help! Open a swamp, how & when to use new sand/SWG combo and chemicals? This stuff was a disaster.

Re: Please help! Open a swamp, how & when to use new sand/SWG combo and chemicals? Here goes nothing...just turned on the hose. I'll test the water tomorrow as soon as it's full. Our water is very soft, with pH around 6, with nothing practically nothing in it as far as minerals and metals go...

Re: Please help! Open a swamp, how & when to use new sand/SWG combo and chemicals? This is where I was last night before I climbed in with my bucket, cup and broom. At this point I had drained it, brushed and sprayed the walls and added water a few times to get the water level high enough to...

Re: Please help! Open a swamp, how & when to use new sand/SWG combo and chemicals? Is there a special trick to uploading pics? I tried from my computer, using the little "insert image" button, but it repeatedly prompted a message that said "upload of file failed."

Re: Please help! Open a swamp, how & when to use new sand/SWG combo and chemicals? Great! For the first time in my seven years living here, it's a big bonus. :D I just finished mucking out the sludge. I have the stomach of steel earned through being a nurse, and deal with my 14 month old's...

Re: Please help! Open a swamp, how & when to use new sand/SWG combo and chemicals? I just hopped on to order a test kit and thought it might be a good idea to get your opinion. I am not a fan of test strips, but I do have an unopened bottle of 6-way strips, new bottles of reagent for OTO, and a...

Re: Please help! Open a swamp, how & when to use new sand/SWG combo and chemicals? Thanks for responding! I don't have access to a shop-vac. I was planning to climb in there with a broom, a bucket and a boatload of patience once I get my kids to bed tonight. There are things swimming and...

Re: Please help! Open a swamp, how & when to use new sand/SWG combo and chemicals? I'm not sure if this matters but thought I'd share just in case... I know I need to spend the first few hours of the proecss brushing everything and adding chlorine every 30-60 minutes. I did brush and wash most...

Pool was set-up and mx last year using the includeded pump with cartridge filter and BBB, at end of season I simply drained to level of lowest hose and left valves open to prevent cracking during freeze. I just got around to looking at it this week (It's May, I know) and it was almost black and...