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It's a bump style but also has the bottom drain valve for back washing I assume, drains the tank. The thing plugs so fast then the pump struggles to pull water and heats up so while the pool is green it's a constant battle. My old cartridge filter was much easier to disassemble with those screw...

I need to update my profile, I moved last year and no longer own a pool, however, I'm sort of in charge of maintaining my sisters pool (major pia) and they are the worst at doing anything for it, never check it etc. So basically I need to shock and get rid of algae etc but I can't be there to...

Green pool with a de filter. I'd like to get the water circulating to add chlorine etc and vacuum out dead algae with the aqua bot. Problem is the de filter fingers get clogged so fast the water quits circulating. It's a pain to constantly remove those bolts and washers on the Hayward. Can these...

Thanks guys. Looking into this

I'm running about 12 hrs a day. I seriously might even cut that back. Pool looks fine - - - Updated - - - And yea algecide is a waste of $

Could a bad motor be causing the pump to not pull water? How could I test that?

I will check again but everything looked good and from what I could tell o ring looked fine.

Luckily my pool has been flawless since I joined up here last year, this thread is concerning my sisters pool. They don't keep up with things and it becomes my job to fix it. The short, pump only draws about half the amount of water it should, and overtime starts to run dry and loses prime...

Luckily my pool has been flawless since I joined up here last year, this thread is concerning my sisters pool. They don't keep up with things and it becomes my job to fix it. The short, pump only draws about half the amount of water it should, and overtime starts to run dry and loses prime...

Yea I go to Aqua specialist here. They just raised price this year but it's 5 gallon of 12.5% for $18

this site is the best. No more pool store for me. My pool is looking great, without wasting huge dollars at the pool store. Its amazing the stuff they try to sell you in there.

anyone in central PA can get 5 gallons of 12.5% sodium hypochlorite from Aqua Specialist in mechanicsburg for $16, plus a 10 dollar deposit on the jug. Looks like they get it in quite often from a chemical dealer not far away who has it for commercial uses.

Hey guys, been at it hard for 2 weeks now. Really liking my results. Would have been sooner but my filters are slow. Almost there, just need a little clearing of the water. Got in over the weekend briefly while at shock level.

Thanks for the help. I too thought it was the filters. They probably need replaced but not doing that this year. I got the aqua comb this year, makes cleaning the cartridges a breeze. I think they could use a good acid bath.

When I start my pump it runs good and completely fills with water to the lid. I have great return pressure coming from the return jets. After a few hours of running my filter pressure goes from about a 9 to 15. During this time the flow coming from the return jets is much weaker and the pump...

Looks like your pool should be fine to swim in.

Where you guys in PA finding good deals. Wish I would have got more at ace when it was 2/5

I have a mesh cover, so its very hard with the addition of all that new water. Might look into putting a tarp over the mesh this fall to keep water out

i dont think so, but not sure, can check out their website.

So got the stabilizer in last night, should have a CYA around 30 now. My FC had dropped to 0.5 from the mornings dose, so I put 3 gallons of 10% in last night around 7PM. This morning at 7AM was holding FC of 11 so I added a gallon before heading into work. Can almost see the bottom in the...

Pool is turning slightly blue now vs the green and already slightly clearing up. Added 6lbs of stabilizer 100 and it dissolved rather fast in the socks. Going to run my tests for chlorine here soon and probably add some more

an additionaly question on testing FC with my test kit. As im dropping in the drops to turn the pink water clear again. Is the number of drops the very first one that turns the water clear (but quickly turns back pink) or the one where the water stays clear for a minute or two? - - - Updated...

thanks. I just took a sample to the pool store over lunch break just to see if their results matched mine. They had a CYA of 0 as well. They tried to sell me over $250 worth of stuff, imagine that. I had bought algecide 3 weeks ago that I wanted to return, so I just swapped it out for some...

Instead of adding cya can I just use up the rest of my bioguard "shock" while slamming this giving me chlorine and raising my cya levels?

Thanks guys

Picked up 13 gal at ACE hardware today, thanks for the heads up

Thanks. If I add cya it said I shouldn't clean filter for a week? In that case I'd probably have to wait to slam

Been a pool owner for 6 years, finally tired of getting ripped by the pool store and pool still looking awful. I'm done with them. Just opened and got things running last week, after a minor plumbing fix. I've used about 6 lbs of left over bioguard shock so far and have tabs in the...

First off I started noticing last year a drop in return pressure. I have 4 return jets, 2 at each end and a 5th return for the "cleaner" right near the skimmer on the side. The cleaner is on its separate line. the cleaner line has tons of pressure, shoots out fast, the others have little...