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Ok, I guess I got confused about the aerating :) Yes the water had been circulating. I was curious about the CYA level being higher and I checked it two other times and it was 30. Oh I the FC did hold last night at 11.

This is my 2nd summer employing the BBB method so I'm still knocking the dust off my knowledge from last year :mrgreen: I opened the pool a few weeks ago (April 21st) and it had a green tint to it. I shocked immediately and checked all my levels and they were: FC - 12.5 CC - 0 pH - 7.5 T/A -...

Oh ok. I'll try and get it fixed. Thanks!!

I just noticed that there's still a leak. It looks likes it's coming from where the pump bolts on to the strainer basket. It's dripping from there. Is there a gasket or something that goes between the two?

Ok, well everything is done*. There are 3 unions on now and the pump sounds totally different. It doesn't have a screeching sound to it and there are no air bubbles coming into the pump strainer basket anymore. So, I hooked up the vacuum and it still wouldn't fully prime. I tried opening the 2nd...

Ok, will do. Thanks!

Ok, just got home and checked the: FC - 9 TA - 50 CYA - ~37 The pool store is way off! Ya think they purposely show everything low to sell more? That be crazy. Alright now, so the pool calculator says to add 3qts 3c of baking soda. I pour this slowly into my skimmer, all at once? How long do...

Ok, I'll check my TA today and adjust if needed. I do lose a lot of FC during the day, sometimes up to 5 ppm, so I'll prob raise my CYA a bit. I'll save the pucks for later. Thanks!!!

No, I don't but I will check it this afternoon before dong anything.

Thanks to everyone for helping me get all the green out! The water is sparkling clear now :party: Up until now, all I've really been concerned with is the FC, CC and CYA. Now that the green's gone I'm gonna try and get everything else right. My FC hasn't been under 12 in probably three...

Wow, my brain is hurtin from trying to comprehend all this :hammer: I'm gonna print this out and take it to Lowe's with me. I'll get everything the next couple days and try to tackle this Saturday mornin. I'll post any questions I have...... Thanks so much for helping me with this :goodjob:

I'm ready! :goodjob: Tell me what to get and where to start. P.s. I was reading a post about hooking the hose directly into the hole under the skimmer and not use the round plate so I tried that today when I got home from work. It seemed like it worked a little better because I put my hand...

Yes, it is very frustrating :grrrr: I just wish I could manually vacuum it up. I don't know how else to get it out.

Bought a vacuum head and the round thing that the goes in the skimmer, (already had the pole and hose). I filled the hose up with water, covered the hole in the 2nd skimmer, turned the dial to waste, put the round thing :-D in the skimmer closest to the pump, and turned on the pump. I also...

Ok. No, it hasn't. It normally runs about 19 and it's a little over 20 right now.

We swam Thursday night and yesterday. Last night the water had lost it's sparkle. It looked like it had the prior few days. I checked the after we swam and it was 20. I shocked it and got it up to 24 and it was 24 this morning. It looked a little better but still didn't have the clarity that it...

Thank ALL of you so much for helping me. What a fool I was :hammer: to ever doubt...... Please accept my apologies :oops: Gotta go clean everything up and get ready for the :party:!!!!!

Ok, new developments.......we finally got the pool cleared up to swim. I turned the pump off and my wife got a knee high and put it around the return, I turned it on and the "sand" shot right through the knee high! After getting in the pool and walking around we could tell it is all over the...

Thanks, will do that :goodjob:

Thanks for all the info!!! I'll do the knee high trick and then and if it's sand, check the gasket and see it that's the problem. I will wait till after this weekend like you said to do the rest. The last time I used a manual vacuum the pump kept losing prime, that's why I got the Polaris, it's...

I used to have a manual vacuum but when I would hook it up I would lose prime in the pump. Pool guy said I had a leaky pipe underground. That's when I bought the polaris, it's all I got now......

Didn't have time to post this morning but FC was 27.5 so I only lost 0.5!!!!! I tested it again to be sure and it tested at 28. I can't believe it!! I am so excited!! I came home from lunch and the water is starting to look a little sparkly :goodjob: It's crazy how it changed so much the...

8:09 P.M. FC - 26 CYA - ~70 According to Chlorine/CYA I need 1 gallon 1 C of bleach. Gonna do that.....

Here is a picture of my pump and filter. The red arrow is where he glued it back together after changing the sand a couple years ago. The green arrow is where it is leaking right now and I assume where air is also getting in. Could that be related to sand coming out of the return? I guess I'll...

Just checked the FC now and it was 25. I put (3) 182 oz containers of bleach in this morning after I checking the FC. I took the polaris out last night and everything has settled to the bottom now. I can see the bottom of the deep end. Our new liner is a dark blue color so that may be...

Yeah, my pump has been on for prob about weeks str8 now. I haven't backwashed in about 4-5 days now cause pressure isnt moving much now. I brush at least once a day, sometimes twice.

It seems like I'm getting nowhere :grrrr: While waiting for my refills to get here I've been constantly putting bleach in (at least 2 gallons a day) and for a couple days running the tablet feeder. The water looked the best the days I was using pucks in addition to the bleach. I had enough...

I checked the bag on the Polaris this morning and it caught a little of it and its definately sand. I could see the bottom of the deep end yesterday but with the cleaner running I can't. It just clouds the water bad. Its only been about 2 years since the sand has been changed. The guy had to...

Well, it may not be sand because it's all over the bottom and not just in front of the return. It is so fine that it will go right through the knee highs I put in the bag on my polaris 360. What filter are you referring to replacing? Thanks.

The pool looked better than it ever has yesterday afternoon and last night. I thought we could maybe swim today so I turned down the chlorinator so the FC level might get low enough. We woke up this morning and it was a little worse so I checked the FC level and it was 17. I am almost out of...