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Living near Houston with a salt water pool hasn't been much fun this year! We have been able to keep the water clear but it is costing more than a small fortune and the headaches have been frustrating, my husband has come up with a suggestion and I was wondering if anyone else has ideas. We have...

ok thank you not sure that my SWG will generate that high but will try, I am thinking it said it would kick off at 5??? Checking my book now.

thank you for the replies and yes I will continue to try but it is difficult not being able to maintain it on a day to day basis. Any other suggestions gladly accepted! I have the cyanuric ready to put in I am just wanting to get the slam out of the way first so I am not using as much chlorine...

This is our first pool. Set it up last year and upon coming home found this site to get it up and running again. We were rockin along until I had to leave and again it went green!! Recently I had to leave again and upon returning home started working 12 hour shifts at work and was unable to...

Just FYI I know where I messed up this spring I had drained my pool and hadn't added any salt or CYA so I had slammed adding and using the 20 cya and the target was 10...... Didn't remember the numbers change with the cya!!!! so again thanks

Oh wow thank you not sure how I had mis read pool school!!!!

Maybe that is why it has taken so long I thought it was suppose be 10???? Please advise!!!!

Sorry cya is 80 and FC is 10. Yes I can see the bottom of the pool. Just didn't know if the chlorine would hurt them or bleach their suits?

I am in the process of slamming and my grandchildren want to swim. I am just about finished water is blue but Taking longer than anticipated due to bleeder on filter damaged and can't run on high. The new bleeder is due in today or tomorrow. My question is can they swim with the FC at 10? Thanks

When we set up our pool we knew we wanted a SWG. The place we bought the kit from was willing to sell the SWG but said it ruined the warrenty and wouldn't give us any more info. Went to our local pool store and they looked like we were crazy because we were asking questions about a SWG and then...

For everyone following this thank you and yes I think additional water is going to fix it. In order for those "black spots" to be covered that is about 3/4 full but it seems to be able to keep up. So thank you!!!!! One last question does the drain go thru the pump?

I am adding water now

I will try I have never uploaded photos. - - - Updated - - - pump

LOL leave it to me to have a weird one! I have a waterway cartridge filter with a waterway hi-flo 2hp 2 speed pump and a widemouth waterway skimmer. I have replaced the filter and am not using the "skimmer sock" so as to not reduce flow. It runs fine on low. if I release air from the filter on...

I agree about the surface area of the pool versus one skimmer. How would a drain help? As for the weir door yes it is free flowing. We have talked about adding another skimmer and is something we could do if that would help.

I only have the one skimmer it is a wide mouth and no drain. Any ideas how I would "pull water from another source"?

It is half way and I have thought that adding water to make it about 3/4 up. Do I need to have my pump on high to run the SWG at 100%? The instructions say so but why?

The entire pool is less than a year old. It was initiated last July we don't remember it doing it last year however it is a 2HP pump

My skimmer drains and begins to suck air whenever I have my pump on high. It runs fine on low but I am concerned because I am wanting to slam and then utilize the SWG and from time to time I will need to put it on high to go to 100%. I have changed out to a new filter because the other one...

gotcha thanks

All of debris is not out of the pool but will be today and yes I can definitely see to the bottom of pool. I was amazed yesterday how cloudy the water was in the skimmer but now it is sparkling clear. Is the rest of my post the correct steps or am I leaving something out? Is it imperative to...

Oh I need to let y'all know that I also had went ahead and added 4lbs of CYA last evening which was suppose to raise it to 30. I've been informed that you can't really check CYA for awhile so I just played with pool math again and according to 20000 gallons 3 jugs of 8.25% bleach would raise my...

ok now for the morning update..... We woke up and the pump wasn't running?????? I immedediately went out and checked the GFCI and breaker both ok and hadn't been tripped checked the timer and somehow it had been turned to automatic!!! It's a mystery but anyway I turned the pump on low and...

The TA was just retested and appears to have went up this time it reads 210. I read the directions and have been wiping the tip of the R-0009 before each drop.......... - - - Updated - - - As a side note this pool was filled by well water and may have increased minerals?????

GRRRR...... the PH is reading 7.0ish darker than 6.8 but not dark enough for 7.2 Can I go ahead and slam?

thank you I will wait a few minutes and retest the PH

I gotcha I put it on a bungee in front of the return. I added a gallon of muriatic acid 31.45% Do you know when I should retest the PH and should I check the TA? If the PH is within the 7.2 to 7.8 range can I go ahead and start the slam? Sorry for being so ignorant :(

Yeah I had read about the sock but thought I was to put it into the skimmer basket? I am adding 4lbs of CYA so I am going to use a nylon???