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Jen you want your FC to drift down to 5-6 then add bleach to bump back to FC 6-8 and repeat (maintain). Pool stores want you to shock the heck out if your pool and let it drift down to whatever (you never really know because of substandard test strips they sell). You have to abandon all info...

Jen I am still a very novice on all of this pool chemistry stuff, but I have been following your thread since day one. Your doing great. Your pool is clear and CC 0. Your very close to whipping your pool back into shape. Best of all you did it by yourself! ( With some great advice from the Pros...

Yes very trouble free. :cool: The only issue I have is it is hard not to laugh when a friend curses his pool. I am blessed I did plenty of research before starting this pool and found this wonderful resource called TFP. I try to tell my pool owning friends about it but they just ignore me...

I was starting to build my deck on the pool we had installed this year and while I was enjoying a cold libation and pondering the deck I wondered do I have this pool maintenance figured out. So here i am to ask the pros. FC 3 CC 0 PH 7.8 CYA 27ish ;) TA 140 CH 250 Correct me if I'm wrong...

26" eco Kleer sand filter with zeosand 1.5 hp eco kleer pump. The dust goes away when I get close to it. I am working my TA down with aeration. I feel that the pump is oversized. It feels like a jet ski coming out of the return. Clean pressure is 14 I backwash at 17. I have a slime bag that...

If I have to open up the filter to check the latterals should I remove the zeosand and replace it with pool sand. I am growing tired of vaccing the dust to have it back in the morning. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

Also how often should I check my CYA. Is once a week often enough? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

OK so I've been reading a lot on zeosand. Is this the dust that people complain about? The pic has some glare on the water but it is crystal clear. I have been battling this dust since the pool was installed. I vac it to just have it return. What do you think? FC 5 CC 0 CYA 28 TA 190 PH 7.9 I...

All my friends that have pools told me to take the setup in for winter. I don't know I'll m still new to this. The base was so flimsy there is no way it would have lasted more than a year. It's mounted to the skid. It much more stable and the pump is quieter now that's is mounted secure...

I was thinking of screening the next backwash. If more is caught in the screening then I get an exciting trip into the filter to check the latterals. I'm not afraid to open it up. I just sent want to waste my time. Do you think that sounds like a good idea? I feel like this filter has been more...

This is a pic of my setup now. I think it's going to work well. I pulled theses pieces out of the return. It's a darkbuster and will not let these pieces pass thru. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

Yea how about now? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

Is this zeosand? I had a pool installed in early may. We had the company do everything. This may be my fault if it is. The stupid base in the pump filter setup was so cheap and noisy. It had cute push pins holding the pump to the base. What a joke. I built a base so that I can pick it up with...

Great. I was wondering about that. I also caught my 2yr old crumb cruncher throwing dirt clods over the pool wall last week. That's gotta stop but he was so proud of himself. [emoji30]

I've been enjoying learning how to take care of a pool with this site. I caught on to the pool store gimmick real quick. So hopefully I will learn fast because I don't have any old habits. I also learned that 12.5% chlorine will drop to 5% in a hot shed real quickly. It took looking thru notes...

I will do a oclt. My startup pressure on this sand filter was 14 psi. I am currently at 14 psi. And the return jet blows out debris like the picture. I purchased a slime bag last night for the return to help catch most of that debris that gets by the filter. It hopefully will be here tomorrow...

I'm getting ready to add chemical. The sun will be down in an hour. What fc ppm should I shoot for before testing for oclt tonight. 5ppm or go up to slam level? I will test an hour after chemicals are added.

You think its algae? I will slam it if you think it will help. We farm and have an old well that's very hard. Also lots of pollen now also. I just figured it was from the well.

That happens if I am sweeping or turn the pump off to clean the skimmer and turn it back on. Then it gets clear in 15 seconds or so.

That's what I thought I was doing. Cya of 30. Target Fc 4ppm. Being at 3ppm after 24 hours is too low? I'm confused.

I'm I wrong in doing that? I will test it in 5 days. I thought I was not suppose to check it until a week after I add because its going to be inaccurate.

I guess I'm confused. I just finished adding cya to get to 30. Am waiting week to test. Just assuming 30. I have been adding chlorine to get to 5. That reading was 24 hours after last chlorine addition. My water is clear with piles of brown dusty stuff on the floor. I have been vacuuming and...

The water is clearer this evening. I will vac and brush again. I may do another oclt tonight. Last nights # before adding anything. FC 3 CC .5 TA 230 CH 325 PH 7.2 You guys are pros! I have already learned so much. Am I missing something?

No I believe its just from my well water and having a new setup. My filter is more like a strainer right now. I ordered a slime bag because I feel I can't catch all the debris and vac to waste and and adding more well water seems like a never ending process. I have passed a over night loss tests...

After reading pool school a bunch of times I just made it a goal for all the added benefits.