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We put a clean panty hose over our basket in the skimmer( cut to fit). The amount of stuff we caught was crazy! It cleared up the small particles and made a huge difference in just one day!

** update** Got the idea of panty hose from this site. After 2 days of using old panty hose, the pool looks amazing !!! I cannot believe the amount of stuff they were catching: tiny bugs, loads of hair ( my 2 girls have waist length), fuzz, and some small white particles (dead algae I...

***update** 20 gallons of bleach, 2 weeks (3 days out of town ), about 10 inches of rain and a whole lot of testing...later.. Still needs a little clearing, keeping chlorine up until 'crystal'. Wanting to get DE, but have not been anywhere to get some. No CCs <.5 as of yesterday

This was after refilling. It is shaded, but was dark green, almost black This is after first 2 bottles. Some improvement. Current. Lots of yuck settling. Keeping Chlorine up! - - - Updated - - - All this is one day !!!!

Thanks for the help. I added 2 more gallons after initial post and brought TC? to about 25 :) I just retested (about 2 hours) and I am down to 19.5. I am heading to store for more bleach! I have pics from beginning and will post when I can figure out how to upload!

Could I raise the TA while adding chlorine today (using baking soda)? I was afraid of raising the PH too much. I will add 2 more gallons of chlorine. Should I backwash before adding? I didn't want to lose any chlorine, but I want to keep sand filter as clean as possible. Thanks so much. I...

I have been learning from the site and love all of the information! I am starting to SLAM. I just got my Taylor k-2006 yesterday. PH 7.4 TA 20 CYA 35 Before adding bleach (10% sodium Hypochlorite from Atwoods) According to the Pool Math I needed to add 1 gallon+ 3quarts+ 2 cups bleach We have...