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Welcome to the group Marshall! Im new at this also but these guys fixed me right up with their suggestions to get everything back on track for me. I started with a black swamp, haha. Just listen to their suggestions closely and start educating yourself thru the links on Texas Splashs signature...

Correct my man! That much I did know but that me for the reminder. I was just meaning after it wore down to normal levels. Looking great today. Just got home and about to take a dip. Wife was already in. I'll check it once the sun goes down and see what I'm at now. I'm thinking it should be...

Well guys I think we are there! FC held steady yesterday morning so I got in and gave it a good scrub down again (more than a once over this time) and continued to let the filter run. Retested all my numbers and passed with flying colors! CC was next to nothing. I will confess I went ahead and...

I'm not sure how you're specific pump works but my sand filter pump has another "hair / debris" basket () that filters out any debris / leaves I'm vacuuming up. It's located after the skimmer and before the pump. I would guess yours has something similar. I highly doubt that there isn't some...

So just for my novice curiosity....does he not need to balance the Ph before maintaining shock level? I'm just curious?

Hello Rusty and Welcome. I'm a new member myself so I'm not going to offer much for you but I do know that in my thread that I've started (I started with a green swamp a few weeks ago too my friend) that Pooldv pointed out to me (about the 5th post in my thread) that the Ph test isn't accurate...

Thanks guys! I'm trying to learn this stuff. :-) Thanks about the suggestion to find any nooks n crannies Steve. I'm going too hit it once over on the floor and walls with the brush again when I get home this afternoon. I removed all of the lights and ladders at the end of last season (one...

Thanks man. So far so good I think. After testing tonight it was down to about 10.5 FC. I once again took it to 12FC. I will test in the morning before I head to the office and see how much I've lost. That will be a good base for how much bleach I need to add to take it to 14 FC until lunch...

Came home today at lunch and it was once again down to 10. I pumped it back up to 12 and headed back to work. Returned about 2 hours ago and haven't tested it yet but I did vacuum the bottom and scrub the walls once over with the wall brush. Back washed the filter real good also. I'm going to...

Well last night I took it up to 12 FC since im around 30 CYA and this morning it was still at 12 FC. It was cloudy all day with hardly any sun btw. Tested again at lunch and was at 12 FC still. Got home this evening and tested to 10 FC. Added 45oz bleach to return to 12FC because the water still...

Okay got the Ph to 7.6. Adjusting bleach levels now.

Actually I see now where Pool School says 8.0 is acceptable for swimming. I was thinking it said 7.2-7.8. I suppose my Ph is fine really then. Also as a side note. The water is still a bit cloudy although I can see the bottom no problem. I suppose this is from the remaining cloudy 22" I left...

Okay guys....Got my signature added and my pool refilled! haha Per the Update above I took the pool down to 22" by backwashing the heck out of my pump as far down as I could. It didn't take long. I then hooked up my AquaBug auto vac and let that little sucker vacuum to waste out into the...

I'm down to about 26" deep at the moment and counting. I'm thinking I'm going to take it to 22" deep and then start the refill. Time to sit back, have a cold one and wait a little longer. I currently have 4 vacuum tubes siphoning out the water. Wish it went back in this fast! I'll keep everyone...

Thanks, I read thru it Texas. From the sounds of it I may not even need to go to half. Like DV mentions above I'm thinking around 40%. I will start the process when I leave the office this afternoon.

I will for sure do that Pooldv as soon as I can. I just have to figure out what all I have first. haha

Okay so I plan to start my drain this afternoon to get my CYA level down to about 1/2 what it is currently. One question though as I've seem to find varying answers. If my above result posted 85 CYA and I'd like to get it to at least around 40 I'd need to replace at least half the water...

Thanks for the reply Pooldv. After taking care of all the other chores around and leaving the pump running non stop since my last post......and again vacuuming just yesterday I can finally see the bottom vinyl tile pattern is the good news. Though the water is still far from clear. I think it...

Hello guys / gals of TFP. I'm a novice pool owner going thru my first spring opening. I'm not sure if the steps I have taken are wrong or right and accept criticism fairly openly when I have no idea about the subject (I'm open for learning so punch away) I will give you my stats of what I know...