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Well, I am quite proud of myself! Using the tips from this site, I have located both an air leak and water leak in my pool- both have been driving me nuts and I REFUSE to call the pool company, for various reasons. The water leak is in my deep end skimmer, around the suction hole. I am going...

Thank you all for talking some sense back in to me. Sigghh. I'm off to cut and repair!

I have a leak at the threaded connection where the water leaves the pump box and enters the filter. We just replaced all this plumbing and obviously that connection was not done well enough. I have read that the threaded connections are the most likely to leak and that there is no way to fix it...

Yep. Bucket test is complete. No water loss in the bucket and about an inch of water loss in the pool- overnight

Okay, I have had it with this pool this year. It is a 20X40 in ground vinyl liner. We have fought green algae all year. Finally replaced the failing SWG- did ourselves and super proud! When we first opened the pool I noticed we were losing water faster than normal but focused on the green algae...

Nevermind! I misread.....adding cya now

Okay! Thanks. Going to do this now. Should I want to raise the cya until after the SLAM?

Okay! Still no cya registering after circulating. Add chlorine to bring to 10pmm and test after 20mimutes , got a FC reading of 4 ppm, TC .5ppm.

I need to SLAM my pool asap. After opening we found out the pump was dead. Had it replaced today and the pool is a total swamp. I check the cya level and get no turbidity ....I can see the black dot even with comparative tube is full. However I know there was some when we closed last year. I...

How do I test for Cu concentration?

Thanks, Richard! CC was 0.5; not 0.25ppm ( 1 drop of titrating reagent using 10mL of pool water). Yes, unfortunately I do realize that the copper is there to stay and I will probably drain some of my water before closing up this year if the sequestrant works. This is so frustrating but I am...

I am not sure if I am just getting impatient or if I need to stop this SLAM. I wish I knew if this was algae, copper or both! The largest picture where you can see the debris on the bottom was pre-slam. All of that was cleaned out prior to the SLAM. The other three are from yesterday, including...

No metal scaling or brown water. Discoloration on my steps and a nice green color that I am suspicious might be copper. i have been slamming since Sunday and don't see much improvement. My water is clear ( I see the main drains in the deep end which is 9ft). I have passed the OCLT twice and my...

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This is going to drive me nuts. The tail thing is a flagellum , just like a sperm and would clearly allow it to be motile in the water. But what the heck would get in your pool! Have you introduced anything new unto the pool that could "hatch" these things? Gotta figure this one out!

I am thinking that I want to add some DE to my sand filter to help clear up my water faster . I also read that it traps metals? Wondering if that is really true. Any tips on where to purchase the DE and best way to use it? Thanks!

Thanks....I'll keep slamming. Tested at 8pm and was at 25FC. I added 160oz of bleach to bring it back up to 28ppm. Test again in the morning

Okay.....this is what I have done and the results I have so far... 1. Double chekded with Leslie's that water contained no iron ,copper, or manganese. I know they may not be accurate but I have no other way of testing for metals. No metals found. Confirmed CYA at 70 and pH at 7.6 2. Inital...

Deep end; it is more clear around the edges...greener as you get toward center brown steps Okay.....this is what I have done and the results I have so far... 1. Double chekded with Leslie's that water contained no iron ,copper, or manganese. I know they may not be accurate but I have no...