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Hi! Right now, we have purchased new filters and are soaking the old ones in dishwasher detergent. We will let you all know how it does with the new filters. We will turn it off tonight and back on in the morning. We appreciate everyones interest and help so much. Hopefully the new filters...

Hi! :-D Right now we are still running the pump 24/7, since we don't want to clean the filters everyday. :cry: We would really like to lower utility costs and conserve energy by shutting the pump off part of the time. :mrgreen: If I haven't made our issue clear, please feel free to ask...

After cleaning the filters, it runs at approx. 8. It will hold at that for at least a week, sometimes 2, before going over 10 when we are running the pump all the time. If we shut the pump off, when we turn it back on it jumps up 6-8 psi, for a total of 14 - 16 psi. It does not go back down...

FC 5.5 CC <.5 PH 7.5 TA 100 CYA 40 Hi! :-D We are on our first season with a pool that was built late last summer. Since we opened, we have ran the pump 24/7 with no problems. After studying this website, we decided to only run the pump about 12 hours per day. We have a...

FC 5.5 CC <.5 PH 7.5 TA 100 CYA 40 84 degrees Hi! Everyone! Our pool looks beautiful and is doing great! :party: Our CC is staying well below .5 all the time, so I think we have made it through this issue. The FC at 5.5 was taken in the morning and by evening, on a sunny day, it is...

Good morning! Our water is beautiful and crystal clear. We have been bringing the FC to 8 each evening and leaving the pool uncovered. It looks like we are there. We will keep bringing the FC to 8 each evening for the next few days to make sure the CC stays at .5. After maintaining FC 8...

Here are our test results: 8-7-09 7:30 p.m. FC 14.5 CC 1.5 ( at 28 drops on the FC there was just barely a hint of pink, so it hasn't changed much) We did not add anything. 8-8-09 7:45 a.m. (no sun on pool) FC 14 CC 1.5 PH 7.3 We understand...

It sure looks like our pool did the same as Richard's. Only our problem went on longer, since we tried working through it with the EZ pool system first. We definitely had 0 chlorine readings, since with the EZ pool you only put in one chlorine stick a week (big mistake :hammer: ). Once we...

Since you haven't seen this happen during the pool season before, I will give you the history of how all this came down. The CYA had been around 100 ever since we had opened the pool May 20 or so. We didn't change the pool to EZ pool for probably a month and it was clear and beautiful before...

I was mistaken about the color of the ammonia sample yesterday (Sorry). Bob, my husband, said it was definitely yellow. I must have looked before they put the chemical in. But, I guess that means our ammonia is okay. I didn't mean to give bad information. Thanks for all the help! Debbie

8 a.m. FC 15 We shocked it last night CC 2 PH 7.2 TA 110 Clear & Sparkling Thanks for the reply. Due to our schedules and the fact that the pool is looking wonderful again :party: , our plan is to shock it hard every evening after the sun goes down (if this will work? :scratch:)...

We appreciate everyone's help. We are making progress, but not there yet. There have been so many helpful posts. Here are the answers to some of the questions that have been asked. The pool company appears to be using the LaMotte System. They use the small vials, as you described. Our test...

Thanks for the info. We do not have an auto fill and our level has remained constant. We have not added any water all summer. We have pumped a little out during June due to rain, but that's it. Again, thanks so much for the response. Debbie

Hi! We shocked to 35 last night and then again this morning. Our test results right now (5 hours after shocking) are as follows: FC 20 CC 1.5 PH 7.2 TA 110 CYA almost 30 (we guessed at 25) We took sample to pool company and here are their results (we ran our tests as...

Thank you so much for all the info. We will go tomorrow and get everything, including the copper and ammonia, checked. We will nuke it now. Wow, there is so much to learn. I sure wish we had not tried the EZ Pool. We were doing great before that. We appreciate all your help. Thanks! Debbie

I forgot to tell you in my previous post that the water is now crystal clear. It looks perfect. We can't seem to get rid of the CC. We only put EZ Pool in for 4 weeks. We will go and have the copper checked at the pool store tomorrow to see what it is now. If I understand, you are saying...

Hi! Here is what we have done today. 7:55 a.m. FC 2 CC 1.5 add 4.2 gal of 6% 9:15 a.m. FC 22.5 CC 1.5 11:15 a.m. FC 14.5 CC 1.5 add 3 qt. of 6% 1:15 p.m. FC 15.5 CC 1.0 add 3 qt. of 6% 3:15 p.m. FC 14.5 CC 1.5 add 1 gal. of 6% 5:15 p.m. FC 16...

We got our test kit from you today. That was really fast service. We are very impressed with the kit and the service. We shocked up to 20 this afternoon and we just did again. The combined chlorine is at 2.0. We will check and shock again in the morning. The FC has been dropping quickly...

Thanks for the reply. We just checked the chlorine after shocking it about an hour ago. Here are the results: FC 6 CC 3.5 Yeah!!!! :whoot: This is the first time we have shown FC above .5 since all this started. The pool is clear and beautiful. Hopefully we don't have too much farther...

Here are our new readings after following Dave's instructions: FC .5 CC 3.0 PH 7.2 TA 90 We have been shocking :shock: up to 16--3 times per day. We are using our new DPD-FAS testing kit. We have added baking soda because our PH and TA were a little low. We also put in the calculated...

Thanks so much for all the replies. You are right the CYA has us baffled as well. We have checked the CYA several times with a Taylor test kit and the pool supply company has tested it twice, so we feel sure it is 0 (the pool company came up with 7 the first time and 8 the second...

FC 1, TC 5, PH 7.2, CH 370, TA 70, CYA 8, Phosphates 1000, Copper .09, Iron 0, TDS 1050 Hi! I will start from the beginning. We opened this year with a clear pool. The pool is only one year old. We just moved here this spring, so it is our first year with it. We got everything balanced and...