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Thanks Jason. Filter pressure is good and has been cleaned every other day. When my wife last cleaned it, it had sawdustly looking stuff in it. That's when we installed new filter Thursday night. There has been some visible improvement but very little. - - - Updated - - -

We are stumped. We're on our fifth year,I think, with our AGP and never had this problem. We live in the woods with a lot of trees around our 33' round AGP. The previous years we never covered the pool even tho I had bought a cover our first season. To avoid the massive clean-up in the...

Hello, I went to the pool store today and had them test my water just to compare to my test.They said I needed to add calcium.I thought tat if you had a vinyl liner you didn't have too.But the guy there told me if I didn't the water would leach it and cause wrinkles in our liner.What should I...

FC 7.0 CC 0 PH 7.2 TA 70 CYA between 30 and 40

I raised the fc to 7 last night and it has held today at the same.the water is still cloudy.How long will it take for it to clear?I have cleaned the filter the past 2 days and it was vaccumed today.Also is it okay to keep the fc at 7all summer or when this clears up should we lower it back to 4...

I'm not sure if I answered your reply correctly or not. It's hard for me to explain how the water looks all I know is it dosen't look right.

we did have a lot of people over this Sat.I haven't used any chemicals other then bleach and muratic acid.The kids say it feels a little slick on the bottom also.I can see the bottom its just kind of milky/cloudy just not crystal clear.We do have a good but of shade full sun maybe 5 hours if...

I really think I have some type of algae.I brush the pool and it looks like a cloud,the filter looks a little green to me,and the water has turned cloudy,the is something on the bottom near the edge that gets there everyday in about the same spots.We did the overnite test but the levels didn't...

test yesterday were fc 4.0 cc .5 ph 7.5 ta 70 cya 30 I know we need to bring the cya up a little but i thnk we are ok on the others.Isnt the fc plus the cc your tc and if that equals your goal ok?

Hello.Our pool has something on the bottom of it not a lot just a few spots here and there.I think it could be algae,my husband says he thinks its just dirt.The water is clear but when I brush the bottom of the pool and brush over this stuff it makes a small cloud.All of our numbers seem good...

Happy New Year! Thanks for all the help gettting our pool started last season. We decided not to close or cover our pool last winter and we have now been swimming for a couple of weeks in clean clear water. It really was a pain but I think it may have been easier than covering it. Thanks...

How do I do an overnite FC loss test?

I'm not sure if it is algae or not.We are having a deck built and it could be saw dust.We haven,t been in the pool in a week but I test the water every day.FC has been 4.5 CC 0 PH 7.5.We have had alot rain .How can I tell if it is algae with out getting in?The water is crystal clear.THX

Awesome!! Thanks! BTW. What's up with the new username Jason sent me? I tried it here and it did not work. :oops:

Thanks FPM and reebok. Please see my edited previous post. I forgot to mention that the CC tested .5 and that there is a faint odor to the water. Should this affect my calculated dosages?

Thanks reebok. That's kinda what we were thinking. Every day our FC has tested 2 until today and we've been adding 106 oz of chlorine. I was thinking this is normal. We also added CYA three time during the first week, which I realize was probably wrong but when the pH started rising I...

OK. Help please. After a week or so we have managed to keep our water looking good. :) The last few days the pH has steadily risen and today has reached 8. :? A couple of days ago, we added 12 oz of muriatic acid and yesterday we were gone all day. I just added the average daily...

Thanks everyone. So far so good. If it wouldn't rain a 1/2" everytime I try to dig the ditch for the pump wire everything would be going great. I still have a lot of work to do with the deck and landscaping. Just in time for football season. :o My "quote" application isn't working now so...

Thanks Bama and reebok. Reebok, Where did you come up with 5ppm for target level. What is calhypo? Should I take it? :oops: Also, another concern I have is after we finished adding chemicals late last night, I turned the pump on slow speed and did not notice pump psi. After a pretty good...

I guess I do FSI. I used three filters filling it and took a lot of time, but I still have water and the pool seems to have a good start. Last night we used the results from the pool store and advice from forum members. My wife brushed and vacuumed. Then from 8:30 to 10:30 pm (in 30 minute...

Ok. Just got back from pool store. Got there and they tested for iron and copper. Both negative, so I'm going ahead as instructed with a little chlorine and CYA. Thanks, I'll post TFT test results tomorrow. It's gettin late and I've got acouple of ditches to dig.

Thanks duraleigh. I've learned everything I know so far from this forum. We will do our own test soon. Trust that I'll do everything possible to keep the ditch with away from the pool. :shock: Also, I assumed that everyone would know that I want to use the BBB method. This I'm not clear...

:-D Great site. In a couple more hours, we will finally be ready to turn our pump on and start filtering our first pool. We've been filling this thing slowly for two weeks now using our well. I've been very worried about filling with our well system but I believe it has done an outstanding...