I've got absolutely no clue where to start!

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Strawberryshortcake said:
Hubby arrived with 30 gallons of bleach...
I’m pretty confident we’re on a list now

Just finished dinner. Ready to go again ?
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Next time you send him out, have him pick up some rope, a tarp, a pick and a shovel. :devilish:
 
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Over an hour since my last oto, look at that! It’s held at 5.

How much bleach should I add now? Another 4? We are trying to make this orange, right?
 

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I had walked away before edit, so i hope i didn’t mess up!

Took one more oto before using my powder just to make sure.
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results:
FC: 13.5
CC: 1

I have enough powder for 1 more test.
first time beeing able to reach fc above 9! ?
 
Strawberryshortcake said:
I had walked away before edit, so i hope i didn’t mess up!

Took one more oto before using my powder just to make sure.
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results:
FC: 13.5
CC: 1

I have enough powder for 1 more test.
first time beeing able to reach fc above 9! ?
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Yay happy dance!
SO, if you are going to be getting sun there, you can "gently" bump your CYA to 30 (heehee)

And settle in for a proper SLAM Process, here you come blue water!!!

Speaking of, does the water look any different?
 

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I see more algae on the steps. The orange liner issue is throwing me off a bit. Hubby thought it was looking a tad better.

So I forgot about it, but i also purchased a manual vacuum. We tried it on day 1 but couldn’t really figure out how to get proper suction. I ordered a vac plate that just arrived a few hours ago. I am going to try to get it to work tonight and help get that dead stuff out.

Any idea what my filter should be set to? I have.. drain, filter, rinse, backwash & whirlpool. I don’t see “waste” i see mentioned often.
 
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I see more algae on the steps. The orange liner issue is throwing me off a bit. Hubby thought it was looking a tad better.

So I forgot about it, but i also purchased a manual vacuum. We tried it on day 1 but couldn’t really figure out how to get proper suction. I ordered a vac plate that just arrived a few hours ago. I am going to try to get it to work tonight and help get that dead stuff out.

Any idea what my filter should be set to? I have.. drain, filter, rinse, backwash & whirlpool. I don’t see “waste” i see mentioned often.
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If you want to, you can try to vac on drain (I think that is the same as 'waste'), but it will likely empty fast!
drain = same as "waste" (guessing)
filter = (you know)
rinse = after you backwash it resettles the sand
backwash = use to clean the sand after the pressure rises
whirlpool = no idea! lol
 
Okay. I don’t think I can actually afford to vacuum to waste just yet in that case. water level has been dropping and just reached almost proper level, 1/2 of skimmer. I’ve been thinking i’ll need to add water in the next day or so and have to figure out how to get a hose back there lol. The previous owners.. took out and covered up the backyard spigot for some reason.

Need a lonnnnnng hose to go from the front.

will vac to filter help at all?
 
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Okay. I’ll hold off until we figure out how to get the hose back here.

I checked oto and it was a little above 5 after 2 hours, pretty dark yellow. I added 3 gallons, since 4 seemed to overshoot last time. Waiting to retest. I’m not giving this pool a rest tonight ?


Oh... some wonderful (sarcasm) news... I just opened my mail and my insurance is threatening to drop us if we don’t remove the diving board. I planned on doing so anyway because I am risk adverse (I say that after buying a home with a pool i know nothing about ?), but now i’m on a time table so i’m super annoyed. i need to try and get it up this weekend and send them photos.
I told them the pool had a board when I purchased them. It’s been less then a month.
 
I would suggest getting at least 20 basket socks. I HAD a 7 frog pool that I started working on in late November. Now it seems pretty good. No frogs at least. If I was in your situation and not based on my SWAG chem and cleaning program. Prepare to SLAM. If it has not been shutdown season I would have or just do a big drain and fill. If water is cheap it may save you some frustrations to drain and fill, lots of filter cleaning (lot and lots) and some wall scrubbing. I basically destroyed a filter getting algae both dead and alive out. But back to the basket socks. It will catch the large & medium stuff before it gets in your sand filter. That are cheap and can be washed and re-used for awhile. I used 25 socks over 6 months during cleaning. I would worry about and fix the separated liner first thing. If yo have to replace it you wont have a lot of cleaning to do. Good luck . These folks helped me a lot as I learned learned, learned, brush, backwash filters and test.
 

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