Hi,
I purchased a house with a saltwater pool :
-approx 20k gallons and dimensions are about 35x15.
-salt cell
-sand filter
After a few days of living there I got no flow light and high filter, so I did back wash.
flow was good but water quality was cloudy and not testing well. brought a water sample to local pool store they helped me out with some shock and phosphate stuff. now levels are testing much better, low alkalinity and stabilizer but I am waiting for my delivery of stuff (tomorrow or thurs)
however pool store told me if I didnt add DE back in I would have issues, they told me to add 5 lbs of DE which I did but now every day or 2 the flow looks low even tho light is green. I told them it was a sand filter was I not supposed to add DE ? or that much ? Not sure what to do. pretty lost. I am genereally a handy person and am a mechanic by profession so I should be able to get the hang of this but it is hard to find proper guidance.
hope all the pool experts here can help! thanks !
J-
I purchased a house with a saltwater pool :
-approx 20k gallons and dimensions are about 35x15.
-salt cell
-sand filter
After a few days of living there I got no flow light and high filter, so I did back wash.
flow was good but water quality was cloudy and not testing well. brought a water sample to local pool store they helped me out with some shock and phosphate stuff. now levels are testing much better, low alkalinity and stabilizer but I am waiting for my delivery of stuff (tomorrow or thurs)
however pool store told me if I didnt add DE back in I would have issues, they told me to add 5 lbs of DE which I did but now every day or 2 the flow looks low even tho light is green. I told them it was a sand filter was I not supposed to add DE ? or that much ? Not sure what to do. pretty lost. I am genereally a handy person and am a mechanic by profession so I should be able to get the hang of this but it is hard to find proper guidance.
hope all the pool experts here can help! thanks !
J-