Recent content by 01-handoff.chintz

Any recommendations for a better filter and or pump? (maybe I should start a new thread for that one and I’m sure it’s been asked before) Noticed the pump was not pushing water at all and had to spray the cart with the hose to fix it. Whatever muck is in there coats the filter almost like slime...

also, wow thanks for all the replies! ❤️

Well, looked like things were getting better. But now it’s dropped 5 ppm FC last night. What a roller coaster.

It’s an above ground Bestway round 14’ x 48” tall.

:ROFLMAO: Sorry I felt the need to be thorough! I tested but yes the ”subjectivity” of the test is where my uncertainty lies. I didn’t catch that I needed to round up though. Thanks.

That’s the one day this week I couldn’t add chlorine in the middle of the day. But thanks I will set my CYA a bit higher. Seems like I got that part wrong.

Hindsight is 20/20 I guess. Lacking experience I was thinking maybe this would take a few days (which in my mind justified avoiding the hassle and waste of draining and refilling). But looking back it would have been cheaper and less hassle. Maybe it still would. I’m invested in the SLAM now! :)...

Hey everyone, Just completed day 7 of a SLAM. Events leading up to the SLAM: I have been battling algae for a while. Left for a couple of weeks on vacation and came back to a green pool with a dead bird in it. Many bags of pool shock later and it would turn cloudy blue, but turn green...