Recent content by aaroncp

Thank you Richard, I was not aware of FLOC, and after reading about it, does sound like something that might help. And thank you Jim. Everyone, we have a history with this neighbor ever since we bought the house two years ago. He's the neighborhood troublemaker that police are well aware of. I...

Thankfully our insane neighbor didn't actually damage any of our equipment or the pool itself but while we were on a weekend trip last month, my outdoor camera caught our **insane** neighbor trespassing and dumping three bags of their yard waste in our pool. Leaves, sticks, grass clippings...

Brought pool to SLAM level again. Hoping for a quick one. :brickwall:

I just took the ladder out and there's algae there. [emoji849] Going to scrub them with bleach. With my skimmer and return jet locations, is there a "best" spot my ladder should be? My rechecked the CYA. It's accurate. I did not deep clean the sand in my filter, all that's on my list...

It's been 10 days since I passed the OCLT after a six-day SLAM. The water has been crystal clear and I have been testing it daily. FC has never dropped below 5. CC has been 0.0 or 0.5. All my numbers from two hours ago are below the photos. When we came out to swim today, there was a layer of...

Pool SLAM 2018 - Album on Imgur

Look who passed the OCLT! Now I let it go back down to normal FC levels?

I'm hoping to pass the OCLT tonight!! 1.5 loss the night before, 1.0 loss last night... fingers crossed!

Lost 1 FC overnight. The fight continues...

Lost 1.5 FC overnight! The end is in sight!

I was just in Menard's and found some "pool shock liquid chlorinator," with 12.5% sodium hypochlorite, double the bleach I've been able to find elsewhere. At $3.55 a gallon this is the cheapest chlorine I've been able to find in my area. I wish I had found this last Friday, I could have saved...