Recent content by Babble0n

> Glad you sorted it out and it was algae no doubt about it. Interesting, a blue algae?

It's been a while, but I wanted to post an epilogue to this saga as people reading later may be curious how this worked out, what the problem was, etc. So rest assured, the water cleared up during a week or so of doing the SLAM process described on this site. Everything has returned to normal...

I shut it off yesterday on this recommendation and surprisingly lost less FC overnight. Probably coincidence, but you're right, this makes it easier and it wasn't doing what I had hoped (helping to maintain FC) anyway. I tested earlier this morning and found FC to be 24 and CC 0. Also, I can see...

I've been continuing to maintain FC ~24 and CC = 0. There are definitely noticeable improvements to water clarity today. I can finally see the floor drains (in full light, barely, but they are there!). FC was at 24 last night and 22 this morning, with the SWG on superboost (72 hrs at 100%, as I...

Tested FC at 24 and CC at 0 this morning. Noticed (and wife confirmed) a slight clarity improvement this morning. Nothing dramatic, but maybe a sign of hope? I checked the filter this morning and noticed a small amount of white material deposited in areas on top of the sand bed, so maybe...

that's a good question, never done it (haven't had it long enough). I assume I can't just empty the pool and there will be some mixing of new and old water, so maybe I need 35k gal. to swap out a 20k pool? I don't know, but if I just do a little math based on my water bill I think it's about...

FC tested at 22.5 this morning, added another quart of bleach per pool math app Cranked the SWG up to 100% to compensate for the pool cover being off - will check levels again shortly Sadly, no clarity changes so far...

Yes, it is Just a number where I figured it would maintain the 6`ish ppm it had built up to. Based on the experience I have with it, 40% was too high for maintenance without raising the FC. I just started the process by lowering the pH to 7.2 and raising the FC to 24 with 10% bleach. I...

I have returned! Today I tested FC and pH (I believe the others are pretty stable since no water or chemicals were added, and the pool was covered so evap was minimal) Cloudiness is pretty much the same, I can barely see the tiles on the last step before the floor. FC: 2.5 CC: <= 0.5 pH: 7.4...

:eek: I had not seen this recommendation before. I'll switch to muriatic acid in the future.

After running the SWG at 100% overnight I am now at 5.4 FC and 0.2 CC. (I also tested using the recommended 1 heaping scoop and 10ml to compare, and got 5.5 FC and 0.5 CC, so thanks for that tip!). The pH crept up to 8+, requiring ~6lbs of dry acid to bring it back to 7.2 according to they...

Is it important to install a bypass valve before the heater if I have to raise the FC to 24? I don't have a lot of room to work with on the inlet/outlet area of the heater and would probably need to install some additional pipe to complete a circuit.

Hi all, I am a relatively new pool owner and I'm having some real struggles with cloudy water this year. Everything was fine (water was super clear) until I followed the pool store's advice and treated for phosphates (I have since read here and other places that phosphates aren't that big of a...