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    Sand filter isn't cutting it.. new filter ideas?

    I'll look into it. I'm mostly going off past experiences here... When I used to have a sand filter (new) and it just didn't cut it after 3 days, and I got a D.E. filter that cleared the pool in 8 hours. I added 6 gallons of bleach last night and the color of the pool changed from shades of...
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    Sand filter isn't cutting it.. new filter ideas?

    I have a 25k in-ground pool, 1hp pump, about 30-40 feet of head, so my hayward pump is going 50-70ish gpm (from their chart anyway). I had a HUGE problem with algae this year, and no matter how much I shock it, it's not clearing up. I've tried everything. Crazy amounts of shock and bleach...
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    Pool completely green - nothing has helped!

    20k inground pool. Since opening, the pool is completely green. I shocked the heck out of it, for days now. No change. It has only about 3-4 ft of visibility. I added 8 gallons of shock (12%), just yesterday. The day before, 4 gallons of bleach. 10 bags of powdered shock in the last week...