Recent content by bigelowc

I apologize for the lack of updates, we got hit by a big storm, tree limbs in the pool, loss of power. I stopped shocking and cleaned up from the storm. I got the pool to a milky white before the storm but it went back to green after one day of no power. After filtering for another week and...

The leaf trap works but it is slow, looks like I am back to the leaf rake, gonna rake it til its just soupy mud and let the filter do its job. Good thing is that I have a real test kit. Used the new test kit and compared it to the strips and its not even close.

Combined Chlorine sounds misleading, it sounds like something you add to FC to get a total. I just looked it up in the glossary and understand now. I tried vacuuming the other day and plugged the skimmer line, so stopped. This morning I got a leaf trap to install before the skimmer and will...

Just received a real test kit instead of strips. Taylor K-2006 Here are my readings: FC 4.5 CC 1.0 Ph 7.0 TA 120 CH 440 Cya 30 Isnt CC supposed to be higher than FC? Raising Chlorine level back to shock level per calculator.

Pouring rain hit this afternoon but it did not appear to affect the shock level, bounced it back up 2ppm and back in business.

6:30am Day 2 Last added chemicals a 10:30pm last night and it maintained shock level throughout the night, no chemicals needed at this time. Will continue throughout today maintaining shock level. Is it ok to try to broom the bottom towards the shallow end so that nothing covers the main...

Thank you. I didn't know what to expect for results but knew that I wasnt going to wake up to a clean pool in the morning. But it does appear that today did make a big difference, will get a better feel tomorrow night when I do my next pool light test to see how far the light travels across...

10:30 I did the last shock for the night. It is still a light green color but heading towards cloudy white. Only had to use 3 gallons of chlorine to maintain recommended shock level for the day. Turned on the pool lights after dark and tonight the light travels to middle of the pool. Last...

I just hit hour 8 and have not had to add any chlorine for the last 3 hours it is maintaining all shock levels and it appears that water is going from light green tint to a white cloudy color. I have only had to add about 3 gallons of chlorine total for the day to get it to this point, am going...

We scooped out many trashcans of stuff out. I know I do not have all the debris out, there is some left but not sure how much Did not want to vacuum until we could see the bottom to see what is left. From what I can scoop now it is mostly silt and dirt but it is small amounts not full rake...

I am into hour 5 and all is going well. readings seem to be maintaining pretty good, only have to add chlorine probally every other hour so far.

Thank you, I am going to keep going til bedtime and pick it up again in the morning if not clear. Right now it is a cloudy light green color, much better than the black I started with. Also, I do have a test kit that was here when we bought the house 3 months ago but it is probally many years...

Will my Cya keep dropping? should I adjust it if it gets unmeasurable?

Keep in mind I am currently using test strips until the new kit comes in the mail. I have been going at it for 3 hours now. 10:30am readings TH 100 TC 5 FC 3 PH 6.8 TA 80 CA 30-50 11:30am readings TH 100 TC 10 FC 10 Ph 6.8 CA around 25 According to the chart due to lowered Cya target shock...

I want to thank you guys for pointing me in the correct direction. I checked my readings this morning and the dichlor raised my Cya as expected from 11pm shocking with Dichlor. I checked the required shock level for that Cya on the chart and used the pool calculator and added the recommended...