Recent content by BrownEyedSusan

My brother-in-law handled the chemicals during our Family Reunion which is now over and I am back to trying to figure out how to do this. I have read the ABC's of Pool Chemistry and the post you recommended and have been using the TFT-100 test kit. My pH has stayed consistently at 7.2. My FC was...

The pool is showing no chlorine again - even after shocking with 6 pounds of shock 3 hours ago. Because the Hydrazzo is so sensitive (the marble dust in it instead of quartz makes it smoother but also more temperamental), I am concerned about putting straight bleach in the pool. Should I start a...

Found it. Thank you! We retested and the FC is down to .5 so we are headed out to get the stabilizer. We are hoping to find liquid stabilizer at one of the pool stores that open at 1 pm since we need to get the pool chlorinated quickly. The pool guy said if we lost the chlorine level (which we...

More Info: We are on city water. The FC level from testing this morning was 8. We have not added any Stabilizer. I am headed to Lowes in a few minutes to buy some. We couldn't find any instructions on how to pour the Purple Magic in, so we just poured it into the pool. I used an AquaChek...

After concluding the FAS-DPD Chlorine Test and getting the pool water clear after 2 drops of R-0871, to get a CC reading of 0.5, we left the sample on the table for a few minutes and it gradually turned a slight pink again. Was the test concluded when we initially got it clear and therefore we...

I have been told to add Jack's Magic - The Purple Stuff - I have read Pool School and didn't see any mention of when to add it for the first time.

Thank you pooldv. Would the regimen you describe be considered hyper-chlorinating? My understanding is that most pool plasters can take that but that Hydrazzo can not. Also, could you refer my pump question to the appropriate forum? I understand we aren't supposed to post on multiple forums.

The plaster team finished plastering Monday afternoon and even with the help of 6 neighbors, it took 3 1/2 days to fill. After running the pumps and filters for 24 hours, we took a sample of the water in and the results were: Total Chlorine .2 Free Chlorine 0 pH 7.5 Total Alkalinity 120 Calcium...

I appreciate the info! The DSP sale goes off at midnight and I can't decide whether to give up the automation of the Pentair SWG in order to get the CircuPool SWG. Here are my questions from above, repeated: 1. What is the advantage of being able to integrate the IC60 into the Easy Touch? 2...

Understand - will do - thanks.

I looked up DE and FC under your Handy Reference section and the suggestion of adding the DE makes me feel better about using the sand filter. Thanks! How much DE should be added? I am taking Isaac's comment seriously about not listening to salesmen, and have compared the CircuPool RJ-60 Plus...

Thank you all. We do intend to keep the cover on except when we are swimming. This will be especially important as I just learned that we are exempt from county fence requirements because of the automatic cover. I studied the Discount Salt Pool (DSP) brand comparisons and see that CircuPool's...

We lost our PB right after shotcrete was complete. He favored Hayward equipment. Our new PB is really helping us out of the goodness of his heart to try finish this summer in between his other jobs and is helping me find subs to do different aspects. He favors Pentair and told me to be sure to...

Thanks for your concern. They haven't gotten to that part yet, so there is still time to weigh-in and for me to change. I told him 3 inches in the hope that it would be wide enough for a foot hold and small enough that dirt would slide off.