Recent content by cinnay

Hi! I have a small stone under the liner on the floor of my pool. We had to have the liner replaced a few years ago, due to some flooding issues, and I think they probably just missed seeing it. We called the guy who installed it, and he said to just take a mallet and a small towel, place the...

Feel free to look at my conversion as well. We have the same size AG pool! Just look for "I started my conversion today" (poster name, cinnay) My conversion took 5 days, and was painless because of this forum. I have fallen in love with my pool all over again! Good luck!

Finish the conversion. I had a very small amount of Baquacil left in my water, and my conversion was quick and painless. The money I've spent on bleach so far is only a small fraction of what I spent last summer on Baquacil products... and that's not including the cost of emptying and...

So, from this point on... I am assuming that at night I will want to test and adjust my FC to 3-7? And this will be enough once my CYA level is up around 30?

My numbers! Last night at 10PM: FC=16 CC=.5 This morning at 6AM: FC=16 CC=.5 Bring on the new cartridge & CYA!!! How long after adding CYA should I wait before adjusting the pH and TA? I am assuming those numbers will go down after it's added, and they are already at 7.2 and 70, respectively.

Duly noted. I went with the .2's because I figured they'd be the most accurate. I did have a hard time keeping count when I did the FC test! I can't imagine doing that tonight when I'm half asleep and the FC is high!

As it turns out, the test came today! I felt like a kid in a candy store doing all the tests! :-D My numbers as of 2PM: FC- 4.2 CC- .4 TA-70 pH-7.2 CH-100 Those numbers are all pretty good, right? The pH may be a little low, but won't that come up a little with the addition of CYA? I will...

I am just finishing up switching my baqua pool to chlorine, so we're throwing out our old solar cover and starting fresh. In the meantime, I bought an item called a "Solar Pill," It's a little ball that floats in the skimmer and slowly releases a chemical that will help in holding the water...

Still no test! I'm getting a little frustrated. I called Leslie's and left a message, but never heard back from anyone. The test is supposedly shipping directly from the manufacturer, and there's no way to track it.... :cry: My FC held (or appeared to hold) overnight again. We just...

I will be seeing if my FC level holds up at 15 again overnight today and tomorrow. I wish I knew when my new test was coming. Once CYA is added, is it safe to start using the pool?

My pool is 7600 gallons. I had a very low baqua (under 5ppm) level to start, and I went through about 8 giant (174 oz) bottles of 6% bleach, as well as at least 8 smaller 96oz bottles of 3% bleach. My conversion is nearly complete. My advice, stock up if you can. You can always use it later...

Well, the FC definitely held overnight. As far as I can tell, it's near or around 15. I will take your advice and hold off on changing the filter cartridge right now. It's supposed to be raining for the next few days here anyway, so there won't be any pool use in Pittsburgh! And of course...

The last time I added bleach was 5:00. It's 9:00 now, and as far as I can tell... the FC is at (or near) 15. I had to mix the pool water with distilled water to get an approximate reading with my Walmart test... but the test results appeared identical at 6:00 and at 9:00. The last time I saw...

When we came home this afternoon, the foam was gone and we could see the bottom of the pool. The FC level read at .5, so we added the bleach to bring it back up to 15. We also cleaned the baquagoo from our filter cartridge. There wasn't a lot... I'm guessing because we didn't have a lot of...