Recent content by Cloey123

I used HTH Metal And Stain Defense Monday night and Tuesday it was crystal clear. There was much rejoicing by the family. I was interested to see how long it would stay that way before I had to add more of it. I got my answer pretty fast. Yesterday afternoon (Wednesday) it is rust colored again...

It is currently brownish since I have added a good bit of bleach. Will my sand filter eventually get it out or do I need to add something to make it clump together more. I have been reading several conflicting things about getting iron out of pool water. My liner is brand new and I would hate...

Does the Iron eventually filter out or do you have to keep adding sequestrant? I just had liner replaced and when I refilled pool it is clear yellow/green so from what I am reading I feel pretty sure I have Iron but I would like to get rid of it and not have to keep adding a new chem.

Ahh, that I had never read. This could indeed explain it. Needless to say I will be checking it more often.

We did get a lot of rain earlier in the year. I never got enough rain to overflow but I did have to drain an inch or two off about 3 times... but with this in mind I would have to replace 50% of the pool to reduce it from 50 to 25. I do not see how it is possible for this to have caused my cya...

I backwash whenever my gauge shows the psi raises to the point my gauge shows. On my gauge it has a 10 psi range knob that I set when I backwash. Once it raises 10 psi since last backwash I do it again. My attn is usually drawn to it when the flow from pool inlets start to seem low. With that...

No, FC had come down to 9 from 20 when I performed the CYA tests.

I never closed it. No strange odor or color... it has been nice and clear until Saturday when it started looking a tiny bit dull.

I purchased my house at the beginning of the summer last year and my CYA was around 220. I did several partial drains and got it down to 50. Since it was at 50 last summer and i only use liquid bleach as my chlorine I have assumed it was still 50. I have only tested my FC a few times this year...

The printout you posted shows 3.2leters or 3Qt 1pt and 3.2oz. which is confusing... Easier to just say 108.2 oz.

Wow, I wish I had a Menards. I would go ahead and purchase 30 - 40 or so at that price. - - - Updated - - - I read that as 1280 oz for some reason... I was thinking there was no way they were selling 10gallons for that price... doh! Happy 4th!

Just to update... I did develop a problem... algae! With a dilution test I found CYA to actually be around 220... I drained 3 times and lowered my CYA to 50. I did a SLAM and just finished it yesterday. I had previously stated that my pool was "crystal clear" but I didn't know what that...

The best I have found in central MS is 64oz Clorox at Kroger for 1.49... it is 8.25%. This is just a bit better then Walmart that sells 121oz of 8.25% for 2.98.

I started getting a few small algae spots on pool and water got a bit dull so I started a SLAM... For 3 days now the water has been crystal clear but I am still losing 3ppm FC at night. I am wondering if the reason for the loss may be the fact that I have numerous Crapemertels (flowering trees...

I am currently doing a slam. I thought my CYA was slightly over 100 but doing a dilution test I recently found my CYA was 210... I was not keeping my FC high enough and started getting a bit of algae. I drained a ton of water... refilled and then drained more... I am now down to CYA of 85 so I...