Recent content by dagasque

Okay- shocked the pool on Saturday evening, measured this morning to find CL between 3-4. Also added some borax to raise PH between 7.2 - 7.5. Didn't run a CY test. So...is the shock treatment going to be a necessary thing every once in a while? It was my understanding that the whole reason...

Water is crystal clear. Did have an algae breakout a couple of weeks ago, cleared up with a couple of bottles of bleach. I can *smell* chlorine being produced by the SWG when I walk up to the pool, but it doesn't seem to be retained for very long. I am getting a lot more direct sunlight on...

5K gallon above-ground PH = 7.1 CYA = ~70 Chlorine = negligible And this is my problem...my Intex SWG just doesn't seem to be generating enough chlorine. Running pump and generator for 8 hours/day now. Checked copper cell and there's little buildup...cleaned it anyway with a good daytime-long...

Thanks for the input guys. I do use a rinse pool...usually in vain...lol Came across this...anyone tried it? http://www.amazon.com/Water-Tech-BROOM-Blaster-Broom/dp/B0015UCRXM/ref=pd_sbs_lg_6

Got lots of kids that use the pool, and of course- they never remember to rinse grass off of their feet, so...it ends up at the bottom of the pool. Running the debris net on the bottom just doesn't get it all. I've got a 15' length of tubing I've been hooking up to a vacuum brush and attaching...

I'll report the FC levels next time I check. I haven't been using CYA. Lots of trees over the path of the sun- I maybe get 2-3 hours of direct sunlight in the pool in the afternoon.

You're correct- I did not rinse the sand before. Next time, I'll know better! As far as cost- the sand filter did set me back initially, but I look at the fact that I don't have to buy paper filters any longer. I may not get a 100% ROI, but I'm also looking at it from a "time is money"...

Newbie here- just stepped into the world of sand filtering this past weekend. I'm sure most of this has been discussed in the past by others, so I'll be succinct. After initially running the pump for a couple of hours, the pressure gauge moved into the yellow zone. Figuring this was sand...