Recent content by danadly

Thanks for the advice. I added some DE to the filter today. How often can that be added? Also we couldn't resist any longer and took a quick dip. Did that royally screw up my process of clearing the water? Lol

Love my wedding cake steps but they are a pain to remove and install every year. We were instructed to use a bag a sand at the base to help weigh down. Every year that sandbag is disgusting in my water and we have trouble getting it out at the end of season. I thoughts I would ask for...

Hello, I'm growing impatient each day as I watch my pool stay a very pretty blue but cloudy color. I uncovered last Sunday and started the shock process according to the guidelines posted here. The water went from murky green to a cloudy blue in a few days. Now I am certain that all debris is...

what shock level should I use since I cant get a real CYA reading for a week???

Thank you for the response and reassurance!!! I start to doubt myself and worry I am doing wrong. That made total sense.

Just took the cover off my pool last night.... The water was clear but there was lots of green at the bottom. I immediately dumped 4 gallons of 10% chlorine and turned the pump on circulate (but not filter). Last night about an hour after putting chlorine in my test results: FC 15 CYA 0 PH...

We just took the cover off the pool today. Water is clear but we have some algae at the bottom and a lil debris that fell in from the cover :? . I have already started shocking tonight but I haven't attempted vacuuming yet. Water is very very cold still. So anyway I set the filter to bypass...