Recent content by DC608

I rolled in here with the same question, but decided to jump on this thread instead of start a new one. My setup should be in my sig line...I start in the spring with a SLAM and constant filtration, 24/7, until the water is clear (perfectly so, not clear-ish). Then I was filtering 12 hours...

Hi, I have a new spa. 300 gallons. I'm sanitizing with bleach, per the instructions in the sticky. About a week and a half in and the water chemistry remains stable. CH is 150, pH is 7.5, TA is 65. The spa is indoors and covered. I haven't concerned myself with CYA under these...

Wildcat, this Walmart has a tiny pool section, usually sold out of anything useful, and they mostly stock the tablets. But I will check the other two nearby Walmarts based on your advice. I like the stronger stuff when I can get it at a decent price. James, it says 8.25%, but there's a blurb...

Has anybody experienced this? I just bought 8 bottles. It does NOT say on the label anything about being scented, yet, it smells wrong. It smells "nice." I just did some cleaning with bleach from the laundry room earlier today and that stuff smelled "right," like bleach. Then I went to add...

How did you make your fountain? I was looking at the commercial options, and the results seemed mixed. But everyone seems happy with the ones they make themselves.

I hope you're not wrong. Mine's about the same size and I had figured just like you...about 7 lb. Only put 5 in at first, though, cuz I've been reading the forums and got crazy paranoid about adding too much! So, that's good news for the OP. You didn't add too much!

Thanks for the link. I realized I had read it before and promptly forgot. Too much new stuff in my brain! I also was reading another thread and found a reference there to the very bottom of Poolmath, where you can check the effect of various "adds." What a great tool! So I don't need to...

Just finished SLAMing, and my pH has dropped slightly. Presently it's 7.2. So I need to add a little more than 5 lb of borax. How is this usually done? Pour it in the skimmer basket? Sprinkle on the water surface? Once it's in there, is the pump running sufficient to mix it in? My last TA...

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OK. I figured I'd need to SLAM, so I haven't been real fussy about bleach quantities. I just rounded up to the next higher gallon. So last night after sunset, I added chlorine, ran the pump a while to mix and tested for a result of 9 FC. This morning at 6:30 I tested again. It was pretty...

Thanks for the responses! I've spent the day putting all your advice into practice. Adjusted the pH and it is spot on. Then I added 3 gal of weak bleach, but it was sunny today, and I have no stabilizer. So the updated test results are: FC: 0.5 CC: 0-0.5 (it might have turned a little pink)...

Greetings. I've done a lot of reading in the forums here. I wish I would have found this system earlier. For about ten years I've been doing this on my own, focusing mainly on chlorine levels and total alkalinity, and I've had generally good success. That having been said, this way makes so...