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Imgur: The magic of the Internet Another try on the pic. I read that you should bleach anything that has been in contact with the mustard algae so I thought it would be a good idea to not let any living algae escape the filter. I keep it stirred up all day but this accumulates all overnight...

The mustard algae section of pool school recommends 24 hours of 18ppm after initial slam for a CYA of 30. I accidently added a little too much bleach and brought it slightly over this. I have kept it high after 24 hours showed no result. The pool store will have me put some copper based product...

Yes I have been pouring bleach directly on the filters and the filter holders but not on the actual machine. The robot has also been in while the chlorine has been over 18 for three days. The suggestion in pool school is a regular SLAM (I passed OCLT the first night) then 24 hours of MA level...

Re: Walmart "Pool Essentials 10% Chlorinating Liquid" - Anyone else not able to find All of my local stores have completely removed it from the modular, not even a shelf tag remaining.

How do I make it stop??? FC: 21 CC:0 PH 7.5 TA: 110 CH: 280 CYA: 30 I have been blasting this thing with chlorine for three days and it looks great I will have it crystal clear before I go to sleep and then the next morning there will be new clusters of the stuff in the deep end and a light...

It is filling up about 8"-10" but that spreads out pretty far. I guess I'll see if I can get tiny float pump and try to set it down inside or just not paint that part...

Don't chastise me for it I know you all hate it but I am painting my pool (has probably 15 year old chlorinated rubber paint on the walls and it shows) If one of you has an extra $7k laying around I'll do it the right way ;) When I drained to prep the relief valve has been pouring tons of water...

Well starting the filter explains both my questions... Only things in the pool are liquid chlorine, muratic acid, and stabilizer. I will drain and scrub the walls at this point.

I did not close the pool very well and it was a war zone. I have been travelling all month and just had a chance to start my SLAM this week. I don't understand what's going on with my CYA during this process. 1. Where did my CYA go over the winter? It was around 40-50 at the end of last year...

I just screwed the internal fittings with some plumbers tape. Should I have used a fitting that goes on the larger exterior piece? Maybe I didn't plumb it correctly? I just copied what was there before (well I added the disconnects sine the old one had to be cut off). Here is what I have I...

I have always had a slight suction side leak, I never really cared since everything worked and it didn't really cause any issues. But this year it has gotten worse. I had thought about putting a 2 hp pump to replace the ancient 1.5 anyway so I bought a new pump and replumbed to attach and the...

Thanks! Looks like I just need to be more vigilant, it get hard to be motivated when the whole family is tired of swimming for the season. Although the price of stabilizer is a pretty good prod.

It was 45. But like I said I was cheating on my tests so that was prob 4 weeks ago. It held fairly steady all summer since the last bout of this... I have definitely gotten rain but not record amounts or anything just a couple of inches. Some leaves have started to fall and a few were stuck...

I just got a solar cover this year and I might be crazy but I think it is creating something that is breaking down my CYA. 2x this year my pool has gone from stable to green. No need to preach as I have learned my lesson but I get in a habit of testing only FC and PH when things are going...

Thanks guys will try! Should I give up on this solar cover or is it just a coincidence?