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Hi colleagues. Thank you for all of the wonderful advice in the forums. I’ve learned a lot in the 4 years since we’ve had a pool at our new house. I’m looking for advice here: The pool is an unground acrylic pool of about 13,000 gallons. It has the original cartridge filter which I’ve been told...

I saw a youtube video where someone took it apart - it uses small hex screws to clamp each wire in. Check out: - this one shows the connector Others are: Eric

Wildfires this year. That explains it for us. We’re getting some of the smoke from the Canadian wildfires here in Indiana.

Just about done with SLAM. Now I have a gray greasy substance in the skimmer. Still a sediment on the floor every day (it seems to get through my cartridges) but the water is clear and didn’t drop below 16 in 2 days. I still need to track how much it will drop before tomorrow evening as the CC...

Lol. No. I’m not comfortable swimming with pink slime, but since it’s really only in the filter and it is potentially resistant to chlorine (per the paper) I’m okay if a small amount survives the SLAM since it breaks down the CCs.

Interesting follow up on the pink slime bacteria. There is some reported resistance to chlorine, and except in a medical setting, it may actually be beneficial: “This is an important knowledge for drinking water industries which continuously search for cheap and effective ways to improve...

My pool math SLAM calculator says 11-16. Yes, I’ve read it. I haven’t SLAMd since this spring. I know how do that. Thanks!

PS - this is the sediment I’m talking about.

Here’s the most recent tests: ------------------------------------------ Test Results 08-15-2021 @ 12:37 PM ------------------------------------------ Free Chlorine: 11.0 Combined Chlorine: 0.5 pH: 7.5...

Sorry. I thought those showed up in my signature https://troublefreepool.com/mypool/xGM47kl ========================================== Broadway Pool ------------------------------------------ Build Type: Fiberglass Volume: 13000 gallons...

I’ll go back and recheck all of the levels but they’ve all been stable except the chlorine. I didn’t replace the mineral cartridge in the frog this year, so it’s empty now, and I’ve just been using the frog packs so I didn’t have to add bleach more often. They’re all gone now too, so it’s...

So I’ve had this fine dark sediment for the last few weeks that settles out at night when the pool filter is running slow and the cover is on. I’ve also noticed some non-pink slime by the skimmer opening. A few weeks ago I added an anti fungal and the slime by the skimmer opening is less (I...