Recent content by dreaming nomad

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    What did you do to your pool today?

    Well, not mine, but I was cleaning this pool that turned green because the skimmer got clogged up real bad with a ton of plastic fibers and these kids came and asked me when it would be ready to swim in, i said Saturday or Sunday, so they said ok and took off running. And one of them hollered "i...
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    Greenest pool you've ever seen

    Went and looked at this bad boy this morning, thought to myself surely there is someone else out there who will get a kick out of it, so here it is. Owner says it has been stagnant for just over 20 years. While we were standing around talking about it / swatting gnats away from our faces, a...
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    Severe cloudiness after killing algae

    Getting a taylor test kit and slamming isn't the solution to every problem..... At this point, I think it's a filtration issue. I took samples of water (in Gatorade bottles) directly from the pool, directly after leaving the sand filter, and one of tap water. Whatever is causing the cloudiness...
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    Severe cloudiness after killing algae

    I have the taylor k2006c and i have slammed it. I super slammed it. Took 30 gallons before it would hold fc overnight, but its holding now. Just still super cloudy for some reason and i can't figure it out.
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    Severe cloudiness after killing algae

    Hi all, long time lurker, first time poster... I've been trying to clean this pool for 9 days. It was neglected for years. There was a huge amount of algae/leaves at the bottom. Not the normal kind of slimy algae - this stuff was so old it had consolidated into tough mats several inches thick...