Recent content by Dustin

Thanks for the info everyone.

My nozzle is pointing up and is roughing the water good but isn't breaking surface. Maybe I'll just build a PVC adapter to screw into it. Do you think this will take several weeks of continuous aerating/acid cycles? And are you saying that aerating will cool the water? We currently have upper...

How long do you figure this will take from 350 to 80?

I set up my pool, filled it with softened well water and shocked it to 10 with Clorox (late afternoon) and I added the 200 lbs of salt. At the end of the next day I shocked it again to 10 and got my SWG installed and running at 7 hours. I am now in the process of dissolving 64oz of cya to bring...

I don't know, I'm in a very small town(<500) with nearby small towns(3000) and I think even they are on well water.

Yes I will post numbers when I begin this project. And I will be able to test for metals with the tf-100 kit?

This water softener is a smaller unit from a car wash and I have it set to recycle at 1800 gallons so it wouldn't be terribly bad only about 2-3 recycles. But, yes I will test the well water before I fill.

Thank you for all the great info in this board. I'm in central tx and about to buy an above ground 12x24x52" intex pool. Water level at 48" this will be 8600 gallons. I'm on well water and the last time I checked, the tds was about 450. My question is would it be wise to fill the pool half with...