Recent content by ellemgee

We've had our above-ground pool open for about five seasons now and I am so unbelievably tired of manually chlorinating the pool with liquid chlorine every day. I'm considering purchasing and installing the Hasa Liquidator. A few questions: Is it a reliable product that's fairly easy to use...

I opened our pool about a week ago and the water was pretty dirty, so I started the SLAM process. I've been maintaining my FC levels overnight and the water looks nice and clear, but the CC levels are high now. Yesterday, I got a 2 and then got as high as 3. This morning, it dropped down to a 2...

I'm getting ready to close down the pool for the fall/winter and this is the first year we've had our deck up. The deck is made of composite wood and there's no gap at all to put the pool cover in between the decking and the pool. In other words, it can't hang down in the space between the deck...

Yeah, it seems really messed up. Like an issue during install or something? But would it have taken a year for me to notice (we've only been actively swimming in the pool for about 2 months and I probably didn't check all the corners super throughly when it was first in. Only happened to see...

Above ground pool has been up and running for about a month or two and we are currently working to put a deck up on one side of it. Yesterday, as I was vacuuming around the pool stairs/ladder, I noticed that there was something small and hard poking out of the vinyl liner right at the corner. At...

I was telling my husband it feels like I am starting to use a bit more chlorine than normal, but I've just been daily testing with the basic residential kit (the one marked OT that I use to test pH as well) and I've noticed it giving me lower than normal results). I'm gonna try doing the FC test...

I don't brush much. Probably only once in the last month. Maybe twice. Should I be doing it more? I wasn't sure if it was just normal build up on the walls and I should just brush it off and let it get vacuumed and filtered up or if it's a sign of a worse problem. I chlorinate with liquid...

Pool has been up and running for about a month now with no issues, but in the last week, I noticed a faint brownish ring start to appear around the bottom of the pool. At first I thought it was my eyes playing tricks on me, but then I got a pair of goggles on and dove down and I can clearly see...

Did quick evening test and here's what I got (using the heaping spoonful of DPD powder, carefully watching each drop go in one by one to make sure they were all about the same size, and swirling well in between in each drop): FC: 9.5, CC: 0.5 My CYA is 50 and I was shocking at 20 just 48 hours...

Good to know I'm know the only one who found the thought of waking up before the sun rose in the summertime a bit shocking. I can't believe I did it Friday morning honestly. The alarm went off at 5AM, and all I could think was, "Wow. I must really love this pool."

To answer your questions: Pump has been running on high all week, so circulation is very good. I would think a dosing error is a more likely issue (not enough powder, drops not dropping properly, that kind of thing). It's also possible my test from last night was incorrect, but since I didn't...

I posted about this before, but I'm starting a new thread because I think I'm onto a different issue. I have a Pentair Clean & Clear cartridge filter & pump system and every single time I have cleaned my cartridge element out so far this summer (which, since it's brand new has been like 3...

Thanks. It's good to feel I'm not alone at least! I wouldn't put it past faulty testing methods. It's possible that the test from last night was wrong, too. I thought about retesting, but just really wanted to go to bed, so didn't bother, but the rise in FC this morning just didn't make sense...

Pump has been running for days. I will try the heaping spoonful (I'm trying to conserve whatever chemicals I can since I'm testing so often). I feel like that guy in Jaws. "I'm gonna need a bigger test kit."