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Yes, our pool did pass the OCLT 🎉

For future readers: We now have clear water! After advice given we brought slam levels up to 12 and I started testing chlorine every 2 hrs if possible. The pool was still cloudy but we could now see the water jets. We decided to backwash our DE filter and recharge it. When recharging we saw DE...

Trust me, I thought the same thing too. I attached a picture from Pentair Sta-rite. This is what ours looks like. The DE filter looks more like a "cartridge" style then the one with the multiple grids. I've trying to research about it but there's so much information and different kinds, it gets...

Hi! I did end up spending the time deciphering the data plate and it says "Stystem 3 filtration diatomaceous earth" and the old owner had a bucket of DE powder in the shed. It was definitely old DE powder in the filter when we cleaned it. There was too much of it to mistake it for something...

I am testing and dosing morning and evening on week days and three times a day on the weekends. I usually have been do the 10 ml sample but figured I would be more accurate for this post. I'll add more stabilizer and start bringing up the FC to 12.

I read that you should use 1 lbs of DE powder for every 10 sq ft of filter. We have a 72 soft filter so we re charged with 7 lbs since we completed cleaned it. I am using a Taylor 2006C test kit. The calcium reading is when the pool store ran a test in the beginning. I have not retested since I...

We bought a house pool in February. We did not know what condition the water was in since it was closed and winterized (we are in the midwest.) And we are first time pool owners who do not know much. When we took the cover off two weeks ago found a pretty bad algea bloom. We went to the pool...