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Hilarious! Thank you. I shall commence "jiggyijng"!

OK ordered kit. Thnak you for taking the time to respond! Anything I can do while I wait? should I add some chlorine and brush down the pool? only a little impatient since company is coming in on Tuesday. but they will be here 5 days so can swim later in the week if need be!

Hey there. So we had a very green pool at start up as our filter needed to be replaced. Sand filter, in ground vinyl liner 25,000 gallons, SWG, Hayward VS pump. did use shock on the pool tow times. Water chemistry using Taylor test kit: TC/FC/CC. I can't tell. the test comes out more red than...

Thank you for the explanation/information. I am not sure I would have even considered zeo but my next door neighbor has use it for 4-5 years now and thinks of it as an improvement over sand. The more I hear about zeo though, the more I lean towards sand.

Oh man thanks for sharing your experience. Another vote for good quality sand

Thank you both for your advice! I will go with 30" or 36" if it fits. and rethink the whole zeolite thing.

Hello! So I have a 25,000 inground SWG pool with a Hayward VS 500 pump. Replacing filter. The current filter is DE but we have made the decision to switch to sand. Thinking Zeolite or whatever you all may recommend as the medium. Question is: Should I go 30" for less frequent cleaning or is 24"...

$7K ouch! and yes, future problems or the repair not holding were my concern. Steps are 17 years old. Replacement is the way I was leaning as well since the cost is not much more and I would rather have it done right when tearing it all up anyway. Thank you all for your input!

That is good to hear. Thank you. Sorry about the pic. I had saved it as a PDF and shouldn't have.

Hey there! We are replacing the vinyl liner in our in ground pool and also need step replacement or repair. There are tiny cracks in the steps where we were told the iron in the pool water is reacting with metal behind the stairs and causing black spots. The guy who is replacing our liner...

Ok thank you James. It'll be good enough for now. And definitely better than the black.

Thank you for your response. Do you have any recommendations for an underwater sealer that I can use?

I have read on here about both paper towls and polyfill removing sequestered iron from pools. My question is: If I do the ascorbic acid treatment to remove stains on the liner and steps, then use the sequestrant, can I use polyfill to try and remove the sequestered iron? Will I be able to tell...