Recent content by Gm0ney

Thanks everyone for all the answers. I guess we'll chalk it up to the mystery bacteria. There was no ammonia smell from the pool when I opened it. It cleaned up from greenish murk to crystal clear in 48 hours - I noticed a high CC reading after my first application of 20L of 10.8% chlorine...

I have a TF-100 and have been testing CYA pretty regularly during the swimming season here. Last August/September I was getting CYA readings around 30. This spring when I tested, I was getting a reading of 0...it was as clear as if I was testing tap water. The test is working - I tested a...

Thanks! I'll tell him to start by replacing some water. Probably needs to backwash his filter anyway... :)

My friend just bought a house with a pool that's 5 years old. 16,000 gal, inground vinyl, sand filter, solar + gas heat. The previous owners were apparently only using Aqua Foot tabs (trichlor + zinc). There are no other chemical pails lying around for TA/CH/PH etc., so I guess they never...

When I first got the pool (19,500 gal, IG vinyl) a couple of summers ago, the company that built it gave me a bunch of chemicals. They'd dumped in some stuff to start and I used the free stuff they gave me (PH+, Calcium, TA+, etc.) but there was a product called "Dazzle Pure + Simple Activator"...

Filtration is running 24/7. It's a cartridge filter - the pressure gauge on the filter hasn't changed since startup so I thought it was okay (the gauge appears to be working - it goes to 0 when I shut down the pump and I can move it up and down a bit by playing with the valves for the...

I'm pretty new to the pool thing - we just got ours last summer. Started out with the pool store chemicals but quickly found this site, picked up a TF-100 while in Minneapolis and started with BBB last fall. Pool was very murky at opening (dark green/black water, maybe 1 foot of visibility)...

Thanks for the replies...I'll keep an eye on the pH and not worry about it too much. As for the 4% bleach, well, I never thought to look at the concentration before I found this site. The 4% is the standard-strength Walmart brand "Great Value". They list an Ultra version of the Great Value...

Hi all, I'm pretty new to pool ownership - we just had ours put in in early August. The company that sold me the pool set me up with a lot of products - Dazzle "Pure and Simple" is the line...it's kind of confusing. Everything is prominently branded Dazzle and "Pure + Simple" but there's not...