Recent content by ground_trooper

I have a PCC 2000 (Paddock Pools built in 2000) I am the second owner. I have had it for about 12 years. I have had some issues over the past few years with it not cleaning as well as it used to. Some background history: About 2-3 years ago I figured out that I had some popup heads that the...

I am a testament to this. I went a little crazy a couple of years ago with some new floaters (Actually they sink and then rise once the pucks have mostly dissolved) That is how I ended up here. It was a hard lesson to learn, but I look back on all of the $$$ spent at Leslie's, and other places...

I just picked up 12 jugs (121oz 8.25) at Walmart on Wednesday night. They were on sale for $2.00. So my August supply was a really great deal.

So if my TA is now more in line should I turn off the aetator and that should help. I also have a water fall that I run on a small trickle when the filter is running just to keep the basin from growing algae.

Got rid of my algae about 3 weeks ago. Thanks for the help with that. I have got everything in check (I think) except I am continuing to battle higher PH My test this morning. FC - 4.5 PH - 7.8 TA - 100 CH - 340 CYA - 40 Temp 74º I have been running my aerator at night while pump is running...

OK I think I am really close. I had an overnight loss of 3 points and I have no CC. But I couldn't get up before the sun (2 hours after sunrise) as I have been a little ill. I am going to continue shock levels through today and see how my overnight loss looks tomorrow. FC 8 PH 7.6 CYA 30 I...

Yes Yippee, I figured that was the case. With the CYA. Considering I was still on the low side I figured I might as well use it. Should I brush the walls or just let the SLAM do it's thing?

Ya I am living on the edge. I do have some yellow slime on my walls. I added 2 gallons of bleach and the bag of shock I had bought. My PH is still in the 8+ range so I will work on it and it looks like my CYA is still around 25. So I need to go a little higher there. I have and old school...

OK I had a little incident tonight. I realized that I should probably backwash my pool since it has been a while since I had done it. Before putting all these new chemicals in and then washing them out. Anyway, my backwash hose twisted into a kink and it exploded about 3 feet from the filter...

Well I guess this time I will flush my $$ down the drain. I don't want the hassle. Off to Lowes to get some MA as I am almost out! Thanks for you help! Next time I will go powder!

Ha Ha I already bought the liquid when I was there. Is the only difference the price? At this point it is not worth it for me to drive back and hassle them with a return unless the outcome will be better with granular.

I had a tree roots vs pool pipes situation. We had to cut out some roots, and ended up rerouting some pipes. In the process we had to do 2 partial drains to get water below wall returns because we didn't know what pipes were what. So basically I am starting over and want to start up right. We...