Recent content by Guinness418

How's the color? At the very beginning of my swamp conversion I brought pool up to mustard algae level (just in case) and let it come down to shock level and after a few days found no more CC even as the color was still foggy green. Just a thought. Also I'm not *Sure* that it helped but the...

I'm using a big leaf bag on one skimmer pool and a vacuum on the other. My wife called me at work yesterday when she did her first test of the day and said shallow end is visable all the way down! :goodjob: Thanks for the help. In a few days it will be completely clear hopefully and I can post...

Ha! I grew up in Hubbard! Because everyone there knows everyone I'll PM you. However since you do have the swamp you should listen to what these great people have to say. They got me from dark green and things living in my pool to clearing up really fast and without spending crazy money at pool...

I appreciate the support! It's hard practicing POP! I have a 21 month year old daughter that loves swimming and she can't say much yet but she points to the pool and say "pool" all day and I'm like "Yes honey, thats sort of a pool that the previous owners turned into an extention of Lake...

I will try it as well next Friday when I get my new phone....right now using a BB Torch and no apps I ever want are written for it :rant:

Hmmm since coming on the site I assumed it did based off of the pool calculator: "Note: It can take solid stabilizer up to a week to dissolve. It will also lower your pH." Also with the amount of time I will be shocking I thought that can also effect PH test? Pump has not turned off since...

I've attached a picture my wife emailed me. She took it on her iPhone and it actually looks a little less blue then it does when I'm standing over it. Weather here with the fact its a phone picture probably not helping. Thanks for any input.

As I've said a few times I'm just about completely converted from a 2 year shut down un covered swamp in NE Ohio to a useable pool. Only issue is I can't get my water to clear up to get the finishing touches. My results of my test are pretty dead on aside from until I get my additional chlorine...

When I started to do my conversion my hardness was like that because the "shock" packs I had purchased from the pool store were like 65% Calcium Hypochlorite. Then I found this site and got on track. Luckily because of draining and filling through backwashing and vacuuming so much my Calcium...

If you look at the bottom (last box it's yellow) there are some boxes to list what you are using to add chlorine, what your pool surface is, and set goals. You can preset them to trouble free pools pre loaded numbers. Also it will list in a box towards the bottom (2nd to last box, it's blue)...

Re: The Pool store does it again...this time on water test k Well either way I appreciate the help and ordered the kit. Just going to do the dilluted distilled water test and keep my former swamp up at, at least 20ppm FC till the water clears up or I can verify exactly where I am from the TF...

Re: Loss test - at what point does the sun ruin your results On the Pool School reading I did when I was doing my swamp conversion it said morning test must be done before direct sunlight. I was doing mine at 6:30am (before work). Sun was starting to light up the sky a little but was an hour or...

Hey I've been keeping up on this thread and although I'm not much more experienced at this whole deal then you I just finished a swamp conversion in NE Ohio. If you ever want to talk as far as where I find certain chems or pricing let me know (not sure how close to Boardman you are!). If you are...

Re: The Pool store does it again...this time on water test k That's not a self serving agenda at all. That's exactly the kind of input I am looking for. Self serving was the guy selling me the wrong kit and the same exact guy telling me they don't have that one when I went back and said he had...