Recent content by Hawk Stone

Thanks for the help. The pool is back to normal now. I had indeed put soda ash instead of DE in the filter. The overnight loss test, and the 10 minute test told me what the problem was. SLAM, acid, and finally... no more algae. Follow-up question... I think my grids are starting to fail on my...

Just cleaned the grids. Filtering now. As for the ammonia, it was 0.5ppm after adding about 30ppm FC last week!

Updated information... I went to backwash the filter, which had been acting strangely anyway. No slurry came out, just clear water. Turns out there was no DE. Last time I backwashed, I think I accidentally recharged the filter with 5.3lbs of probably soda ash. That would explain the high...

No fertilizer use for years. Is it possible that the tabs getting wet could have somehow destroyed their CYA content? If not, is it safe to assume the CYA was bacterially converted to ammonia?

Hello everyone. As always, I'm grateful for this forum. I have an unusual situation, and I'd like a little advice. Background... I was heading out of town, and didn't have any bleach. So I crushed up about 10 trichlor tabs and put them in a floating dispenser. (I know, I know...) When I...

Hello, I'm having something rather strange happen with my TF-100 test kit. I'm doing a bucket test (2gal pool water, 1/4 tsp bleach), and using the FAS/DPD drop test for FC. I add the powder, then swirl, then add 4 drops of the R-0871 liquid. It neutralizes the pink color. But then if I wait a...