Recent content by Heydeman

No fountains or water features. Just the skimmer..

From my original post. My alk was at 50 when I began having this issue.... "Originally when I began having to add acid everyday my alk was at 50. After reading through the forums I tried bringing my alk up with baking soda (alk increaser) and now it's at 100. I know when you add alk increaser...

P.S. My pool water is crystal clear.

Hi everyone. A couple of weeks back I slammed my pool, as per everyone's guidance. Thanks, the cl stuff seems to have really worked! My chlorine is now holding great I'm keeping it between 3 and 5 (per my cya of 40-50ish). My cl usage has gone down and holds pretty dang good throughout the...

Based off my other two threads, I replaced about 1/2 my water and got CYA down to 35-40. Before I found this site I had purchased some dichlor Bioguard shock from pool store, after they repeatedly told me the shock contained no CYA...I called Bioguard to confirm this and was told the indeed...

Had a question for Bioguard that you guys might find interesting. Got really tired of the pool store trying to sell me dichlor shock and saying it didn't have any CYA. Below is the email trail and the answer's I got.....interesting stuff... My Original Message: I have a high cya level in...

Well I'm on my way. Ended up draining the pool down 3 times at 20% each time. Got my CYA to between 45 and 35. Adjusted my ph from 7.6 to about 7.3 last night, and dumped 3.5 128oz bottles of 10% liquid chlorine, which should have brought my Fc from 0 to 25+(prolly a little overkill as with...

Yep. Checked it this morning after the first drain. Down about to 60ish....on the 2nd 1/4 drain now. Refill tonight, check CYA in the morning using my TF kit, check the slam level I need to achieve based on the cl/CYA chart, balance ph between 7.2-7.5 and start dropping chlorine. Might try...

About done with my second draining of 20-25% of the pool water. Probably start slamming tomorrow. I read that you are suppose to get the Ph back to 7.2 -7.5. Can I do this the same day I start the slam? How long do I need to wait after adding ph up/down to adjust my ph to when I can check it...

No Floor drain. Right now have the vac hooked up through the skimmer, sucking to the pump, and then garden hose from the pump out to the lawn...

Right now that's a problem I'd like to have... down about 15% so far....slow going once I'm below the skimmer. less than a full garden hose going out right now. Thinking about doing the ole bucket brigade to speed things up:)

Does the absence of high CC levels translate to no algae, or am I completely mistaken. Thanks.

Ok, working on replacing some water now. Haven't added any, and won't add any dichlor. the only thing that I've added since last Friday is the CH and the Ca Hypo pool store # 1 suggested. B/c of the fiberglass pool I plan on dropping somewhere around 1/4 of the water and replacing, as I don't...

Hello everyone. I’m pretty new to this pool stuff, bought a house in November with a 13600 gal fiberglass pool. It is setup with a Pentair pump and filter system. Throughout the winter the pool was easy to maintain. Kept my eye on Cl and Ph and augmented as necessary. With the weather...