Recent content by Hobbsks

Thanks for the tip about the heater! You reminded me I needed to add that to my signature!

I have a little but I didn’t know if raising the TA or PH or both was the best idea. I will mess around with the Ph a bit more and see what the app says

FC 3 CC 0 PH 7.2 TA 80 CH 180 CYA 30 CSI -0.71 My thinking is the CSI should be as close to 0.00 as possible... am I correct in this thinking? What is the best method to raise the CSI without throwing everything else out of whack? I have been using the PoolMath App and thanks to the great wealth...

I need to update that. I replaced it with a de filter

Thanks everybody for your quick responses.

Since learning about this site and the TFP process I have learned a lot. I SLAMed the pool this past week and did the overnight chlorine loss test. Perfect! I was ready to maintain. I travel for work and thought I had expressed the importance of checking the free chlorine levels EVERY day...

I live just south of wichita. I have been doing some dirt work and recently planted some sod around the pool and didn't wasn't to open it until I was done. There is supposed to be a cold snap this weekend and I am waiting until after that. I did find a Pentair DE filter on Amazon with 72GPM...

The pool is still closed at the moment. The last test I have for cya is 140 which is extremely high.... looks like I will be doing a water transfer when I open the pool. I understand my water chemistry hasn’t been the best in the past and with the information on this site moving forward I can...

I have been using the poolmaster 5 way kit the past few years. I will be switching to probably the tf100 this year. I use bio guard smart shock(sodium dichloro-s-triazintrione) and pucks. I recently stumbled on this site and will be changing pool maintenance as I have learned quite a bit from...

From the research I have done on this site everybody recommends the Maytronics S200. I’m not needing anything super fancy just something to vac the floor of the pool so I don’t have to. Would the E10 work for that?

I currently have an old Hayward sand filter rated for 35gpm that is completely discontinued and the top half of the filter is leaking water slowly. I limped thru last years pool season with it. The pool water has always been clear but at night you can see a slight haze or cloudiness to the water...

Ran across this forum browsing for information and I have learned a lot and am looking forward to learning more. I have a small 12x31 inground vinyl pool with a sand filter and a Pentair VS pump that has been fairly easy to maintain but I am having to replace equipment and what to do it right. I...