Recent content by Hope

I decided to use the Super Floc. When I went outside this morning, I was expected the bottom to be covered with all kinds of stuff. I did have all those pockets of whatever it is that I am fighting, but the bottom looked like clouds, or smoke. It was the weirdest thing I have ever saw. I...

savdoc2 - does this silt/dust show up only when the pump is running? I have trees around the pool - an oak, a maple, and a mulberry but nothing directly hovering over the pool. I also have hosta plants all the way around the pool. It just baffles me that it only shows up when the pump/filter...

The hose from the skimmer goes to the pump and then the hose that should go into the filter from the pump is replaced by a longer hose that goes right to the solar panel. The water goes through the panel and comes out through another hose directly through the return. So the filter is totally...

Thanks. It is on the way. We ran the filter on recirculate after vacuuming very well. Hours later, the bottom was covered again. I re-vacuumed the pool last night and shut the filter off and put the solar cover on. This morning I woke up to crystal clear water and a clear bottom. My husband...

Well, I guess I bought the wrong kit. I could have sworn this had the FAS DPD, but it doesn't!

I also tried to use the pool calculator but it says forbidden. Pool water today is 84 - forgot to mention that. =)

Okay, I finally got my Taylor test kit. This is what I got thus far and it doesn't seem to be great. My FC is off the charts and so is the TC. The CYA, if we did it right, was at 70. You keep adding drops until you cannot see the black dot. The pH has dropped to 7.0 Total Alkalinity was just...

Oh, I am not listening to anyone at the chemical store. I am awaiting my test kit and I will look for help from you guys. I just posted it here so you all know what I have been told. I do not want to pay for anything else. I have done a lot of chemicals over the years trying to fix this - to...

After I backwash, the pressure is usually on 8. Anymore bad new about my equipment? lol :) I am realizing real quick how much I shouldn't have listened to pool stores. I did re-vacuum my pool and I can't believe it, but so far so good. There is a little bit that seems to have come back in or...

Just to show something for now - here is what I bought in 2010. These are the exact models that came with the pool when it was installed. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002DP ... 00_s00_i00 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EV ... 01_s00_i00

Yes, I ordered a test kit. :goodjob: I will try to post pics sometime this afternoon. The multiport is on filter and nothing ever comes out of the backwash port unless it is turned off and you turn the valve to backwash - then it will come out like a faucet. When you turn the pump on, it...

linen: the problem I was having then is the same problem I am having now. I have been dealing with the same problem for 4 summers now. I am really worried that it is mustard algae because I have been told it is an out of the pool problem, that is brought in and it is so easy to keep...

I have a sand filter. Never heard of channeling and I can't honestly say I know what it means after reading the thread. lol Sorry. Before replacing my last sand filter - we changed the sand. I gave it a good cleaning - even bleached it like mad inside to kill anything that might be growing...

I am looking at the test kits on here now. I am also reading about testing to see if there is any living organic matter in the pool. Very interesting and I am ticked off that I never knew about this before. I correct myself in my last post. Yes, it is phosphates and yes, I am being pushed to...

I just had my water tested at a pool store and I forgot to ask for a print out. Everything falls within normal ranges - the only things are the pH is a little low at 7.2 and the phosphorus is at 300. The chlorine is holding at the very high end of normal. Pool man thought it best, until we...