Recent content by ITri72

I had a slow drip at the drain plug of my filter so I removed it and put on a new oring, lubricated it, and put it all back together. Unfortunately, I still have a leak, but only when the pump is on. Did I just not tighten the drain plug enough or could there be something else? The filter does...

Dave, Thanks, haven't thought of that. There are places in town to rent them. It's worth a call. ~Susie

Thanks for all the replies. I called the pool store back again & spoke to someone else. I was told that the liquid chlorine would be between 10-12%. That sounds more like it. Don't know what that guy was talking about before. The cheapest I could find more concentrated bleach for was $3.14 for...

I live in an area without a pool store. I've been looking for a more concentrated bleach than the 6% at Walmart so I called around & found a pool supply store about 40 mins away who said the percentage of sodium hypochlorite is 20-22% - is that even possible (I've never heard such a high...

I think I goofed! I researched automatic cleaners, weighed the pros & cons, & decided I wanted a pressure side cleaner for the pool. So a couple of weeks ago I bought a Polaris 360 on Ebay. What I didn't consider was the fact that our pool has an Aqua Genie skimmer system & there's no way that...

Well, I'm finally making progress. Have taken some photos, but need to figure out how to post them here. Just wanted to ask a few more questions. My pool looks soooo much better. It's cloudy, but I can see the bottom. The green hue is completely gone & the beautiful blue is back, however I...

Oh this is soooo good. Thanks for answering my questions. Well, I got a little ahead of myself last night by saying I was going to shock right then & there. I don't have quite enough bleach to do the job so I'll tackle that tonight. Richard thanks for the info regarding pollen vs. algae. I've...

Thanks for the advice Dave. Think I'll go out there tonight & add some bleach - I'm a night owl!! ALSO - I've been reading over at PF & found a thread in Dealing with Algae that describes what I've been dealing with. I can't register over there so I have no way to communicate with those folks...

HELP!!! We got back from vacation 2 weeks ago & I'm still struggling to get my pool back in shape. Before we left everything was fine. I went ahead and shocked the pool before we left & had my neighbor add bleach every other day. Apparantly that wasn't enough because we came home to a partially...

I am confident in the drop of the CYA level. I've been testing it regularly since the first of April & it has been slowly dropping over the last 2 months. I'm sure it's not all due to rain. Early on I drained some water - not to mention the Texas heat that comes & goes in the spring time. Now...

Tested CYA this morning & it's just below 30ppm - my test doesn't register any lower so I'm guessing it's somewhere in the 20's. The rest of my #'s are: FC - 1.0 CC - 0 pH - 7.7 TA - 80 CYA <30 Temp 76 What should I do next? I opened this year using BBB, but I still have plenty of chlor brite...

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!! :-D My pool is back to the crystal clear water I remember! Thanks for the help, everyone. I took the easiest route first & added about 5 ozs of HTH Super Concentrated Clarifier - by the end of the day yesterday the water was noticeably clearer & this afternoon it...

Please clarify :lol: if you will the length of time for a clarifier to work. Are you saying if I use a clarifier it'll take about 7 days to work & if I don't things should clear up on their own in about 7 days? I'm not real clear on this!!! How hard is it to find "natural" clarifiers? There's...

Thanks for the welcome. No. I don't have an auto-vac - just me! At this point, from the feedback I've gotten so far, it seems like I've done just about everything else. I have rinsed my cartridges several times, though not soaked them in cleaner. The clarifier seems like the easiest way to...

John, Thanks for the response. I have been brushing about once a week & haven't noticed much being stirred up. Haven't soaked the cartridges yet. My pressure never seems to change so I put it off thinking they were OK. Haven't used a clarifier in a long time - what exactly is it & is there...