Recent content by jdkdonk

I've just been on vacation in Galveston TX, and swimming in the Gulf. A friend of mine claimed a few years back that after his family swam in the gulf, and then came home to swim in his pool, and then they had an outbreak of black algae, culminating in a drain, and acid wash etc. I've searched...

Pulled my equipment apart today. I looked the filter grids over pretty throughly, I found a few small holes that appear to be a results of the grids rubbing on the organizer plate. This is one of the biggest holes: I have similar holes on 4 of the 7 grids. These holes are really small, and...

CC: 1ppm or less. I don't see how it can be dead algae as the pools been clear for over a week. I did add the required 6pounds of DE after cleaning, and the filter has been working just fine until yesterday. The pressure on the DE filter gauge has only gone up from 14 to 16 since I washed...

Hello! I recently bought a house with a pool and have been following all the great information available here! Last week I completed a week long shock process passing the OCLT and then bumping up to Mustard Algae shock level for 24 hours, following all the recommendations about removing lights...