Recent content by joby

last eve FC22 CC1 cover on, fountains off 0620 FC 9 CC1 CYA 30 I am so disappointed. I noticed no good flow or swirl through my skimmer with my fountains off. Filter pressure with fountains on 17. With fountains off 25. Also black starting at water line in skimmer. I don't know what to...

Ok jblizzle, that's good to know about the "clear for a few seconds"..and yes, I have been multiplying the drop # by .5, or dividing the drop # by 2. Sorry, I did state that wrong.

I haven't seen a scumbug before. I see it is good for oils ect. OK to leave in skimmer and doesn't affect chemistry? CYA levels? As far as chlorine drop test. I use the TF 100. Fill chlorine only test tube to 10 ml. Add heaping scoop of r 0870, and swirl. Then hold R 0871 in left hand...

Just surprised by a dead mouse in my skimmer basket. Yuck. Could this have been part of the problem?

last pm FC 18 CC 1 6:00 am FC 7.5 CC 1 What do I do? I'm at a loss. What should my shock level be and how long should I keep it there. I will have my kids scrub the edge of auto cover. What is best for this? Bleach? I will try and attach pics. The place where I found dirt (algae does...

Wasn't able to keep shock level consistent over the weekend do to weather and grad parties. Lowest FC 9 but my goal was 16. Last CYA 30 and have turned chlorine feeder off. The mustard yellow level shock level is 18 and that should probably be my goal as recommended as above (I think I had a...

Thank you. 7:15 pm FC 17 CC 1.5 I removed the vented covers over the returns x 2 at the bottom of the deep-end of pool. Leaves and brushed. Do these algae traps need to be over the returns? or are they an add on? No chems added since 7:15 pm 10:20 pm FC 12.5 CC 1.5 - turned pink after...

I don't get it. "Losing the faith, green pool" guy has an AWFUL looking pool water and a CC of .5! I now have crystal clear blue water, keeping FC above 16 and can not get my CC less than 1.5 - 2. I'm in over 70 gallons of 10% not including the dichlor I used at the beginning to get my cya...

I think I definitely opened to a CYA to Ammonia problem. Can't get my CC down but too far in to stop or drain. Yesterday used 18 gallons bleach. When I got home from work FC was 6.5 after 2 gallons every 1-2 hours, kept plugging away with testing until Tested at 11:30 pm FC 15 CC 2.5 (had...

Update 6:30 am FC 1 CC 2 pH 7.2 Added 2 gallons 10% bleach Will have my daughter add 2 gallons t/o day every 60-90 min. I can't even get to shock level. This is going to take a lot of bleach.

Thank you butterfly. Hard to shock and work. Slows the process down. Update: This morning my FC 1 and CYA <20. My husband put in 2 gallons of 10% bleach this am and had to close the cover for a day of rain. This evening we pumped the rain off the cover and opened to clear water! I could see...

Left pool open with fountain on t/o day yesterday. Seemed to clear up a little for the first time, no chems added during the day. Last eve I started to shock pool with dichlor 64% to help increase my CYA and use the rest of the product I have on hand I used pool math to adjust the dose of...

I if I just use bleach should I get my cya up first? If I don't use my products on hand do I need to aerate regardless?

TF 100 arrived !!! Not near as complicated to do the testing as I thought it would be. I completed most of the tests at least 2x and would recommend this to newbies like me..I did get significantly different results. Important to note for the chlorine drop test - not to count the water turning...

Thanks again. Still waiting on the kit. Here are some pics.