Recent content by Jon_P

Yes it’s normal. I’m just north of you in Round Rock and I have to add water twice a week. The loss is right at 2” per 7 days with this heat.

New member here. Joined a few weeks back when I ran across an issue and needed some guidance. TFP has been the best and helped guide me into a TFP clear pool. Special thanks to @Rancho Cost-a-Lotta , @pjt , @Mdragger88 for the guidance and to @Sarah and Nate for getting me the test kit quickly...

Test results this morning: FC 6 CC .5 or lower (test water stayed clear) TA 110 CYA 40 PH 8.2 Anything I need to do regarding the PH? Will it drift down further on its own?

Thanks for all the help! I’ll give it a couple days and test everything and post results. It’ll give me some re-assurance :) Yes I want to get the SWG going sooner than later so I’m looking into that. Also, what do you feel about sand vs cartridge filters? I am most likely going to have to...

Update day 8: Same as the previous night. Only lost 1. So I believe I’ll call it good and let the FC drop to maintain level. So is the next step today to test everything else and see where we are?

LOL! Thank you!! 🤞🏼To passing overnight test tonight

Am I getting close to TFP clear?

Water looks great! I’ve never heard of the quarter test but I’ll try that later

Update day 7: Feeling pretty good today! Only lost 1 overnight but could also be .5 It was one of those times that the test water seemed clear and I could have stopped but it also looked like it had just a tiny bit of pink and then I dropped one more drop and it barely changed or could be my...

Yes. We removed and soaked all of the returns in bleach. Only saw one spot on one drain that looked like algae but also looked like rust stain. I posted that picture last night. We have scrubbed all of those and also inside the returns which were clear. Also scrubbed around every jet and they...

We are keeping on with it! Day 6. Had to go to the HD to pick up more LC and for grins I took water with me to test at Leslie’s because they are next door. They tested and told me My chlorine was too high and then told me to stop using LC and add tabs back to the pool. They said you will never...

It poofs. I don’t think the sand filter is doing it’s job. Comes back every morning