Recent content by Kickedweasel

Ph 7.1 cya 39 ta 31 fc holding between 15 and 20. Filtering with my intex sand filter. After 4 weeks of blindly pulling leaves and slamming and vacuuming I'm starting to see some results. I think I'm in the home stretch and I'm wondering if adding a pound of soda ash to raise ta and ph at the...

Slams complete. Didn't think it would look this good. Where should I aim my ph from now on? Still keep it around 7.2? I'm assuming keep cya around 40 -50 ish. Fc around 7-10. Under 20 for safety. Where should my ta end up? I can test that tonight once fc goes down a few more points.

alright I can see the bottom. Got the rest of the leaves out. I used a little water clarifier over the last 48 hours and that really made a huge difference. I'm now just brushing and keeping chlorine right above shock level. I think a quick vacuum tonight and I'm swim ready for the new england...

It's not black anymore! Lol

Ph is between 7.2 and 7.4 cya is still between 45 and 50.

I took the cartridge out of my second filter and filled it with poly fill to see if there are any metals in the water. Finally got my Das powder kit in as I ordered the 2005 kit originally. My free chlorine is at 35 ppm with 50 cya. My goal I believe is 20 ppm so I am way over kill at this...

Ok so the water when not in the pool looks pretty clear after slamming it all this time. When in the pool it has a green tint. Is this possibly from dead algae on the surfaces? My brush doesn't seem to work very well on it but if I rub my hand vigorously on it it the staining comes off. Is there...

I over shot my cya I think its 45 or 50 now ugh. I guess I just need to hit it harder now. It's hard to monitor working all day but I put a gallon of bleach and a bag of cal hypo in last night and 24 hours later these are my readings. Just put another gallon of bleach and a bag of cal hypo in. I...

Thank you I will get some cya st the store today and some ph down.

Would topping off my pool from my hose before hand lower ph and ch? Since I need to do this anyway would it be beneficial to start with that instead of chemicals?

Copy that!

My kit finally came in. The water has gone from black dark green to a much lighter green. Almost no leaves coming out with the skimmer. Both pumps running with constant backwashing and cartridge cleaning every other day or so. My ph is 7.6 My ch is 75 I did the cya test but I filled the entire...

Yes got it from a sketchy 3rd party site. It was only 32 dollars and claims to have shipped from China 2 days ago. Lol live and learn.