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Thanks for your help!! Turns out my pool is closer to 28000 gallons, not 20000. Crazy how much of a difference that makes. :)

Hi! How did you figure out 100 oz was about 3.4 ppm? I ran a test today to see how much chlorine would increase x ppm, using the pool math app to tell me what to add. My app said to add 90 oz in order to increase my ppm by 3.5. After 1 hour of running the pump on high I retested, and my water...

Backwashing question: I read here that you need to BW: Rinse : BW : Rinse. My sand filter has a manual handle that I turn on in order to backwash, then I just turn the pump on high while the water goes out into the yard through a pipe. Once it runs clear I manually push the handle back, and go...

I buy the 10% bleach. And yes, I do see the benefit of the SWCG. I need to start looking into it.

You left PHX for TX? Poor choice!! ;) JK - - - Updated - - - Yes, we have 2 dogs too... Im pretty sure I understand what I was doing wrong. Looks like I need to up it to a gallon of bleach a day. Seems pricey! Its about 3.22 per gallon here, which means 100 bucks a month. Sound about right to...

Thank you all for the info!! Appreciate it!

Maybe I’m just on the edge of too little chlorine? I keep it at 7 over night and when I come home from work the next day its usually at 3ppm. Do you think the constant dipping to 3 daily would cause it to go green so fast? Which means i need to keep it at 9 so it never drops below 5, right...

Thanks Texas. It was unseasably cold and rainy over the weekend. But other than that no weirdness with chemicals. I added DE to the filter. I tests the CYA sat. And it’s between 50 and 60. I always lose 4 ppm daily. And add about 100oz of bleach daily. I guess I’ll just slam - again- then blow...

Hi, I need so help!! I have been keeping my pool prestine all summer, my number have been great this whole time. I check DAILY, and adjust daily. My CYA is around 50 so i keep chloroine levels around 7. Today I came home from work and my pool is green! I tested chlorine and it was still at 6...

Thank you- now that the weekend is finally here I will up my numbers tomorrow and watch it like a hawk. :)

Weeks? Ah man. Thank you all for your help! 3 x a day it is!! :lovetfp:

Im not home in order to do it 3 times a day. Could i bring the chlorine up higher so it never drops below the minimum? So I should be at 16, so i could bring it to 20 and test 2 x a day, so it shouldn’t be falling below 16? This algae this is gonna be the death of me. :( Last summer I battled...

Brushing 2 times a day, morning and night, and testing the same. The water looks clear. I’m also running the pump on low non-stop. Should I be running it on high? My CC is zero. I stopped slamming yesterday morning so my chlorine is back to normal levels today. FC 8 CC 0 CYA 40 PH 7.6 TA 90 CH 300

Hi! I had a little algae that started blooming so I did a SLAM. I kept doing the over night test and it keeps coming back as 1.5 loss over night. I’m testing when the sun goes down and before the sun comes up. Is 1.5 ok? Or do i need to keep slamming until that number gets under 1? Thank you!

Thanks Jim! I will give that a try. After getting it to 7.2 yesterday, my TA is 110. Ill bring the ph up again and repeat!