Recent content by kmd0826

I add chlorine/bleach almost daily but every time I test it none registers. I use the colored test strips and if I get nothing with that I use the aquachem liquid test kit that test CL/BR/PH. The PH always comes back normal 7.6 But the CL is at 0. The water looks amazing considering where I was...

@Donldson i don't understand about "trusting numbers" I thought thats what most on this forum give advice by or are you just talking about the numbers a pool store would give me not being trustworty? I think if I could get it stable then I could maintain it with no problem. I had no initial...

Got a list of some local pool stores from a family member so I will try and have it tested at one of those and see if they can give me some good numbers and starting advice. Most chemicals I have from last year but I do like the BBB method so I may go with that.

Yesterday Today it is still green but it is a nicer shade What the homemade filter has gotten so far I added 3 cups of 8.25% bleach and that's it. I have been reading the pool school stuff and honestly feel like it is written in Chinese. Like I said before the only tester I have are the...

No nothing settled at the bottom. Is there a special type of pool bleach or just regular last year I used the tabs in the filter. How much should I add to start?

"green" water top corner is a cloud reflection Bottled water on the left ^and the well water on right -->before the bucket with bleach test Bottled water on the left ^ and well water on the right --> after the bucket with bleach test So should I go ahead and add cholrine or shock? I only...

We have lived here for just over 7 yrs and the well was dug I am assuming in 1978 when the house was built and hasn't run dry to my knowledge we had to replace the pump about 4 yrs ago other than that we have done nothing to it as far as maintenance/testing. I am like 85% sure the coloring is...

If there was iron in the water wouldn't show up in the filter I put over the hose which is a large jug stuffed with batting and holes drilled in the bottom? So far the batting is just a little yellow no where near the orange I have seen around the internet of iron filtering. And if there is iron...

I actually never thought of a two way valve. My husband only wants to run it for a few hours per day, he thinks the well will go dry or the pump will burn out or anything else that could go wrong will go wrong. We do have an older house so having the hose on outside affects the water pressure...

This is our second year filling the pool with well water. Last year we had a smaller pool 12'x36" and when we filled it the water was perfectly clear, but this year it has been raining non stop for almost a month and the water from the well turned a little yellow. Well it stopped raining and the...