Recent content by Lblamboy

Really? This happens to me at least once a season...I get a bloom, think I've knocked it out with a decent dose of superchlorination/shock and/or a'cide, and brushed the heck out of the pool to the point of having sparkling blue water back, and then pat myself on the back only to see that...

Jason's the expert here, and his advice parallels what I've seen elsewhere... However, since you also said you're fighting a massive algae problem, it might be something different too, so I'll chime in with my 2 cents (I dealt with the same challenge recently)....I saw a site a few weeks ago...

Re: New Deepender has CYA, FC>10, and Cal-Hypo questions ga Thanks to all for the great input! Here's what I've learned so far, in reverse order this time: 5) All indications are that CH should be climbing for me now, which is a good thing in my case, as my water is really soft (like 150) 4)...

Re: New Deepender has CYA, FC>10, and Cal-Hypo questions ga Thanks for the great input Robbie! I'm curious to see if others can fill in more details too - esp on the mechanism by which CYA releases CL if it's needed, as the various posts I've read aren't very clear on whether that happens or...

Hi all! I have been running my SWG for 5 years and never had to fool much with my pool chemistry at all, but the cell died this winter leaving me a huge mess to clean up in order to open the pool...Until I can re-plumb for the new SWG cell, I'm running Tri-chlor tabs with Cal-Hypo for the...