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Lately (last few days} Ive noticed that there is some air in my pump return basket cover when the draw is coming from the skimmer on the wall. When I turn the valve from the wall to draw from the bottom drain to the pump the air dissipates ... Im not seeing any water loss or leakage. Any help...

TIA ... I have a 5500 gallon in ground fiberglass pool that Im running a Hayward 1750 filter and a 1hp motor (the set up was here when I bought the house). I currently have the pump set to run for 12 hrs a day but I feel that may be too much. If anyone knows and or if they can point me in the...

Okay, thank you for the reply and info.

Hallelujah... THANK YOU ... THANK YOU ... THANK YOU ... AFTER 2.5 yrs of struggle and algae I have been reading and utilizing the advice from TFP.com for less than 5 weeks (and thats ONLY because of life getting in the way) and my pool is crystal clear and I actually SWAM in it today!!! So I...

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Re: Need some guidance please ... whats the next step? Well, After the clogged return pipes debacle from me getting over zealous, skipping a step or two not and effectively getting all the big debris from the bottom of the pool before I vacuumed I had the pool go completely green again haha my...

okay... 20-25% ^^^ clean psi... man this is taking FOREVER... I have been cleaning this cartridge at least every 20 to 30 min all day... but it will be worth it when its done.

Oh... I was so hot after wrestling with this thing for what seems like years... I rigged up my shop vac and my leaf blower and made a water hammer that finally unclogged it. I have a cartridge filter and as you replied I saw the psi at 25 and my return was barely pushing out water haha... so...

Patrick, THANK YOU for ALL your help and guidance up to now!!! I seriously have come to see this pool as my nemesis... I had to put the SLAM on hold... But then I went back and started where I left off and kept my FC up my CYA in range and thought I had gotten most of the debris from the...

Need some guidance please ... whats the next step? Started the SLAM but had to put it on hold. Monday I tested my CYA and it was back to zero. Its now at 40 and Im gonna finish the SLAM. . . wish me luck. haha

Thanks for asking... No I have had some life stuff come up and havent had the opportunity to finish the SLAM but I am maintaining FC levels to keep the algae from coming back and when this issue settles I will start from square one but at a much better starring point.

Hahaha... thats okay when Im not at work I dont think about anything medical... been doing it waaaay too long. yeah Wwe have had some stuff come up so the vacuum has been put on hold and it seems to be in a limbo state... its a VERY nice shade of milky blue and I can actually make out the next...

yeah about a yrs worth of debris

yeah that was my thoughts too... I can always start again and with less organic material theoretically it should go quicker.

haha... It's a blueish white and I am going to vacuum it because I suspect theres more organic material than I thought on the bottom so it will be a partial drain and refill so I may have to start over (sort of)