Recent content by Meepmeep

Download the "Pool Math" app for android or iPhone. It has an "effects of adding" section that will tell you how much any chemical addition will impact your pool by volume. For a 5091g pool, adding 32oz of 10% chlorine bleach will raise FC by 4.9. You need to know your bleach concentration -...

Wow. We took the sock off for 2 days while we finished our slam (the socks were green with algae) and this is what happened to the pool filter without the sock.

I’m at 1 sock per day this week off the 10 pack I bought off Amazon. Those bugs are prolific. And these are still the nymphs… they are only about the size of a pencil eraser. when they are full grown they are the size of a large moth. Maybe 1/2 the size of a cicada. Will definitely move to...

Dude I think you just won the internet with that suggestion. Those are 1/100th the price of pool socks.

1 vacuum took it from the 50 line down to almost the 40 line (but still in 50 range). I’ll keep an eye on it. I’m trying to balance the amount of 12% I have on hand with what I’ll need for this SLAM. I have about 3.5 gallons and my last 2 top-offs have been 32 Oz each as my FC has dropped by 4...

Anyone in the mid Atlantic dealing with a spotted lantern fly infestation? They made it up through PA into NJ last summer and this summer we are overrun with nymphs turning into adults right now. These things love the pool and my external skimmer, pump skimmer basket and even filter are...

2nd year above ground pool victim here. We had frequent and persistent algae 2nd half of last season and this season, despite the pool opening very clear and being good for the first 2 weeks of the season (when it was cool and in the 70s) we’ve literally only had like 4 swimmable days when the...