Recent content by melrumphius

I will look into ordering one of these filters though it's too late for the water already in there. Please see my comments to Tim5055 about the TA correction. Thank you for your comments.

You are exactly right! Thank you for picking up on that. I got distracted by a husband wanting dinner and recorded the data incorrectly, the TA is 50. Also we have already added about 2500 gallons with the hose thinking that the CU-later 4 would take out the iron so it's too late to filter the...

We tried this last year and it did indeed work but I had to put the polyfill in a pillowcase because the return kept blowing the top of the bucket, it seemed to work but I totally forgot this until you mentioned. Thanks for the wake up call. I'm thinking I will adjust the pH first to prevent...

Hello, hope everyone is well. We are in New England and the weather is turning warmer so the pool is opened. We got a new 24 foot round 52 inch pool. We filled with 12 inches of well water while waiting for water delivery of ~8000 gallons(that's one delivery). That leaves us having to use the...

Thanks for your concern but we don't have a deep end-it's a 24 foot round. No worries though, I'm sick of dealing with it so I'm emptying it this weekend and having fresh water delivered. It will probably bring its own set of problems but hopefully, it will be clear. Any advice on dealing with...

Too bad you live in California because you are just the same type of guy as my husband. He loves to do things himself to learn and loves the challenge of physical, outdoor work because he's stuck inside all day. Best of luck to you! Would love to see before and after pictures, too.

I did and I ordered the pint bottle! o_O I wasn't home most of the day and it was cloudy with some strong sun off and on and the fc only dropped by 6 in almost 8 hours, the cc has been 0.5 twice, so I'm hoping for a good OCLT. It is still cloudy and has been for weeks(since first week in June)...

Hi, I have a target of 35 with my slam so I'm going thru chlorine reagent like water. I know when testing for high cya, you can dilute with tap water. To save on using reagents for chlorine(40-70 drops per test), can I dilute the chlorine sample in the same way and then multiply the result by 2...

Ordered it from Amazon, gotta love that 2 day shipping :-)

Thanks, I like that quick formula and will jot it down in my log. I've been targeting 7-12.

I've been using the range suggested above, using the cya chart and will keep targeting that. I've added water, too so as to bring cya down but realizing it will take time. I thought I would try a new pool store today because they supposedly carry Ahhsome per their website. They had never heard...

Thanks again, I read some nightmare stories on amazon about bioactive so will stear clear of it. I'm replacing water daily and encouraging the kids to splash lots. I will only use bleach no trichlor or dichlor and with time hope that works. In the meantime, what taking into account the cya what...

Marty, thanks for ready my lengthy post. I'll keep vacuuming, brushing and backwashing. also, I'm thinking of ordering Ahhsome per other posts. Do you recommend this? As far as the CYA, I'm only using bleach now and adding water daily to dilute. I don't want to empty the pool because then I'll...

Hello, new to the forum but have had a pool for about thirty years/ Above ground, vinyl 24 ft round. using Taylor Complete FAS_DPD Chlorine kit to test and stopping by pool store once in a while to check their results to mine. Here are my results: CC 0.6 FC 0.6 pH 7.3 TA 140 Cyuranic Acid 86...

I'm in New England and have never heard of this but sounds intriguing!