Recent content by MichaelJSullivan

Hey all, I'm starting to get a handle on things but I'm still learning...I think I have a fairly complicated system (brand new) and I want to get my levels correct. I should say that my water is crystal clear, free of metals, and has low hardness (comes from a well) and is always at 7.5 pH...

Sorry, I should have been more clear. It wasn't just "rainwater" I had flooding which basically sent a river of mud into, and out of my pool. Had to do a lot of vacuuming to waste so what little chemicals were in the pool to start with were dumped away. As for how I'm testing... 1. I have a SWG...

I have a 38,000 gal vinyl lined pool, with plastic pipes, no heater, a variable speed pump, and stamped concrete as the apron. I have a well with no iron and very soft water. They ran a test and it says I have to add 70 lbs of "stuff" to bring my hardness up to "balanced levels". From reading...

Just wanted to weigh in here. I basically have two choices for pool salt in my area. The local pool store $15.00 a bag, or Wallmart which only carries the Clorox at $5.30. Since my pool was overrun with rainwater ALL my salt was gone and to get it back up Pool math says I need 1,018 lbs of salt...

Thanks Maddie, I hadn't thought about the algaecide prevention. That's a good idea. And yeah, we've been keeping the circulation off so things can settle. The problem is the dirt is very fine and is suspended. We are vacuuming blind because we can't see the bottom. I did dump a bunch of liquid...

Hey all, I'm a new pool owner and have spent days all over the forum and learned a lot!! Some specifics about my pool. 38,000 gal vinyl liner Sand filter Variable speed pump SWG system Pool was installed, water crystal clear, checking my levels and everything right in line with what's been...

Thanks Dave...it does help. I appreciate you taking the time. Some additional information/questions...so the first time around I ran the filter as I was hoping the dirt would be filtered out -- and I was slamming (because - well it was shown to clear pools much worse than mine was). But that...

Gah, I made this long post, and it didn't save, so I'm typing it in again. Okay, so I'm a first-time pool owner (38,000 gal vinyl pool with SWG, sand filter, Ozone/UV system, and variable speed pump). We've had it running for about 2 weeks and everything has been crystal clear, easy to...