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So, assuming this is pollen or dust....How do I get rid of it? Do you think the filter is filtering it out and then I'm just getting more each day? or is the filter not trapping it? Should I try adding the DE? or are there drawbacks to doing this?

I apologize for my ignorance but what is a skimmer sock? And no, I was not vacuuming to waste. I'm now concerned that this may be mustard algae. How can I find out?

Thanks for the reply. Since the pool water is not what I call "mom temperature" yet (only around 70 degrees), I will have to wait and post the information on what it feels like when it gets a little warmer. It is just really frustrating - I spent about 45 min. vacuuming the entire pool and...

I turned to this forum last summer when I had a terrible algea problem that took several weeks to clear. We finally had clear water again after some following the directions on this forum and switching to liquid chlorine / bleach. We had been using a Pool Frog and shocking with the bags of...

Thanks to both of you for the info on TA testing and for the link about the CYA test. I think the last couple times I tested the CYA - I was better able to distinguish when the dot disappears. So if my CYA is only 70 then do I just wait for my FC shock level is actually lower than what I'm...

Okay I got my test kit in the mail. Here are the readings both last night and today... Wed 7/30 6 p.m. FC 32 CC 1 CYA 90 ? This was a little subjective on seeing the dot (it was a little faint) Added 1/2 - 3/4 gallon of liq. Pool Chlorine Wed 7/30 9:30 p.m. FC 39 CC 1 CYA 70 PH 7.8 Thurs...

Sorry - my mistake - We put in 1 gal of liq pool chlorine last night - it is 10% Sodium Hypochlorite (not Calcium hypo). As for my CYA - unfortunately I'm a little in the dark on that but I don't think it is below 100 yet. The pool store said "around 100". When I test with my strips the...

Finally I'm seeing some progress... My water looks more blue then green, - sortof a greyish blue in the shallow. I can see the bottom step on the ladder and when I brushed the pool this morning I could see my brush head on the floor of the shallow end. Wish I had my test kit here...although...

We switched our cartridge out to a clean one yesterday. I don't think I have any debris on the bottom of the pool (didn't before the algae came). I can't see the bottom though. Although I don't have the good test kit yet - I don't really think my FC levels are dropping that much. I've been...

Well we drained off quite a bit more water today (about 10 inches below the skimmer) and refilled. Our well really got a work out today I don't think we are going to be able to push it like that again (it ran for like 5 - 6 hours). On my test strip it looks like the CYA is lower but I can't...

my most recent test is from aquacheck test strips Total hardness 250 TC 10 (max) FC 10 (max) PH 7.8 - 8.4 based on color it was between these colors TA 180 - 240 " CYA 150 - 300 "

This is so confusing. Yesterday after doing a couple drains and refills (before we started adding the large amounts of bleach), I decided to take my water in and get it tested at the pool store. The print out says "Congratulations" your water is perfectly balanced. The "ideal" range for CYA...

I saw somewhere on this site a method for estimating the Free Chlorine above 10ppm. Our test kit only goes to 10 ppm. Can someone refer me to these directions - I couldn't find them. We have drained water below the skimmer three times and refilled but I don't think we have changed the CYA...

I checked the bags of 'Quick Dissolving shock' we have been using and the ingredients are: Sodium Dichloro-s Triazinetrione Hydrated 99%, Other ingredients 1%, Available Chlorine - 55.5% Should I not use this - we have a whole box of it. More questions: What is the difference between liquid...

Thanks for all the replies. I wasn't sure where all the stabilizer was coming from - does anyone else use Pool Frog? I will check to see if that is the source of it. The one guy at the pool store said - "you've got plenty of stabilizer so that's good". If we disable this what would you...