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Re: Id love to get this pool open before fall!!! Help please I have well water, and not a very high producing well at that. But I have been doing some vacuuming to waste. The good thing about the rain is it is filling the pool allowing me to do this. Thanks for all the input everyone. I...

Re: Id love to get this pool open before fall!!! Help please I was looking at the "do not exceed these levels" number.

Re: Id love to get this pool open before fall!!! Help please I don't think so.... I am not getting anything when I run the net across the bottom. I have vacuumed to waste to the best of my ability w/o being able to see the bottom. I have also brushed the surface a few times. Brushing does...

Re: Id love to get this pool open before fall!!! Help please I have not tested for metals. The pool is a light, cloudy, green.

Re: Id love to get this pool open before fall!!! Help please So, not sure how long it has been down to 20, but I have been keeping the FC around 24 since I started the process. Should I stop going that high? Is it going to hurt anything besides my wallet? I have been home most of the time the...

Re: Id love to get this pool open before fall!!! Help please And, no... replacing half the water is not a cost effective option. I have a well, and the cost of having water hauled here is out of our budget. We had to do that a couple years back when we replaced the liner and it cost more for...

Re: Id love to get this pool open before fall!!! Help please Oops... that was a typo.... my CYA was 40 BUT, I just tested it again, and after adding water from the hose, plus the Crud load of rain we have had, the CYA level is now under 20!!! (I filled the tube all the way to the top and...

Re: Id love to get this pool open before fall!!! Help please OK, just read the SLAM page, and that is exactly what I have been doing for the past week and a half. Only the past couple days I have only tested and added bleach once a day because I had my freaking well pump go out on me so my past...

Re: Id love to get this pool open before fall!!! Help please My CYA was 90 when I checked it last week, but I have not checked it since. I am using the TF-100 Test Kit. I have not conducted an Overnight test yet. I will read about SLAM and give it a try. Thanks everyone!!

Hi there, Due to work I have not been able to get the pool open this spring. In late June I was going to start, but the motor on my pump was bad, so I had to order a new one and find the time to replace it. Well that finally got done. On July 4th, I finally started trying to clear up my...

Re: going from green to clear - FC does not seem to be dropp Dave, My test kit is stored in a cool dark place. I got it late summer 2010. Should I replace any of my kit? Could I be getting inaccurate numbers because it is old?

Re: going from green to clear - FC does not seem to be dropp I backwashed yesterday afternoon. My chlorinator is turned off (at least I think it is... I guess I need to double check)

Hello, I fired up the filter and removed the cover on Monday. Following the instructions in the Swamp to Oasis thread, I added bleach. I tested a half hour later and had a FC level of 18 (using the TFTestKit). I checked again an hour later and it was the same. I have added very little bleach...

I actually asked if rain would effect FC last night, and was told that it would: http://www.troublefreepool.com/overnight-fc-test-in-the-rain-t31324.html I assumed that it would based on the logic that any time you add non chlorinated water to chlorinated water it would dilute the strength of...

So, my test this morning showed I have a FC of 11, so I had an overnight loss of 2. However, it is quite possible that we had some rain last night. Also, will solids in the pool effect the FC loss? Like I said, I know there are more leaves in there. I keep trying to get them with the net, but I...