Recent content by new2poolz

Congratulations, Jen!! what an amazing transformation and these wonderful people that guided you along to such stunning results. Like you, we needed to read the pool school (and, for me it was a few times) in order to stop using pucks and begin our evening addition of bleach. This has...

Ive given up on brushing these black spots and calling in a professional to analyze the plaster and determine: a) exactly what the remaining spots are b) if they can be removed via DIY methods I was able to "kill" the larger black circles using step 5 of Killing Black Algae from Pool School...

Awesome, Jen! Psyched to see the tremendous progress you've made with your SLAM; and you're becoming a pro in the process. Great work and congrats - finish line is in sight (and so is the deep end)!

Happy to help and pleasure meeting you and Jason. Feel free to reach out if you have issues with the testing or pool math table. We could use a screen share in order to walk you through any calculations. Sorry to hear your running out of the reagent. That was the last of ours as we, too...

I've re-read Duraleigh's suggested Black Algae sticky for the 3rd time; and decided it's time for step #5 since I'm losing to the black algae with it having spread despite shock levels, brushing, vacuuming, backwash, etc. Last evening, I used a certain pool company's "puck holder" that attaches...

Hi Jen, My wife and I can run the reagent up to you now if you'd like. She wants to visit some friends in the city this evening anyway so it's not much more of a ride from Center City to Langhorne. I'd just need to know in the next 45 minutes if you're on here and want me to bring you some...

it would be my pleasure if I can help; and i enjoy driving much more than brushing my own algae. Just hoping Jen's issues are resolved quicker if possible so she can enjoy her pool with her family rather than stressing over it. Just saw the updated info. Good stuff - I'm still here if you...

Jen - very sorry to hear of your troubles and totally feel your stress. If you feel you can't wait for the reagent, I can bring you some of mine. I live about 80 minutes from you; and I could run it up to you tonight after traffic dies down. It would be a break from brushing my pool..... Let...

OK - here's the latest update - black algae is now spreading. Water looks crystal clear; however the black algae is beginning to spread with an additional 8 or 9 new spots about the size of a dime. Now I'm baffled since I've been maintaining FC above 24, brushing to exhaustion 3times per day...

Wow - you guys/gals are fast & rockstars - that's a brilliant method that would've taken me a few years to realize. Thanks for helping me use what I already knew (FC Loss) in order to avoid the pucks when possible OR use pool math. Why didn't I think of that.... Thank you, Dan & Tim.

Thank you! Two short questions - since my CYA jumped (45-60), my water level is a bit too high due to rain; i thought it would be more economical to drain approx 15-20% of water and replace to reduce the amount of bleach needed for the remainder of the season. This will put me closer to...

Tim, Just so you know, I had tested CYA last week @ 45 and this was 3 days after discontinuing ANYTHING but bleach. To my surprise in testing today after your post, the residual CYA from 1 week ago+ drove it up from 45-60 for CYA. Great call - can't believe the conditioner hung around that long...

Thank you as well, Dan. I'd love to get in their ASAP and scrub with a small brush! I've been itching to put on my scuba gear and stay down there and scrub like a madman. All of my gear has been thoroughly cleaned so as not to transfer black algae from ocean to pool. Would this be okay or do...

I did read the very thorough killing black algae. This is where I'm confused - I thought that I needed to maintain the FC at shock levels until the algae was dead as part of the 3 criteria. Am I reading into the "water is clear" criteria as requiring this to be free of black algae? That's my...

Certainly trying to be patient. My biggest fear is that my patience will equate to not being able to use the pool until the end of the season. I realize it's too difficult to predict from pool to pool; however I can't help but wonder if this is going to be several days, weeks, or months before...