Recent content by nickadee

lol, i'll just put a little sign on the gate letting people know that there are high chlorine levels. Swim if you dare.. Thanks for you help, I'll start shocking again in the morning, this time until its clear!! hopefully this will be the end of my pool troubles (for a bit)..

Hi Richard, I have just recieved my CH test kit, and it looks like you were right. CH is around 300. So even though I shocked last week (I went up to around 10 ppm FC for 8-10 hours) it wasn't enough? My next dilemma is that people are using the pool all the time (We own a backpacking...

My old test kit only goes up to 5 ppm for chlorine. I bought some test strips that go to 10.. I will get more bleach from the supermarket, but generally I buy them out and I have to resort back to calcium hypochlorite to top up. Hopefully my new kit will go up that high. Thanks Duraleigh I...

so it has been circulating for 24 or more hours and it is still quite cloudy, i don't think there has been a change.. TA has dropped from 80 to about 60 overnight though, PH is 7.4 FC 3 CYA 50 I will have the test kit on wednesday hopefully so I will post my numbers then including CH and see...

Hi Richard, thanks for the quick response. I spent this afternoon cleaning out the sand filter. It was pretty dirty so maybe that will make a difference. It has been cloudy for a few weeks, but because of the heavy rains we have had up here its been hard to keep chemical levels perfect. I...

Hi all, I think I have high CH. I'm not sure of this as I don't have a tester, and can't seem to get hold of one where I live (the pool guy had never heard of testing for Calcium). I have eliminated all other problems but still have dull, cloudy water. My numbers are: FC - 4 TA - 80 ppm PH...

It should be fairly well mixed, i have the poseidon (suction pool cleaner) in their every 2nd day or so (our neighbours have a dirt driveway - we get lots of dirt and dust flying into the pool).. i'll open the main drain today and give it a bit of a stir with the broom and measure it again this...

Hi all, I was under the impression salt in a pool lasted quite a long time. so about 3 months ago I got my pool up to 6000ppm (by adding 200kg of salt, it was at about 5000ppm) and haven't tested salt levels since. I tested just the other day after some heavy rain and I am back down to...

Hi all, Just wondering if there are any other Australians on this site that have bought a robotic pool cleaner in Australia. As far as I can find, the Dolphin series are the only ones available here at the moment at VERY hefty prices. They are nearly twice as expensive as you can get them in...