Recent content by Nymeria

I bought a scale and it arrived today. I should be able to better track my cya additions going forward. However, I have a potential complication. Now that there is a lot less pollen and seeds floating around, I've put a hairnet around my skimmer basket to trap stuff before it gets to the...

I don't have a scale so I've been using a second app to convert the weight that this sites app tells me.

Ok. Both tubs were closed and in a plastic storage area. The new one was also heavily wrapped in cellophane. Here are my test results 3.0 TC 0.2 CC 7.6 pH 80 CH ? CYA I'm not sure whether the chlorine was a lot. The pool was much better than last year when I couldn't see the bottom. It...

First, I'd like to thank all of you for your help last year. I learned a ton from this site and was able to get my pool from covered to swimmable in 5 days this year vs. 3 weeks last year. I'm having issues with my CYA. Last year it was at 50, just at the high end of ok. This year, I can't...

Both issues apply - pumping 22k gallons from my well seems like a good way to make it go dry. My water also has quite a bit of dissolved iron in it. Getting the existing water removed and then put back in sounds great. I'll have to take a look and see if that's available around here. I just...

I'm new to the journey of having a trouble free pool. So far, it has been nothing but trouble. I went swimming yesterday and the water seems to be noticeably lower than it had been. I'm currently doing a bucket test to figure out if I have a leak. My liner is pretty old, I don't know exactly...

That's good information, thanks. I don't have their measurements but the original value was above 100, guess adding 10lbs wasn't needed. Oh well, I should be set on calcium for a while! Thanks for the info on when to test ph and to just vacuum as needed.

Re: Working on algae, what does "clear" really mean? Holy moly, I think the slam is done. I tested FC at 8pm last night and 8am this morning and it was 23 both times. CC is still at 0.5 and the water is clear. A couple questions: 1. There is a little brown stuff in the dip at the...

Re: Working on algae, what does "clear" really mean? I think my testing was off last night. At 8pm I tested and got 21 FC. This morning I went to test and found black gunk in the little dipper. I wiped it out with a dry cloth, tested and got 22FC (still 0.5CC) The FC couldn't have...

Jim's photo is awesome. I tried to replicate it. My phone only zooms to 8x and it's windy but I'd say the water is pretty clear. My FC was down to 18.5 so I added another gallon of LC. I'll be off to buy more LC after work, but I'm finally feeling optimistic.

That's a great idea. I'll try to get away at lunchtime to test and add more. Thanks!

Thanks for all the feedback. The water seems clear to me, I can see down to the liner, no issues except some bugs that got into the pool overnight. I tried to take some better pics this morning with the filter off. The water is never completely calm, but this was pretty close. The liner...