Recent content by pgkramm

Ah, there they are. Thank you for your patience.

Yes, the water is clear with the sediment on the bottom. The sediment is is more greyish brown and what little is being caught by the paper filter is more brown than green. The pump is pulling water and as far as we can tell, the filter is seated properly. We have changed out the filter with...

We are pretty new to pool maintenance and would appreciate guidance. After vacuuming the pool to get what I assume to be algae off the bottom, the water is cloudy. The pump has been running for three days but the paper filter is hardly catching anything and the water is still cloudy. What are...

We also use well water that has a high iron content. Every year the water turns a brown (the color of strongly brewed tea) when we add the chlorine. We tried the Metal Free stuff from Leslie's Pools, expensive and totally ineffective. We finally discovered the polyester fill trick. We use a...

I was in my local MegaMart store yesterday looking at their store brand bleach. The listed percentage of sodium hypochlorite is now 6.0% not 8.25%. These were new bottles based on their date stamp. I also looked at the Cloxox brand bottles of bleach and the percentage is not listed. How best...

Thank you for the recommendation. We'll give the filter bags a try.

Thank you for the clarification. I get it now:D

If algae can't be filtered, how do you get rid of it?

Thanks so much for your suggestions. What confuses me is that the paper filter is NOT trapping any of the particulate and neither is the fine mesh bag/filter on the vacuum. All we are accomplishing is stirring up the particulate/algae(?) and making a mess of the water.

My small Intex pool (2800 gallons) has developed a residue that won't filter out. The water is clear but becomes murky when we brush and vacuum the floor. The pump is running 24/7 but the paper filter does not get dirty. After about three days, the water is clear again and the particulate has...