Recent content by pool962

I'm sorry, yes, I'm replacing the cuffs off the vacuum hose.

I recently bought some cuffs and wondering what is the best product to use that is a strong bond and airtight.

Here is the latest update. After I changed out the sand 3 weeks ago, we had about 10" of rain that night that put me back to square one with the test numbers, zero cya, zero fc, etc. I ran the pool non-stop at shock level for a week with no significant improvement even with the new sand. I...

This last Sunday was the first time I let my FC level dropped below 17ppm because I got home too late to fool with the pool. I been keeping the FC at 19 along with backwashing and brushing all week without any noticeable improvement. I open up the filter to inspect the sand and it's not...

Yes, I tested for CYA every other day. I started out with zero CYA and added about 4lbs of stabalizer a 1 1/2 week ago. Tonight my numbers are: CYA 30 FC 12.5 CC .5 PH 7.4 I added 2 jugs of bleach to bring it up to mustard shock level and I'm going to try to keep it at that level for a...

After reading some of the other posts and seeing some of the pictures on here, I'm beginning to think I might have mustard algae.

I glad to be aboard this site. I'm transferring from poolforum. I have been backwashing daily. I haven't seen any daily improvement the last week. I might just have to cut the pipes and replace the sand today to see any improvements.

I let my pool turned to swamp over the south alabama winter. Started up 2 weeks ago and it goes from black to a light green cloudy water the first week and no changes the second week. It's been at shock level for 2 weeks with the pump running 24/7 with daily backwash and brushing. Most of the...