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Thanks. Looks like it's going back

Thanks for the links. Looks like Quikrete was having a QA problem.

The All Star sand says 20/40 gradation and the HTH does say the grade. This is what I found in the filter's manual.

Hi, I'm gather the material to swap out the sand on my Pentair Tritton II TR 140 sand filter. Went to one local hardware store last night and got the last seven bags of pool sand they had. Today I went by a different chain and bought what they had. So now I have almost enough. When I got...

Thanks for the details. Going try SLAM again I don't give too much thought to cyanic acid. I empty a lot of water out over winter and with the back washing and refills it stays low. Not say they it couldn't creep up. It just hasn't. I betting that happens more the further south you go...

Single speeds are cheaper up front. In some areas like mine, there's not a rebate from the power company and the cost savings takes a while to justify it the higher upfront cost.

Right now my tests shows 2 to 4 chlorine, 7.2 ish PH, 120 alk, and I'm out of test for CA but pool store showed it at 40. I don't test for hardness.

SLAM I'm familiar with but not OCTL. My fear with SLAM is fading the liner, but I've done it with before. I'll have to look up OCTL

I agree that low speeds it is quiet, but 1200 doesn't work for every one. I switched from a 3hp single speed motor. I tried the lower speeds and I found that my in line chlorine feeder wasn't getting enough flow to keep the chlorine level up.

I went with a SuperFlo VS pump for my pool. Works well. I like the controls and the savings. IntelliFlo would have been better but I couldn't justify the cost. My only complaint is the noise. This is only my second pool pump ever so I don't have much to compare it too. Both were pretty loud IMO.

Hi All, Looking for suggestions, I have TR 140 filter, it holds 900+ lbs of sand. It seems to have lost of ability it filter out the finer particles. The water is mostly just cloudy, but does a brown\green tint to it. It's so bad you can barely say the bottom at 3'. I've shocked and vacuumed...

Just an update for anyone that might be interested. Pools nearly perfect now there is still more than normal sentiment settling at the bottom but nothing anyone other than me would notice The DE was doing its job but I could tell it was going to take several day to get it clear. After bout 24...

DE for the pool should be here tomorrow. Let's hope that does the trick. From what I've read I add a little to a skimmer till the filter pressure goes up by one psi. Vacuuming seems to just stir up the cloudiness more. Its almost like there's no filter there. If the pressure didn't go up when...

Hi all, Pool's been looking good all summer, then one day a couple of weeks ago it started getting a little cloudy and it's just gone downhill since. Had a massive algae outbreak that took too much effort to get under control. And even after that I can't get the water to clear up. The water...