Recent content by remixmark

Thanks, but I just slammed it as it appeared to me yellow algae. It’s back to crystal clear now :)

I've backwashed it three times in the past month just to be sure. However, I have not changed the sand out since it was installed in 2017. I started SLAMing my pool yesterday and the algea color is already gone, now it's just cloudy. I'm guessing I had yellow algea.

FC: 4.5 CC: 0 PA: 7.6 TA: 90 CYA: 55 FC was 5 last night and I ran the pump overnight w/ the SWCG off. Our water is a bit murky and we have a fine yellowish powder in the water. It's been like this for a week or so. Do you guys think it's pollen or should I SLAM? SLAMing didn't make sense as my...

I'm loving the hairnet trick. I'm catching a lot of fine gunk. Another tip, run your pump as fast as you can. I notice small bugs swirling around my simmer when I run the pump at half speed. Once I crank it up all that stuff just gets sucked down.

I'm on day 6 of my SLAM and my pool is looking clearer than the day we had it filled. I'm simply amazed :rockon: I've been using the hairnet trick on my skimmer and vaccum. I put three hairnets on each and that seems to be doing a great job at getting the really fine dirt out and reducing the...

Ahh FC at 10 is plenty high, just make sure you mix that puppy up a few times a day with a brush. so you don't get any localized algae. I'm on the tail end of a SLAM because i didn't have CYA high enough and I read during my searching that algae can pop up in localized spots (deep end...

Yea I have a rectangular pool, see my signature for pix. We don't use a hand railing in the shallow end, no need for it for us. I also have a swimout in the deep end that helps move hot water to that end of the pool well. the 3HP Variable Flow pump is great at moving a ton of water ;) You...

I suppose there's no harm in brining my FC up just to be sure, thanks for the tip. I'll know for sure once I try the hairnet life hack :goodjob:

Thanks, yea we have been testing 4+ times a day and adding more bleach as needed. We also have been brushing and vaccuming at least twice a day. I can definitly notice a difference! I can't wait to have clear water again :paddle:

When I wrote that message I asked my wife and we discussed this very issue. It's hard to say how much this appliance is costing us as we had to run our air condition a ton last year and only 1-2 weeks so far this summer. I feel like it's may be a few dollars a day and it heats up the 25,000...

I can't pass an OCLT as I'm actually going through a SLAM right now: https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/149810-Water-Clarifier-to-get-rid-of-fine-dirt. I don't think it's dead algae as it's been happening weeks before I had the algae outbreak.

Thanks for the hair net tip :lovetfp:, I can't wait to try these out when they arrive on Sunday! I've had super fine brown dust/pollen in my pool for the last couple of weeks and it seems to just go right through my sand filter.

Quick update, I've been taking pix each day and so far the deeper green is fading well Algae - Album on Imgur.

He's spot on! You need more Liquid chlorine or bleach in. Use the pool math calculator to figure out how much, https://www.troublefreepool.com/calc.html. My pool place sells 12.5% bleach in 128oz (1 gal) containers for $2.55 (cheaper than my local grocery store). Put your pool info in your...

No clue if the extra .5 microns of filtering will make a bit of difference, but whatever;) I got this for $17.48 shipped (Michigan tax) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0030ZD7MU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 **Update** Sorry, I made this post on my phone and gave you the...