Recent content by ryoung81

I'm using 10% bleach - but this pool had pucks for like 4 years. I haven't dumped water, just been using bleach only for about a year and it's naturally come pretty far down. (i'll dump a few inches before it rains or whatever). My CYA was like 150 early last year. No aeration except the...

For the past few months I've been having stubbornly high PH. It stays about 8.0 - 8.2. I can push it down with muriatic acid, but over the next few days it returns to that low 8 range. Is this "where my pool stays" or can I make some other adjustments to help the PH stay lower? The pool is...

Yeah, that's what I've been doing. I went and brushed it myself to see if that would help. It didn't really appear to be "stuck" to the bottom though. I even drove the robot over those areas and it basically didn't pick up anything. It has plenty of water flow - I dunno, I just didn't expect...

I got a new Dolphin Active30 a few weeks ago from Marina. I've had construction going on in the backyard, so I'm ending up with dirt in the pool. I'm not talking about mounds of dirt, more of light dusting of dirt in the bottom of the pool in a light layer. I've had the robot out of the pool...

I think I'd probably be better suited to hire someone to do it - if I go that route.

@mknauss - Yes I have a timer on the pump. I guess I'm trying to find the shortest route to something that doesn't require daily hand-holding. Doesn't have to be automation. SWCG sounds great - but I don't fully understand the cost involved to get there. @Wiggins - Thanks for the comparative...

I updated the sig - it's a Superflo 1.5hp (Model #196239 if specificity matters) Thanks!

Oops, I didn't hit save on the signature edit. The above chemical #'s are from my TF-100 test kit.

I have a small pool (~8700 gallons), we've had it for 3 years and all that time I've had a company service it. They always used tri-chlor pucks. I haven't been happy with the service for a while and I've finally decided just to do it myself. I got my TF-100 kit a few weeks back and I've...