Recent content by ryxore

OK four days with no more green, I scrubbed the walls and bottom, even took out the steps and scrubbed them. the cheap blue test kit at walmart gives me these numbers. cl/br is at the highest, 5/10 alk is very high 220 (I have no idea how to bring it down, I have been trying ph minus and alk...

A week later and it is still cloudy. I am keeping all the levels where they are suppose to be, I don't backwash until it is higher. I am vac'ing it and keeping the simmer basket cleared of anything and scooping any leaves out. My son got into the pool a couple days ago and stired it up a bit...

Well, It has been a couple of days and the green is out but the water is now a gray cloudy mix. I have vac'ed everything from the bottom of the pool that I can see and when I vac now I do not get much waste in the basket. I haven't had to backwash but twice in the last few days because it...

OK, I have three boxes of supershock-it from Wal-mart to take back after reading about BBB. I figure at $20 or so each that will buy a lot of bleach. It was milky blue with a green tint this morning. So we will have to see how the bleach goes over the next couple days. I know it may sound...

So the winter cover blew off the pool and since we do not have many trees I didn't mess with putting it back on. Big mistake on my part I think. I hooked everything up a couple of weeks ago, except the solar panels because I would rather the water was clean. I put new sand in the filter and...