Recent content by ShinerDraft

Ok, back to work on this.. To keep the FC up while we were out of town, I used a small needle to put a hole in the bottom of a bottle of bleach. I hung the bottle from my ladder. By the time I got back, there was about 1" of bleach left in the bottle. I did a full round of tests last night...

Next 3 tests.. Weds 6:30p - FC: 10 - CC: 0.5 Weds 10:30p - FC: 15 - CC:0.5 Thurs 7:30a - FC: 15.5 - CC: 0 <-- woohoo Water has officially arrived at crystal clear. I'm probably going to keep this pattern up for one more night just to be sure I've got it all. The only issue is that we're going...

Continued progress.. Tuesday 6:30pm - FC: 9.5 - CC: 0.5 Tuesday 10:00pm - FC: 15.5 - CC: 0.5 Wednesday 7:30am - FC: 14.5 - CC: 0 Water is starting to look really nice again. Not quite "Crystal Clear" but it's about 90% there. A couple of questions.. I added CYA directly to the skimmer on...

My pool fell into a little bit of an algae problem (my fault - not putting in enough bleach nightly, plus a storm evacuation and another weekend getaway..) and I just got around to addressing it this past weekend. I think it's going pretty well, but I'm new at this so I'd like some reassurance...

Now that it's the end of the season, I'm scrounging eBay a little looking for some equipment.. One thing I'd like is a suction powered auto-vac. There are a few different ones that seem to be reasonably priced. Are they all fairly equal? My pool is obviously pretty small, so I don't need a...

I had a crazy weekend.. No time to mess with the pool beyond adding a cup or two of bleach each evening. Everything still looks wonderful though. Absolutely 100% crystal clear. The pump is circulating great so the filter is clear of any algae or other gunk. The puck is about 1/2 way dissolved...

Unfortunately, I didn't quite have time for a full round of tests yesterday.. I will try to tonight. If the puck doesn't contain much CYA, then I'll probably just take it out and put some CYA in a sock as suggested. I can save the pucks for later when I get close to my target level. According...

Nicely done. My setup is fairly similar.. I used regular weed block under the sand and I have a small, mulched flowerbed w/ a natural rock border around about part of the base. I also have a small deck around part of the pool. I do have an unfinished part around the base and my equipment area...

I drained the Baquagoo and refilled last week. Water looks great, as it should seeing as how I checked the pool calculator after adding about 10x the bleach I should have. Being that I've gotten past the "conversion" phase, I'm moving to this forum.. Anyway, I winged it with bleach over the...

Water level is up to where I can pump, but below the discharge line.. So it's splashing... And it's mostly sunny today. That should help diffuse the ummm... slight overchlorination issue that I'm experiencing.. I was just happy to wake up this morning and see my pool still standing. I was...

Ok.. I siphoned it down to about 12" deep (1500 gallons) then cleaned it up a bit & started the refill. I grabbed five 174oz gallons of 6% bleach at wally world, and I just ordered my test kit. So hopefully I'm on my way to BBB nirvana. Only one problem.. I.. Uhhhh... Kinda sorta didn't...

Darn! I was looking forward to all of those pretty colors! (not really) Due to the algae and water mold, I'm having to clean or replace filters every 3-4 days, so a new one after the refill is a given. With the brat party this weekend, I'll probably just vacuum & shock on Friday and then stock...

I have a small Intex AG pool. About 5,000 gallons. Used Baq last summer and I liked it. I took the pool down over the winter to level it out and build a small deck. I got it set back up in April, and have been fighting various shades of Crud this summer. Green stuff. Yellow stuff. White stringy...