Recent content by Steven23

I am colored blind with shades of red, is there other ways of testing ph ?

So much rain and cool weather, it’s the middle of June and haven’t been able to use the pool, first time in eight years ! Chance of more rain for the next ten days, ok I’m done whining hope the rest of the forum are enjoying their pools :cool:

If your motor takes 12 amps to run you would need 20 amps for start up. General rule is 1-1/2 times draw amps for start up

Same here Mendy, cloudy,rain cool for 3 days. Only adding about 1/3 of chlorine that I would add on sunny warm days. Mid week upper 90’s will be swimming again !,

Looks like springtails, if that’s the case mix 2 tablespoon of dawn dish soap in a spray bottle filled with water and spray the edges of your pool.It messes with their ability to swim and they drown. I went through this situation a month ago . It took two applications a couple days apart but...

Tam, get your test kit as soon as possible and post the results, then the great people on this site will guide you to a TFP. good luck

Hayward pump has a metal label with 70 gpm imprinted? Maybe they over estimate?

I know this has been asked before, but nothing pops up when I did a search. My pump has a gpm of 70, so if I do the math my pool water should turn over in about 3 hrs. With clear water and good balance do you’all think 3 hrs a day is long enough?

Mendy, any luck with the bugs. Thought I got rid of them with the soap idea, but there back. Maybe it takes a few applications to get them all. Also the dead ones keep floating on the surface. I think I will try adding de to the filter. Since it’s cooled off for a few days in mo. I’m also going...

Thanks for the suggestion, I will elevate my fc

I’m going to try the soap tomorrow also, sure hope it helps

Chris, thanks for the article

Same thing, they do jump I guess that’s why there called springtails. Sure wish I knew how to get rid of them. I started using a sock in the skimmer basket to catch them, my sand filter doesn’t seem to filter them out

Mendy, i have the same problem, I believe those bugs are springtails. I also would like to get rid of them they are harmless but they are gross. Hopefully someone will come along and tell us a solution

How to get rid of these creepy bugs ! My water is clear and seems to be balanced, #’s are: cya-50 fc-5 cc-.1 ph-7.6 ch-250 ta-100