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Ive met these aliens.... they resided in my pool when I first bought the house...

Re: Cautionary Tale of a Pool, Fed Up, Frustrated, Lost & Sinking In The Deep End! Wet-Vac all of it out, then rinsed it out, and did it a few more times till it was all gone.

Re: Cautionary Tale of a Pool, Fed Up, Frustrated, Lost & Sinking In The Deep End! Okay, so heres the update, tested and tested, and shocked and tested, and just could not get the water to clear up. I bought a Kreepy Krawly and put it to work and it kept clogging up after 4-5 minutes. It just...

Re: Cautionary Tale of a Pool, Fed Up, Frustrated, Lost & Sinking In The Deep End! Yep, bought a bunch yesterday!

Re: Cautionary Tale of a Pool, Fed Up, Frustrated, Lost & Sinking In The Deep End! Thanks for the response ya'll, going to get a sample and test again here in a few minutes!

Re: Cautionary Tale of a Pool, Fed Up, Frustrated, Lost & Sinking In The Deep End! Yep, followed those to a "T", just wanted to make sure I was doing it right. So how long do I have to wait now, or should I test maybe 24 hours after Ive done the chemicals?

Re: Cautionary Tale of a Pool, Fed Up, Frustrated, Lost & Sinking In The Deep End! OH! QUICK QUESTION!!!! Do I want the pool on "filter", or can I just do "recirculate" for the boaking soda and borax? Reason being is that I think I have a broken lateral from all the sand I have thats came out...

Re: Cautionary Tale of a Pool, Fed Up, Frustrated, Lost & Sinking In The Deep End! Thank you for the crayons, it helps! Now all I have to do is stop eating them!

Re: Cautionary Tale of a Pool, Fed Up, Frustrated, Lost & Sinking In The Deep End! Pool Volumn is 15k, so going by the Pool Math Calculator, and putting in my numbers from before, The aforementioned numbers was was it spit out at me. Im starting with those two ingredients Baking Soda & Borax...

Re: Cautionary Tale of a Pool, Fed Up, Frustrated, Lost & Sinking In The Deep End! Okay, so let me get thsi straight, sometimes you gotta write it in crayon for me to get it... The first thing I want to do is raise the TA by adding approximately 282 ounces of baking soda. Correct? Then I want...

Re: Cautionary Tale of a Pool, Fed Up, Frustrated, Lost & Sinking In The Deep End! Ok, so I thought that all serious pool testing happened by the pool?!?!? There I was, sitting down straddling my diving board with my test kit and laptop and a heavy thunderstorm 5 minutes out and a tornado 35...

Re: Cautionary Tale of a Pool, Fed Up, Frustrated, Lost & Sinking In The Deep End! OKAY Folks! My TEST SET CAME IN!!!! So... heres the deal, we are in Wisconsin and just had a major storm pass thru a hour or so ago. Lost a tree in the front yard, but Im pretty danged determined to put this...

Re: Cautionary Tale of a Pool, Fed Up, Frustrated, Lost & Sinking In The Deep End! Yeah, Ive been patiently waiting for that lil ground rat to show his head, I purchased a gamo air rifle thats got a golden BB with his name on it! Yes, currently booted, got an air cast on it. I tried to get...

Re: Cautionary Tale of a Pool, Fed Up, Frustrated, Lost & Sinking In The Deep End! Okay folks, so here I am.... Wouldnt you know, if it wasnt for bad luck, I would literally have no luck at all! So, last Friday at my Army base, Im walking outside and lo and behold, I got taken...

Re: Cautionary Tale of a Pool, Fed Up, Frustrated, Lost & Sinking In The Deep End! Im still reading up on the speed stir! But I will definitely be stocking up on pool shock as well! - - - Updated - - - Thank you for the support! Its my pleasure!