Recent content by SwimGirl1965

Hooked up hoses backwards last year and it took a week to figure out why the pool wasn’t clearing!

Update: at day 3 of the SLAM, we saw no improvement. Ugh. Remembered something about being prepared to clean out the filter in the directions. We did a filter deep clean and OMG, it was clogged with cottonwood from the trees. It took about 40 minutes to clean it all out. 8 hours later there was...

I can get it pretty cheap. Maybe cheaper than water from my city to get the CYA down. ;) And my water pressure is not the greatest, so there's the time factor...

@YippeeSkippy Lordy, we've got plenty of those! @Husky25 Will do. How low to go on CYA - will 50 work? Thanks for the help. Will post updates...

Not, not SWGC, and I have stopped buying chemicals or taking advice from the pool store, except for 12.5% chlorine I purchased last weekend! OK, so slam it is. Question, at what level is the FC not safe to swim, because I'm going to have to go up to 24 ppm. My son will be heartbroken that he...

Hi. New here and boy, am I learning so much! I need help with a cloudy pool that has never cleared after opening for the season. About a week after opening we took a water sample to the pool store because the water had a slightly cloudy haze that wasn't clearing. Diagnosis: phosphates...