Recent content by TFPMike

LOL - love Barney Fife! I think I've got it nipped. Adding a little muriatic acid every couple of days. Chlorine is hanging steady, but I haven't completed the OCLT yet. FC 10 pH 7.5 T/A 150 CYA <10 (still need to pick some of this up at the store) Temp 70 (brrrr, but warm compared to Lake...

Yep! I've read pool-school/shocking_your_pool and pool-school/temporary_pool_guide. Sorry I don't have any pics, but it was a wheat colored substance on the bottom of the pool that clouded the water when stirred up. I also couldn't keep chlorine in the pool to save my life! It was always 0...

Of course I started this whole pool thing thinking I could just add water, turn on the SWG and enjoy the pool. Well, that was 6 weeks ago. I didn't know it, but I was fighting mustard algae from the get go (thought it was just pollen). We kicked up the SWG, cuz we weren't reading any FC in...