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Similar situation myself, if my pool blue but cloudy, its the dead algae floating around. 1. I normally add floc, 2. whirlpool (not filter) for a few hours, 3. let the pool settle for a day or so 4. Very gently vacuum to waste all the flocced dust on the floor. 5. refill The other related...

Personally i use floc about once a year after i open the green pool. I shock, the pool gets cloudy with dead algae and i use floc to settle the dead algae to floor and vacuum to waste, with floc u just wait witht the pump off and let it settle. You might need an initial whirlpool step to...

I've been looking at adding a heat pump to my 18ft above ground pool. I found a hayward variable 40BTU heat pump for 1399$ CAD brand new and then I figure another 2-300$ for install. However then I noticed these: https://www.grepool.com/en/heat-pump/mini-heat-pump/pump-to-40-m3-volume...

So I had an old 18' AGP steel wall which I demolished a couple of years ago (I had converted to saltwater which eventually destroyed the pool) and this year due to CV19 and the blight that was left by the old pool we decide to take the plunge and replace the pool. I purchased a pool from a local...

I think it’s more reliable than testing strips anyways and they have more indicators but for sure a good reagent based testing kit is better but they use the same kits and do it for free

I test at pool stores at just don’t buy the products except a few limited things like shock, the testing is free around here with no strings attaxhes

I will post a full story tomorrow

Get the water tested at a pool store, if it’s cloudy it could be a lot of things

Err a shop vac

I have seen recommendations to stick a pool vacuum down the side wall and suck until the base is filled

The professionals in my area just use stone dust no pavers (Montreal)

Also I rented vibrating plate compactor and leveled several times

Stone dust in a 15” ring just under the uprights

I used stone dust under my pool and a water level specifically to measure the ring of stone dust around where the uprights and I lowered down to the lowest point. I finished day 1 of my install today we checked level several times and it seems good so far. Will fill up tomorrow and see how it goes