Recent content by Tkkaring

Could the high TA cause the water to not get sparkling?

Thanks Newdude. I put 8 lbs of stabilizer in yesterday and that brought my CYA up to 30. The rest of my readings are below. When my pool was last sparkling clear, my TA was running 140-160.....last year it ran a little above 200 and was never sparkling. todays test FC - 22 (I know this is...

So for an update, I was able to find a day to drain and am refilled and clear, not sparkly though, which was my issue most of last year. I am holding at 10ppm or just above for last few days....wondering when I should add stabilizer to bring up the CYA? Also when should I be concerned with PH...

Sounds good, appreciate the advice!

Ok, thanks again Newdude. Lastly, once I am full again do I just need to test CYA and FC and start the SLAM process? When I built this pool in 2017 I took a sample to pool store to get going with what they told me so not sure on a fresh start.

Thank you for the quick reply and the solid advice. One last question....I have a variable rate pump....could I turn it way down, pump out of the main drain and fill with my hose into shallow end? I know the link you sent says to have pump off so likely use an independent pump. I have a 7hp...

After much reading I performed the ammonia test and I lost 85% or 8.5ppm in 30 min and have 1.5 CC. 28k gallon in ground vinyl liner. Am I best to drain completely and start over or do I dump a likely hefty amount of chlorine via multiple rounds? I should note, I live in the country and have...

All, I wanted to give another update. While I still somehow don't have the sparkle in my water, I feel it is on the way. I can see the bottom clearly in the deep end now. What a battle it has been this year. I appreciate everyone's patience with me and more importantly, all of the solid...

Thought I would share an update. I did turn on sharing and start logging my chlorine additions. Cool feature. I am slowly starting to see real progress. At 7pm on the 6th I drew a chalk line on the sidewalk for how far into deep end I could see the floor and from then until now my line has...

I will read the log link later when I can. I just had something odd happen....I added about 1.5 cups DE at 1:30....here are my readings of FC today.... 6am - 13ppm 9am - 17ppm 11am - 15ppm 1:30pm - 14ppm 3pm - 8.5 ppm I added CL each time it was below SLAM of 16ppm against CYA of 40. Does DE...

I have added DE two times prior to today but, it has been at least a week - am I ok to add after each backwash? I didn't see anything specific about that and wanted to check.

I did 2 weeks ago or so but, then I saw where until it clears up I don't need to worry about the OCLT.

I am leaving it open longer today - it was open for quite a while last weekend as we did use it just a little. As clean as I have the top of the cover I would assume I would see some residue of algae when I closed it if it had any on it....but, I have been bamboozled a few times this season on...

I actually replaced all of the sand in the filter a few weeks ago so should be good there.

So should I be leaving the cover open during the day? I have been keeping it closed as much as possible. I have only seen a very slight improvement since Friday afternoon when I cleaned out main drains. I am again, dumbfounded and out of ideas on why this pool will not clear up.