Recent content by Tkkaring

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.

Ok, good to know on the lines....I figured flow had something to do with it but, didn't think about the sunlight component. I am learning a lot on this thread. Got em both done now. Keeping that SLAM going and I don't see how it cant start improving now. I really appreciate everyone's...

Ok, so I swam down with goggles about a dozen times and got one main drain cover off....yes, full of algae....one down, one to go. My question now is....if algae can live there where water is actively flowing through, how can it not be in the lines?

I just got to thinking also....maybe those weren't magic erasers behind skimmer flaps....is there a piece of foam in them to make them float? I felt they looked odd shaped for magic erasers but figured time and chemicals altered them. I may have to get new ones if they are needed.

I cant see it right now but, that is what it would look like if I could see it. I will try this afternoon to get the covers off and clean them out. I just put vacuum in again. I would mention that since cleaning the light niche I have vac'd four times and each time there is a film on the...

I'd feel much better if it were clear and was failing OCLT. I can't seem to get to the clear point so haven't done an OCLT for a while. I don't have any metal ladders or rails in the pool due to auto cover....I have scrubbed steps, wall ladder in deep end, main drains, skimmers, jets, cleaned...

Ok, I am still really fighting this. Shame on me, once I saw all the Crud in the light niche I assumed that was my be all end all to this battle. I have not noticed any improvement. This morning, I pulled out a couple very old magic erasers that were apparently stuck behind the doors of my...

Well, I think I had a breakthrough last night. First I cleaned the cover really well then I took the light out and the back of the light and the niche were full of some very nasty algae. Got it all scrubbed and cleaned out and ran vacuum. Just ran vacuum again this am, got CL back to SLAM...