Recent content by Trishanna

Thanks for the info on the DE and how to use it. I think it would be worth it to improve the filtration. I'm glad I didn't get the sticks. Thanks again. :)

Well, they are little white sticks that sell for $2.25 at the local pool store. It has a little display. Don't recall the name. The display just says it clears the water. I asked the employee if it was a DE product and she said that it was. You're supposed to put (more than one?) in the skimmer...

Thanks for the info. They sell a solid DE stick to be placed in the skimmer - they said I would need at least two of them? Will these work? They also said you backwash it out after 3 days? I didn't buy one because I usually backwash more often when I'm clearing the water (she said I couldn't...

Hi all! :) OK, I moved all the detailed info below, but the quick answer I'm actually looking for is this: The water is blue now, but still slightly cloudy. I think the algae is being killed, but some is still suspended in the water. I'm hoping to use the pool before it gets too cold, so I'm...

Ah well, then. Might as well get used to it. We have hard rains all the time, and 5 oak trees. Pouring right now. My husband may just win the decision to cut one of the trees, but I think the other 4 will still be nearly as bad. Thanks for the heads-up. :)

You mean it's not going to be a seasonal thing? Sigh ... Well, hopefully at least the POLLEN will stop. That's bothering me more. Leaves I can scoop out. Pollen breaks into itty pieces that I could scoop a million times and not get it all. And probably eats my chlorine just as bad. But...

Doing well, still SLAMing. This is the worst part - where the dirt/leaves pile up in the deep end. The leaves didn't all vacuum yesterday because the water level got too low and I had to stop. But overall I'm pretty pleased. Thanks everyone!

May need to re-test my CYA ... chlorine has held much better than I expected overnight, and even through a sunny day.

Well, we are all safe. There were people killed. My daughter got trapped and had to stay at work overnight (she's just a kid, I was really worried, and just got her license a month ago - she thought she might try to drive home if they lifted the flash flood warning - it took her almost 24 hours...

That's an idea. I have a pump my husband had converted to help me vacuum, but now I am able to do a decent job vacuuming to waste now that the plumbing is clear. ;) I don't think it would normally happen though. This was a flash flood. It ran through beside the house (which the pool is...

Thanks. I need to double-check. My husband was supposed to have ordered them. What I do know then is that I'm not losing chlorine nearly as fast as I was. I know that's not saying much. But before adding the stabilizer, I would run completely out of chlorine. Now it is staying over 5...

Thanks, Dave, you are very kind. And it has been a hard winter to boot. The sagos froze. One of them is coming back, but the really pretty one shows no signs of life. I also have two palm trees, they are at least still alive, but all the top is brown. Ah well, will keep at it. :) I keep...

Stabilizer going in. It said 1 pound every two hours? That's about all that fits in the sock anyway. I'll try to get that all added overnight. If that's accurate it's going to be 6 hours. (Adding about 4 pounds) Added more chlorine to get it up to SLAM level, and got everything nice and clean...

OK, thanks much. I can start this. I'm not sure how many FC tests I can do with what I have left. If I'm careful I can maybe make it last until more test chemical gets here. I'm hoping the Pool Math is for the powdered (I think it is - sold by the pound anyway) stabilizer they have at the pool...

I have the TFT-100 I think it is, bought at the very end of last season, so it should be fresh. I added chlorine as soon as I saw Beens' suggestion, and it should be around 3-5 FC right now. It kind of complicated matters. The SLAM was taking time to completely clear because my plumbing was...