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Re: Covering laterals with pea gravel with glass filter medi The new filter is installed (could not get the old one open and it leaked anyway) with washed pea gravel over the laterals. The new filter is the Triton with ClearPro and they function quite differently from the original. There is...

Re: Covering laterals with pea gravel with glass filter medi Your feedback is very different from what I got from the pool supply/service companies here and a lot of internet searching. In any case I do not know what "convert from Baq" is but I do know I do not have calcium scaling or algae. I...

Re: Covering laterals with pea gravel with glass filter medi Thanks for your advice. Unfortunately there is a lot of information out there about how the "hooks" wear off sand in 3-5 years. In any case something has changed for the clarity of my water to go down significantly over the last month...

Re: Covering laterals with pea gravel with glass filter medi Thanks, that is the same feeling I am getting. There are probably grades of grave and landscaping retailers with some having less dirt and grit than others. In any case, we will have to backwash and rinse and couple of cycles to avoid...

Re: Covering laterals with pea gravel with glass filter medi Sorry, but your response does not answer my question. I would not be at this stage unless I already understood the media in my sand filter needs replacing so I am already committed to that path. The sand has not been changed for...

I have a gunite indoor pool which was built 1997. I have two old underwater halogen lights which keep leaking and attempting to replace the o-ring while replacing the halogen lamp bulb is no longer working. I had a pool contractor come out and look at replacing these but the general approach is...

I am replacing the sand in my Triton II, TR60 sand filter with ECOsmarte Glass Pack. I found this media to have specifications as good or better than the alternatives and was able to acquire if for the same price as sand including shipping. The question I have is whether I need to cover the...