Recent content by unkyjoe

My hopes were shattered...Well not really, the floc did not do the trick, so still maintaining the slam, and just hoping the filter can get the rest of the dead algae and what not remaining in the water. If not, I have another filter on standby that is brand new. More pictures coming.

Here is a recent photo.

Pictures coming, been busy with the slam, and a dirty sand filter that clogs every 24hrs, the sand is old and needs a deep clean, so I have reached the point in the slam where I am no longer losing Chlorine overnight, but the pool is overwhelmed with fine particles in the water, so, added some...

I did not take care of my pool at the end of last season. The stairs were removed and the pool left to do it's thing. A cat fell into the water "at some point" during the winter, how long ago I have no idea, in addition to a dead bird. Animals tend to decay slowly or not at all in water, so...

I got 24 bottles of 10% delivered from Walmart near SA Tx for $136 to my door, or $5.66 a gallon, not too bad.

I went salt on my pool a season ago, this season I am running back to the TFP method, although I loathe dealing with liquid chlorine, "when I can get it" the salt cells don't do well in my hard water, even with regular cleaning, whereas I just dump the proper amount of liquid in every day and...

Thanks for all the help, I will lower the PH down to 7.0 7.2 in stages and monitor it with my Taylor test kit :) I will go ahead and leave the SWG running if you think it will be ok, I will be using Muriatic Acid, and will make sure to use breathing protection, that can be nasty stuff if...

I have turned off my SWG until I get this under control and will switch to liquid chlorine to avoid destroying my new SWG cell. I guess I will start with PH down to 7-7.2 , then aerate the water to get the PH back, and see if I can get it balanced without a water change for now? Let me know...

P.S. CSI is 0.66

Here are my readings. Temp 30.6c Salt 3200 PPM Chlorine 3 PPM PH 8+ TA 140 ppm CH 390ppm CYA=35 First year running a salt cell that is reporting the salt incorrectley, be that as it may I am experiencing scaling on the pool walls "vinyl" and as you can imagine it is playing heck on my plates...