Recent content by Windchimes

Thanks for the reply. I guess I need to be more patient. Last year I know it took a good 3 weeks to get the water looking reasonably clean, but what I think I remember is that I did see continual progress, so being pretty much stalled for 5-6 days with only a slightly increased visibility had me...

I did not know that. Thanks very much, will give that a try too! :)

Thanks so much! Filter has been 24/7 and I was back washing every day just because. After I put in the DE stick, it said not to backwash for 3 days, so I didn't. Pressure of 10 is normal, it got up to 11 with 3 days waiting. We did another backwash (water was dirty) and pressure is back down...

I wasn't sure if this should go in testing, pool opening, or algae forum - but since my numbers are weird, I thought I'd post here. I think I'll go in chronological order, so the current stuff is at the bottom. Sorry this is going to be long I think, but want to give complete history. BTW, I...