Recent content by zephyr

Ok. I'll tell him to back off on that. He was concerned because before when we had lots of green, the pressure wasn't changing, but the filter was completely green. At least now when he pulls it out, it still looks white.

My husband has been taking the cartridge out every morning for the past 10 days and cleaning it. I assume he's indicting git damage as well. Just surprised we've seen no rise in pressure at all.

The blue has returned! The cloudiness has improved significantly even since this morning 5 hours ago. I've been going blind, but trying to maintain shock level of between 20-23 using dilution method and my basic test kit. Should I be concerned though that the filter pressure still has not...

The view from our deck. It is better. It used to be brighter green than the grass you see around it.

Thanks, I've quickly realized that. I'm hoping it's the last test that's wrong, not the one before. I never would've added CYA if I hadn't thought it was too low. Definitely sticking with liquid chlorine.

I looked back at last week's pool store tests and CYA ranges anywhere from 60-30. Argh!

Yes, supposedly 7 to 94 overnight! When I found this site and asked my husband what his test kit showed three days ago, I realized why we had problems and immediately ordered the test kit. I agree it is cheaper than what he's been doing. I've gone from knowing nothing about pools to trying to...

I have read Pool School 5 times over now. Very grateful to have found it. I realized that my husband who grew up with a pool knew virtually nothing about how to maintain it properly. I had read it before I went to get water tested yesterday and I've been using all the tools, not pool store...

I am so frustrated with this whole CYA thing. I only added it last night because the test they gave me said it was at 7! We drained & replaced 3/4 of the pool just over 3 weeks ago in order to clear up the algae that the pool store, understandably now, couldn't help my husband with. If it...

We have been dealing with green algae for 10 days now. Literally overnight it went from cloudy to neon green that couldn't be seen through. My husband shocked it once and added algaecide and waited 5 days. I have now taken over after finding your site. I have a T100 test kit being shipped, but...