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Thanks Matt! I just received similar info from the food grade DE manufacturer. ------------- Thank you for your email. Unfortunately, White Lake Earth is not suitable for use as a filtration aid. DE used for filtering is calcined, or treated at a very high heat. This process strengthens the...

Hello Our local agriculture feed store sells food grade DE for use in agriculture. It's pure DE, Farms mix it with feed for various purposes. Has anyone used this in a DE filter? It's about half the price of Dicalite at the pool store. We have a Perflex EC75. Thanks in advance WS

Thanks folks Yes it's a perflex 75. Signature updated. And yes, it's a bromine pool for now. Converting to bleach is a future topic. The main issue is I don't have a 3 way valve. Just filter and dump positions. No way to just circulate. I was trying to avoid charging the filter due to...

I need to circulate the water in my pool for chlorination purposes. Every day for 2 hours in May. Is it safe to run it without loading the DE ? Thanks in advance W

Thanks for the info Jason. I'm busily reading all the good info here.

Hello I live in southern ontario canada. I have is 23,000 gal vinyl lined bromine pool. Once open and cleaned up, the pool is clear and I do not have any swim season algae issues. But opening can be quite a challenge I use a mesh winter cover and over the winter the pool can get quite...