First post as brand new to TFP. We are up in years and despite our having very little to no pool traffic, we keep it up and running all year round. The pool is our first and came with the purchase of the home 16 years ago. Most every year we’ve experienced varying amounts of yellow algae while having always used 3” tabs in floats to chlorinate the pool water. We presently want to switch over to liquid chlorine and have purchased the TF-100 test kit intending to soon rely on in-range and maintained CYA and capable chlorine levels to eliminate our perennial algae issues. We are self taught in pool maintenance and ownership and apart from a re-plaster of 1 year ago, we have fully repaired and maintained every aspect of the pool to this date ourselves.
Now, hopefully that suffices as an introduction for the time being. Our question to you fellow pool owners is, Should we plan to break down, fully clean, and recharge our diatomaceous filter before or after initiating shock as part of readying process for the transition?
And just for the record, we live in Richardson, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Our pool’s capacity is approx. 12,500 gals., and adequately equipped with a 2 hp. pump, a Pentair FNS Plus Diatomaceous Earth filter, and is, yes, in-ground and of plaster construction.
Now, hopefully that suffices as an introduction for the time being. Our question to you fellow pool owners is, Should we plan to break down, fully clean, and recharge our diatomaceous filter before or after initiating shock as part of readying process for the transition?
And just for the record, we live in Richardson, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Our pool’s capacity is approx. 12,500 gals., and adequately equipped with a 2 hp. pump, a Pentair FNS Plus Diatomaceous Earth filter, and is, yes, in-ground and of plaster construction.
We're happy to have you join us. There really is no transition needed to move from pucks to liquid chlorine. The important question is : Do you still have algae? 