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We've had so much rain!!! It would get up to the high 70's then drop to 71 in the rain. I made some lily pad's for the pool that seem to be helping some. We finally broke our streak of it getting stuck at 80-81 and got to 84 today!!! Hoping it stays that way, but looks like more and more rain...

Charlie, I usually use 4750(I took the middle of 4500 and 5000) for PoolMath. I've been trying to keep the water level below the seam at the top as much as possible, but last year and this year so far we've had enough rain that I'm constantly trying to drain to keep it there. 1 cup of 8.25...

We're going to pick up sand this evening. Planning to set it up tomorrow. I was waiting to see what all came in the box before I ordered anything extra.

Anything I should know before hooking it all up? It's the Intex 2100GPH, anything I should know before hooking it all up? We've been using the cartridge A filter that came with our pool up until now. Can't wait to see the difference.

That makes sense! Thanks ! And thanks to everyone for all the help! I'll keep my post updated when I get the new pump installed. It's scheduled for delivery for Monday.

I still have about half a container of CYA. I've only used pucks for like 3 weeks last year! I'll have to look around and see if there are any in the closet. Does 50 seem like a good target for CYA?

Hey!! Just an update. We went out of town for a long Holiday weekend. My awesome neighbor tested my water and added bleach for me each day! Came home to a pool in perfect condition!! Not sure about the lily pads at this point, but we had a ton of rain while I was out of town and the water temp...

I used an iron with wax paper between it and the plastic. It took a few tries for me to push hard enough to get the plastic to melt. I was scared I was going to melt everything to the iron. They seem to be holding up pretty good, even after a hard rain this morning. So another quick question...

I have been using the knee high trick! It catches so much more small stuff. I think the pollen is what bugs me the most. I'll get it all cleaned up, walk inside and back out and the top of the water is covered again. Casey, they are dollar tree hula hoops and really thick trash bags...

So last night seemed to be much better. OFCL of less than 1ppm. The pool is super clear, just stuff on the bottom that I think the filter is missing. (We're getting the new one this weekend. So ready to get rid of the one that came with the pool!) I'm going to keep it up the rest of today and...

You know, cause I took the time to make a post about it, its all gone today!!! Spent an extra long time vacuuming last night, brushed the sides really good again, last night only lost a little over 1ppm FC. Hoping to fully pass the OFCL test tonight. CC is less than .05. Of course now the...

Thanks for the reply! I added some CYA before we started SLAMing to attempt to get something in it. I put enough in that should have brought it up to around 30, but I know it hasn't had time to dissolve or be able to test. I've been keeping free chlorine as close to 12 as possible. I just...

Hello everyone!! Starting my own thread to keep all my info hopefully in this one post! Sorry for the long post, I'll put my question at the top too!! I'm going to be out of town this weekend hopefully will be done SLAMing by then! Is it okay to add more than the SLAM level of chlorine to keep...

I really didn't expect my first post on here to be about algae!! We got our pool the beginning of this summer. I spent all spring reading and reading the site to learn as much as I could. We're doing the BBB method and it's been great. A couple weeks ago my chlorine use went up a LOT. We...