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Well, we finally got to see the bottom of the pool tonight. Now we know why it is taking so long to clear up. It was clear around the edges and cloudy in the middle, so now we could see the mountain of leaves that are on the bottom of the pool. We pulled out the leaf rake and vacuum and got...

My only vac to waste option is to unhook the return from the pool and let it spill on the ground. Has anyone else ever done this with a cartridge filter? Sounds like you would lose quite a bit of water which would throw your CYA levels off.

Eek! :shock: I know how my bill looked last year from running the filter for days while trying to clear the swamp. I can't imagine running it all day, everyday for 2 summers.

ok, thanks for the advice. I shocked last night around 7pm. Checked the CL levels this morning around 7am. FC= 14, CC= 1.5. I will check it when I get home this evening to see how the levels look. Hopefully this will be the last time I have to shock it. Yes, actually my filter has been...

Ok, so I should shock until CC is .5 before stopping. I don't have clear water, however. It is blue, but cloudy. I have a so so cartridge and no floor drain, so I believe I will need some assistance getting all the dead stuff out.

Ok, I'm a little unsure, so I figured I should get some clarification before preceeding. The pool held the CL level overnight. This afternoon, around 1p, hubby added one gallon of 12.5%. Don't know what the CL level was because he forgot to test it first. (I guess I got him programmed to...

Good news! It held the CL overnight. Even with the pouring rain we got. Hubby's home today, so he will check it a couple times today to see if it is still holding. As far as the spare cartridge goes, we need a new one. The old cartridge is green and I think that it was contributing to the...

How about making a tips sticky for all us newbies? I don't know a thing and need all the tips I can get!...LOL

I don't think we have a valve on ours either. We inherited everything from the previous owner except the paperwork. Still trying to figure everything out. It would be nice if we could vacuum to waste. It would make things much easier. I'll keep shocking. Hopefully we will have it cleared...

I think my algae bloom is finally gone. The green color seems to be gone. I can't see the bottom yet, but I can see further down than I could before. I was able to shock the pool yesterday afternoon and again when I got home today. It seems to be holding the CL levels better, but it still is...

OK, back from the store. I checked the CL level and it was down to 9, so I added 1 bottle of the 12.5%. I am going to check it in another hour to see where my levels are. Hopefully, it will hold a decent amount of CL until I can get back here tomorrow afternoon. Should the pump be running...

The cartridge is actually running pretty good right now. It is getting a lot cleaner using the dishwasher detergent. We can actually go about 2 days now. I don't think there is a recirculate option. If there is, we don't know how to do it. We don't have any paperwork for the pool other than...

Actually, no I don't. I meant to get some when I was in Leslie's, but forgot. Maybe I can just use a knee high. Checked the CL level this morning. It was 0. Added 2 gallons of liquid CL. Water is getting lighter and cloudier. Since I am off today, I can check the levels again in an hour...

Ok, I had hubby do the CL test when he got home. Using the diluted method, the TC was still around 15, so we didn't add any additional liquid CL. The water is still light green and cloudy. Still can't see the bottom. We brushed and vacuumed some to try and get some of the dead algae out. I...

ok, thanks. I will do that when I get home.

How often should I test the CYA? I noticed that you don't get much reagent in the test kit. Only about enough for 3 tests. I am guesstimating about the FC level because I don't have a test for it yet. Do you think I have the FC high enough adding 2g of 12.5% every 12 hours based on my...

We don't really have a system for sanitizing yet. We have never had blue water. We do have the pucks. They were left by the previous owner. I suspect there is little or no CYA in the pool. I remembered this morning that we did have to fill the pool. After we took the cover off, the water...

It is baquacil filter cleaner. But if I am not using a baquacil system, why recommend the cleaner?

ok, just an update: I went to Leslie's, but I was unable to get the test kit. They did not have the FAS-DPD kit. They apparently don't sell it in the store because he said the only way I could test for CYA was to bring my water in. He also told me that a CYA reading of 30-50ppm was the...

wow, we have really been shooting ourselves in the foot! we are creating more problems trying to clean up the ones we have. I will definitely be getting a new test kit today but I won't be able to post the numbers today because now it is pouring down rain. Great....more shocking..(sigh)

And we got it twice. Last summer they told us to use it and again this year. Since we have been soaking both of these cartridges in this stuff, should we just write them both off and start over with a new one?

I guess that is why we have what looks like green soap scum floating around the pool?

Oops, I got some more replies while I was replying. I will definitely try out the dishwasher detergent. We used the bacqua because that is what the pool store recommended when we asked how to clean the cartridge. (just for some background. We bought our house last year and the pool came...

The pressure is not going up by a significant amount. Maybe 2 or 3 psi. What prompts us to clean it is the lack of return flow. It gradually drops down to nothing. We have been using the new and old cartridge alternately. We soak one while the other is in. We have to change them every day...

Hi all, I am new to pool keeping and have a major algae problem right now. I have been reading the forums and have been shocking the pool for the last 2 days with liquid shock. The water is starting to clear, but I am having some major problems with the cartridge. I have a 21' ABP with a 1HP...