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so once I backwash and rinse, will that give me my "starting" pressure?

I'm just educating myself so I'll know how to do this once I'm sure my current algae nightmare is cleared up.... so when I need to add baking soda or borax, how do I add it and where? Deep or shallow end? just dump it in the water? put it in through the skimmer? Trying to figure it all out...

I can't find information about what it should be and when to backwash. Pool store told us to just do it once a week and we'd be fine, but I'm learning quickly not to trust the pool store. So, how do I know? Current pressure is about 22.

Awesome! I got 15 too! Thanks again! I feel the stress just disappearing from my shoulders! Love this site!

We added 6 lbs of stabilzer through skimmer very, very slowly....(going to look into that sock trick for next time). So to shock tonight, since my CYA isn't showing up, do I just go by the chlorine level when I test this evening? Also, the Pool First Aid does appear to be helping it clear up...

How do you predict that?

Okay here are my numbers: FC 3 TC 3 CC 0 ph 7.2 TA 110 CYA 0???? I never lose the black dot when I test either. I added stablizer on Tuesday night so is it possible it's not reporting correctly yet? We Superchlorinated with SWG Wednesday night, shocked Thursday night and Friday night. Put 1/2...

We could see the kids underwater. It started clearing up yesterday afternoon and we added 4 more gallons of liquid chlorine last night. Looks about the same this morning. There is also some slimy grey stuff that is clinging to the sides when we brush.

When you say I can hold the pool "at bay" by adding bleach and such.... are you saying that will do the trick enough for us to be able to swim? We always run our pump 24/7..... Things are looking much better this evening....adding more chlorine and will test again in the morning. Crossing my...

I used the pool calculator and figured out how much chlorine to add.... But I'm still not sure if it's okay to add it now that I've added that "Pool First Aid" liquid. And I need to find a tester, with the holiday weekend, I can't order one and wait until next week to get it. Any ideas where to...

Okay...so according to the How to Shock info, How do I know how much chlorine to add? Am I reading this right? MY CYA is 62 and my FC is 3.7 and it needs to be 24 for shock? And is it okay to do this now since I just added half a jug of that "Pool First Aid" stuff? Thanks for all the help! I...

We've had trouble all week...started Tuesday morning. Pool started looking a little cloudy. Took sample to pool store. Don't have those readings with me now, but CYA was 0, so we added 6 lbs of stabilizer (18,000 gallon, SWG, vinyl liner, seasonal pool) and Muriatic acid. The next morning it was...