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Worked perfectly. Was able to remove about 2.5-3.0 sq/ft of iron stain with a handful of Vit C tabs. The plastic wrap worked like a charm to prevent AA loss to the water. :goodjob:

Here's what I'm going to use. I commandeered a pair of hose from the wife, being smart enough to leave the thigh highs in pristine condition :mrgreen: . Cut both legs off, filling one with pea gravel and using the other leg as a second layer, hopefully preventing a rupture and gravel in the...

A sock. Another great idea MITS....maybe a hybrid of the two; sock under the plastic wrap to retard the ascorbic acid being dissolved and carried away tward the pool water. I'll try to put the tabs in a sock, cover it with plastic wrap, cover the perimeter with my dry suit ankle weights. I'll...

Disregard my previous post, I let the tablets sit on the stain for about 15 min, didn't see any reaction. Took the kids swimming and looked after about 30 more min...the stain was completely gone where the tabs were. The stains only take up an area of about 2sq/ft. I'm just going to spot...

I have the same colored stains in the deepend. They tested negative with the Vit C tabs. Now what?

:cheers: :goodjob:

Dolphin Pro. Love it. I have recommended it to others, my neighbor just purchased one after asking my opinion on mine. What it does well is, about everything. Once it learned my pool (in sig), It takes about 1hr 45 min to clean everything from the 10ft deep end to the waterline. I did...

I recieved and email from Hayward and they seem to think it was a function of a bad bulb, not the fixture. I'm waiting for a 400watt bulb ordered a few days ago. I'll try that and give it a shot.

I've added enough salt to achieve around 1600ppm, I have enough to put the level just over 2000ppm. I can already feel the difference. I went out this morning to open the auto cover, get a water sample and remove the Dolphin. When I grasped the powercord to haul the Dolphin to the edge of the...

Thanks guys! :goodjob:

Being that our pool water comes straight from the well, there has always been a less than perfect feel to it. Soft and or silky have never been adjectives used to describe the water. Although the majority of the pool's chemistry is always great, CH of 310 can't help the feel at all (right?)...

Thanks for the link. :goodjob: I reviewed the page and didn't see a product number that matched my fixture.

I have a Hayward wet niche fixture that for the last few years, turns itself off after being lit of about 10 min. It cools and turns back on for another 10 min or so and repeats :rant: . I looked at the fixture before replacing the bulb a few years ago and was unable to determine what wattage...

Yeah, I took the pH reading last evening when the FC was around 5, so I trusted the 7.0 before I started to aerate.

I shocked to 12ppm a few min ago. I'll leave the cover closed today/tonight and test in the morning for loss. I'm doing several things at once here. My TA is 280, so I dropped my pH to 7.0 last evening. I'm aerating now and will check pH and TA tomorrow when I check for FC loss. Would you...

another bit of data: I added enough bleach yeterday to raise the TC to 10ppm. The cover was open all day. I just checked and TC is back to zero. :grrrr:

I was maintaining a CYA of 50 last year. The pool level was dropped 18" for closing last fall and refilled to operating depth in late April. I assumed my CYA would be at least close to the ballpark but couldn't test since my TF100 kit was depleted of reagent. I ordered a new TF100 a few days...

nope. I'll look...thx!

Thank you!

I built aerators for both returns last year. I planned on lowering the pH and aerating. With the TA so high, how much should i overshoot the recommended acid addition, since the pH will be hard to lower? I remember last year, I added almost 4 times the recommended (Via bleach calc) acid and...

Temp 68F, FC-5.5, CC-0.5, pH-7.3,T/A-300,CH-330,CYA-<20 (added enough to get 50 once dissolved) metal sequestrant used to treat 40k as i was filling. Been backwashing the filter as needed. Pump running 24/7 The water has a blue/green tint with a slight haze. Since fill was complete...

Where would you folks set your CYA level in a newly filled pool, and what product do you suggest I use? I am using BBB so i won't be getting any CYA from pucks. Thanks!

Greetings all! I hope everyone had a great off-season. We had a auto cover installed last year, but used the mesh cover for this past winter because the liner was diagnosed with multiple holes. I didn't want to risk having the water level drop and subject our new $10K cover to snow weight...

Waste, Thanks for the reply. Yeah, the track on both sides are straight/square. There were elevator plates installed on both ends of the leading edge to raise it 2 inches or so, to reduce contact with the coping. I had the installer out here again yesterday and we noticed, while running it...

Just wondering if anyone has roughly the same cover set up as we do. We just spent about 10K on a retro-fit Coverstar Eclipse auto cover ( The 10K is with me doing the concrete work :roll: ). The cover measures 24.5x40 feet...wider than most auto covers for a 20x40' inground. The reason for...

The pixel limit can stay the same while allowing an increase kb's. The avatars would not be any larger and graphics can still be banned from sigs. I've been Admin on three boards running phpBB and it is an option. I just tried to upload a 100x66 pixel avatar but it was rejected because it was...

New2Me, yeah the fixture is rated for a 500w lamp. I replaced the bulb this spring with the same bulb that was in it when we bought he place. The 500 seems like it would be a little overkill, but the pool is pretty large (see sig) and with only one light, the pool is non too bright using the...

There's no transformer...it's an older 120v system. The pool itself is 18 years old. The fixture is a Hayward.

Poolsean, There is plenty of water circulation in and out of the niche and the fixture is sealed and dry.

I have a 500w niche lamp in the deep end of the pool. I replaced the lamp when I opened the pool this spring. I haven't had the light on very much until just recently as we are spending more time in the pool after dark. The light will stay lit for 30-40min, spontaneously turn off for 10 min...