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My current DE filter is way overdue to be replaced. It wouldn’t surprise me if it was the original that was installed with the pool over 30 years ago. I’ve read quite a bit about the pros and cons of DE and cartridges, but was hoping for some opinions on my specific setup. Here are the main...

I opened my pool to a green swamp as usual last Sunday. I’ve completed my SLAM, but still have some foaming. It’s minimal on normal operation, but gets really agitated with the Polaris running. I have only used HTH liquid chlorine (I did supplement with 4 trichlor pucks last week), HTH DE...

I have a minor suction side leak from the elbow coming out of the pump. There’s plumbers tape visible, so I’d like to remove and clean it up. I’m handy enough to do some basic indoor plumbing, but haven’t worked with pool plumbing yet. My setup is a bit old, and I don’t want to risk messing...

This is my second year opening my inherited pool, but the first by myself. I opened to a swamp, the same as last year. Using TF-100, TA 70, pH 7.4, CYA 20, CH 100 (don't quote me on that one, but it was within range) I added LC to shock level of 12 on day 1 and added 5 pucks to inline...

Hello all. First post, and unfortunately about the title. I inherited a Clearflo DE filter for the 16x32' inground pool that came with our house. The model number is unreadable, and it has been tough to find any information online about it (the pool was installed 30 years ago, so I assume the...