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  1. goodyFH

    SWG or Stick with Liquid Chlorine

    I had a mess this week, went on vacation, came back green pool. thats all fixed now, but my drum that i thought would last til winter is empty and its got me thinking about a SWG. I bought a stenner pump with tank earlier this year which is great but it ran out (due to my math being wrong)...
  2. goodyFH

    Cloudy pool, help!!!

    Backstory: Bought house with pool in January. Got it going good with yalls advise. I bought a stenner pump and a drum of chlorine. its been going good. I go on vacation last week, i thought i had plenty chlorine in the stenner but i was wrong. Got home saturday to a very green pool. I poured a...
  3. goodyFH

    Stenner Pump the best option???

    Hello folks, first i want to thank everyone for their help so far. I was nervous buying a house with a pool but with yalls help its clear and awesome! However, now that i have the maintenance figured out, i want to use as much technology available to make my life easier, adding liquid chlorine...
  4. goodyFH

    Pump times

    Howdy folks, i know yall are gonna get sick of me asking stupid questions but here goes. Ive got a hayward power-flo xl pump 70gpm sp1580z2 Currently i run it 12 hrs a day from 7am to 7pm, after reading i believe that is too much. Would it be good to switch to maybe 4pm - midnight? I test and...
  5. goodyFH

    One week in

    Yesterday i tested the pool again and got the following Fc 1.5 Ph 7.3 Ta 120 Cya 40 Poolmath says only add 87 oz of bleach to get to fc5, that seems like not enough. What yall think
  6. goodyFH

    First Testing...UH OH!!!

    I recieved my TF100 test kit and performed my first set of tests yesterday. It was pretty well as expected and bad. haha. the following are my readings i came up with for my 15,000 gallon above ground pool FC- 0.5 or less PH- 8.2 TA - 180 CH- 100 CYA - 0 I have a tub of chlorine tablets...
  7. goodyFH

    Howdy from Kentucky

    My name is Thomas Goodman. My wife and I bought a house in Auburn, KY with a 24ft above ground pool. Ive enjoyed my aunts pool my whole life, ive really enjoyed that fact that she had to take care of it and not me! haha. I have learned a lot of how a pool pump and sand filter works, but now im...