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I can't find it at my local lowes, or home depot... the best thing I have found is play sand and I am sure that can't be right (I have not bought it for the filter) Is this something I may have to go to a pool store for? Or is it some kind of gravely sand? and is at the hardware stores? Just...

Ok, numbers.. CYA- 60 CH-250 TA- 60 CC-0 FC- 8 Everything is great, pool looks wonderful I left one number off because... PH 8.4 Was 7.5 last week, got about 6 inches of rain (cause of a gutter as well as rain) really about 3 inches of rain, in the pool the last 2 days. but... this...

Wish the laminated card would say use room temp water for the test, instead of just on the extended directions on this forum. Since it seems to be a major thing. Pool is perfect... beyond perfect other than CYA... I thought it was 10, added some to bring it up... read the directions on here...

added some polyquat cause we get warm and cold weather mixed a lot... Was pretty easy really... Took about 25 mins to put the cover on... (with help of my father in law) Drained it below the return lines about 2 feet total with the main drains so i could blow those out with a shop vac... put...

I have probably put in 7 or 8 gallons of muric acid this year. I don't know or really care where ALK is. I know it is not 0 and it is under 100 from the last test, and 3 gallons of muric acid added. I must have the most alkaline rain anywhere. I had PH at 7.2. after 2 days of rain, it is...

Seems easy enough... I think the part where it may make or break me is on the blowing the water out of the pipes... I got 2 in pool drains at the bottom... and then the 2 skimmers on opposite sides of the pool. Where do you stick the Wet Vac to blow it out? And where does the water go? Or...

So... All the reading I have done. I may have seen the answer many times but in different forms... but... Do you aim for Target FC constantly? Or do you get to the Target FC and let it drop through the day? Or do you aim above it, and let it drop to the target number?

Well, I took the stuff back, got about 200 back from them... they wouldn't take the algaecide back because they couldn't trust where I had it stored. The pool guys who sold it to me said the garage was fine. I even said, well its still going to be cold for a bit, so its ok. they said yes. i...

So my wife has a sensitivity to the chlorine smell. The pool is fine, I can't smell it at all.. I can smell it after I get out on my skin. Guess that is the sanitation killing the stuff on me? And when I walk by her after getting out she smells it too. I am guessing this is normal?

How full should the sand filter be? I know mine kicks some out from time to time, and have heard it can lose 1/4 cup to backwashing. I have no idea how much I need in there as i took it over from previous owners, they have a bag of sand they left... doesn't say the size on it, but says it is...

Maybe no one tests around different areas of the pool, or maybe I just stink at doing the FC test in general.... One morning after letting the FC drop so I can test PH i came up with FC 6 Figure I do the test right, but I was like, that is way to low... I tested the same spot again. Got an...

Sure, you read as much as you can, and try to figure it all out, and I guess I just assumed that the pool school math is correct, which it probably is, and ran with it... but it is probably the bleach that isn't as strong as it should be... even at 2 months old. so, last night FC 9.5 This...

I think this is where I fail a bit... I do have a polaris sport that runs around the bottom... seems to get most dirt... but not all as when I do brush lots of stuff moves around in different areas. But do you have to brush a pool no matter what. I guess I ask cause I always see brush while...

So she is finally realizing that this site is right, and the pool store is wrong. She wants me to go up to the pool store and talk to the owner about everything they did, and how they ruined it and made us spend 500 bucks that I have now been spending way more than that to try to correct...

I am guessing most of you guys do it this way... but say you have CYA of 50, and the target FC is 6. do most of you keep the FC at 10, and let it drop? At least this is what I am doing... though my CYA is way above that... just an example..

Got compliments from 2 people who swam in my pool today who own pools. As in they both have one... different locations. They said they couldn't believe how clear it was... I tried explaining it... falls on deaf ears cause they don't get it..

Part one... So, I got my second set of DPD tests... IE, powder and the bottle to change the water to clear. Here is my issue... first bottle, i felt like over the last 2 weeks the drops got bigger... and the new one... they are smaller, and sometimes squirt out in multiples... so i don't really...

I know, don't trust their numbers. I went and asked about parts for something and had them just check the numbers for fun. Still throws me though. I can't figure out how my CYA is going up, being i have put 5 lbs of dry PH down in over a couple weeks before figuring out what Murnuric (sp)...

I can't seem to find a 2 inch screw with a little gasket in the middle to pull the ring tight that seals the light fixture. I am replacing most of the light. IE seal and bulbs... I have one screw with the nut on it, but no tiny rubber gasket in the middle, and the other is missing the nut. I...

Thought everything was good. was passing the OCLT till last night. FC dropped by 4. I took off the light fixtures and sure enough... lots of algae. scrubbed em clean, so it was easy to remove. took the lights out and sat them on the side to dry out. neither light works and have water in...

So all I have added over the last 2 weeks was bleach... and slowly the numbers of PH have gone from 7.2 to 7.8. I have a slide and a little water runs off of it, the waterfall effect...? FC is at 9 TC 9 ALK- 220 CYA 85 ish PH 7.8

I can't deep clean it cause the water runs out the pipes. I stuck a hose in it and let it run, and tried dumping buckets of water in it... it all runs out before it pushes over the top Any Ideas? Triton C and Triton C-3

I have a Triton 2 sand filter from probably 20 years ago when the pool was put in. the top just pops off? or does it screw off. I just don't want to screw it up... Pun intended. :) I know they are all different... mine isn't like the thread about deep cleaning it has the switch is next...

Any downsides? I get most the basic stuff about it. The machine is about 1000 bucks unless someone knows a better place to get one... My CYA is high I think. around 80 according to the pool place. Just got my test kit today... so will know more tomorrow. So it is just right for salt...

I am more or less new to having a pool. bought a house with one. I have been using a pool company to open and close it last year, and open it this year. I have used shock and it is fine... but on here I see all the rage seems to be bleach... 1 gallon is about 2 something... and i can buy...