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Thank you for the reply! Great to know - I had dialed the SWCG down to 15% but even then it creeped up to FC 10 so I guess it need to dial it down a tad more! I do run it for quite a while, even in the winter.

Good morning! I’ve been getting my pool ready for swimming season...which is only a few weeks away at most here in LA :) Thanks to this forum, I was able to achieve a clear pool with the following test results: FC - 9 (I know this is higher than the target in the chart- but is it hurting...

Morning friends!! This stuff on the bottom of my pool is driving me absolutely nuts and nothing seems to make it go away. I know the pictures show it as brown, but in real life it has a very good orange color to it, almost like a true rust color. I do have well water and I am not sure if this...

Awesome - thanks everyone for the input! The water is definitely pretty muddy for a few seconds when I randomly backwash so I really thought I should be doing it more often than my gauge says to.

Hi everyone, Happy Monday! I had a question on when exactly I should be backwashing. I have always read that once the filter pressure rises by a certain amount (past the clean filter pressure), that was when it should be done. It is just when I look at the little pressure gauge, it never...

Thank you, everyone! I am convinced this is my problem after all the replies! ALL of them were super helpful!! Very good point about maybe previous years it shut off. I also wondered about the run time and how that affected the amount it was generating. I always figured since it was still...

Awesome, great to know!

Hi! I am in Gonzales, Louisiana so just one state over :) Yes, the water temp is prob low 60s as well and we are about to have a major storm tonight and temps dropping to 30-40s for the next week. I have never experienced this before in the winter and I have never had to adjust my salt...

Hi All, I am hoping someone can help me out on this one, as I am stumped. Thanks to this forum, I've been able to keep my pool crystal clear for 2 years now. All of a sudden though, my Chlorine level keeps going sky high. My current levels are below. I am not adding any chemicals at...

It is definitely green this morning (not brown). But it is not like an algae murky green it's more of a clear green. The paper towel did not turn brown/rust or have black spots. Going to recheck numbers in a few min. Thanks all!

Thank you, I agree with sticking to TFP. I just put some paper towels in and will check them in a bit to confirm if they turn rust colored.

Im on city water but I'm googling what you guys told me and it appears it's from all the algaecide my husband put in :-(. :-( now im searching on how to get the iron out and super hoping that I do not have to drain and start over :-(

Thank y'all so much for the replies and the reassurance of my test colors being off! ill take a pic as soon as I get home. How can I tell if there's an iron issue? I never added anything with iron that I know of nor have I tested for it?

Water was green/blue and now it's totally brown (can't see bottom) Ch - 21 ph - 7.0 alk - 90-100 (instead of going green to red it went green to yellow/orange??...does this mean something or the chemicals bad?) cya - 90 should I bring to shock level again or bring ph up first? :-( any other...

I now def lean towards it being a leak in the liner. I will be getting it fixed!! Thanks all!

It is making a little more sense now. I must be located in an area with a high water table with poor drainage like mentioned to even have the ability to do this in the first place. And no worries Yev, that wasn't mean at all :-) I know I don't have the technical lingo correct. It looks like...

Wow, well that is seriously concerning. I am not sure the technical terms of the equipment...but I have the pump where you can set it to Filter/Backwash/Rinse/Waste and you can set it to Waste then turn the other pump off so that it sucks from behind the liner (my husband says its a 3 way valve...

Naturally after a big rain, I am having to turn the pump to Waste and suck excess water from behind the liner because the ground stays so wet. But just curious, how often are others having to do this? I am finding more often than not I can see a few wrinkles or buckling up a tad in some...

So using just 4 drops instead of 5 is totally fine and will still give an accurate reading?

Thanks!! I will drop it down to 7.4-7.6. I know when it is 7.6 I can very easily tell it is 7.6. It is when it gets between 7.8-8.0 (7.9-ish) that I torture myself.

I apparently love to torture myself over my PH reading, staring at it until my eyes blur. This picture is accurate to what it looks like in real life. Would you add muriatic acid right now? And would you call this right at 8.0 or a tad lower? Hopefully I am not reading into this too much, I...

Awesome!! Thank you again!! I'm glad to be a supporter!

Thanks for the reply!! I very recently converted to SWG (maybe a month ago), so unfortunately the CYA is still high due to using tablets over the last few years. I keep draining and refilling a little at a time to get it down lower so hopefully I will get there soon! (It was over 200 when I...

When I plug in all my numbers, my CSI shows -.3 Here are my numbers: FC: 10 Alk: 90 PH: 7.9 CYA: 90 Salt: 3200 CH: 125 I read the SWG Recommended Chemistry numerous times and my question is...it says once PH reaches 7.8 to lower it back down to 7.5. However, if I bring it down and keep it...

I just had the same question when I saw yours! My pool is about the same size as yours, also in ground. I run mine for 9 hours a day right now and I'm beginning to wonder if I couldn't cut that back some based on the 'how to' in pool school.

Hi All! I'm excited to be a part of the forum. I am becoming pretty familiar with the methods used here, but still learning. I occasionally like to bring my samples to the pool store to compare with my K-2006 results and it never fails they are so off that I am literally blown away... So I...