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I do have nylon stocking over the return jets. Sorry for the confusion. there is no sand there at all. The white stuff in Mr. Machine looks like sand. Yes we are in Michigan so the cool was closed over the winter. I also thought of the laterals in the sand filter but it does not seem to be...

OK this morning I added more acid. Will check the pH later after it equilibrilizes. Before addition the pH was still around 7.5. no sand in improvised traps. Mr. Machine on to collect storm leaf debris and any remaining white granules.

Well the pH went way up over the winter while the pool was covered. I would not have access to the water then to test. I have been adjusting it down since we opened it 6 days ago. I have it down to 7.6 and thought that was OK. You think I should keep going down? As I said the alkalinity was...

If it is scale, how do we explain the white sand in the Polaris?

OK first officially there is no sand in the nylong stocking improvised filters at the inports to the pool. To answer about the chemicals. Of course these are all very ephemeral measurements. Today at this moment just after a big storm dumped a bunch of leaves and debris in the pool and after...

Great idea. I did it immediately and am so far finding no sand in the improvised trap! Now it would appear that our fairly new marcite (4 years) is disintegrating. Oh no! It cost a fortune. What could be going wrong? It appears that the marcite both above and below the winter pool water...

I have a Tagelus Purex Triton 60D sand filter. This spring I have begun seeing lots of white sand in the bag of my auto pool cleaner. Is it the sand from the filter or my marcite falling apart? What would cause sand to escape from the filter?