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My pool water just hit 68° - the warmest so far this season - woohoo! We've had a really cool season so far this summer in Michigan (high temps barely into the 70s, lots of rain and barely any sun ever), so the pool has stayed around 65° max. Our furnace came on in the house two days ago -...

I just finished my Baquacil conversion last week, and I had absolutely NO goo during the entire process - none! I also thought I was doing something wrong, but the conversion is completely done, water is gorgeous, and I'm enjoying swimming in a beautiful pool. I guess some pools just don't...

If you can't get anything else to work, one thing you might try is going back to the original Baquacil system (before CDX came out). I used Baquacil for 15 years with my pool, and the only year I ever had problems was the year I switched over to their "new and improved" system (called Baquacil...

Yes, saltwater pools on cruise ships are salt water right from the ocean. They drain the pools in the evening and refill them with fresh saltwater overnight so the water stays fresh and clean.

I went through over 100 bottles of bleach, and my conversion took 3 weeks from start to finish. I think I used more bleach than most conversions do, though. Not sure why, but maybe because my pool had been on Baquacil for a LONG time (15 years). It was really discouraging by the second week...

You will be SO glad you made the switch! I had a Baquacil pool for 15 years and just finished converting it to chlorine this past weekend. Everyone on TFP was SO helpful with encouragement and with answering any questions I had. It got rather discouraging in the middle of the conversion...

Thanks, kimkats! I'll do that. One more question tonight. I've been reading up on adding borates, and it sounds like boric acid might be easier than borax, since then you don't have to add muriatic acid to re-level the PH. I have already bought all the borax I need (darn it!), but I could...

Thanks for the advice, kimkats. I'll just wait until the SWG is hooked up to add more CYA and to add borates. For now, I can just enjoy looking at that beautiful, sparkly pool out in the yard. Sure wish I could actually SWIM in it, but it's been raining all day today and it's supposed to be a...

Thanks for the info, duraleigh. I've added TSP to my next pool shopping trip list so I can chemically clean the filter. I don't know where I can get it, but I'm going to check at the pool store first. I've added CYA now. Thanks for the tip to get it at Meijers, mitzelfamily. I wouldn't have...

I have some end-of-conversion questions: 1) Should I throw away my cartridge filter and start with a new one or can I just chemically clean this one? a) If I can chemically clean this one, what should I use to clean it? I'm sure I can't use what I used with Baquacil, since it says...

I did the OCLT last night/this morning and didn't lose any FC at all - woohoo! Of course, it was a short night, because I got home really late, so it was after 9:30 when I added more bleach to get the FC above 15 and then I needed to let it circulate before I tested it again. I didn't test the...

Darn - I was SO looking forward to a swim today! :( The pool looks so sparkly and inviting now. I'm glad I asked, though - thanks for the advice, Leebo. I'm hoping that by the end of this weekend I can start on the next step, which is adding CYA (I think). I have to wait until the pool...

The pool is completely blue and sparkling - woohoo! The CC is still at 2, though, so I guess that means the conversion is not quite done? I don't know if it passes the OCLT test, either, since I won't have time to do the test until Friday night/Saturday morning. I guess I'll just keep doing...

The pool water is looking wonderful today - almost no green tinge left and the CC was down to 2.5 tonight. I think I'm almost done! The weird thing is, though, that I have had absolutely NO Baqua goo to skim/scoop out of the pool in over two weeks of conversion. I'm still rather puzzled...

Thanks for all the encouragement - the pool is looking great (see picture below). bbodb1 - I read your thread and it answered several of my questions: 1) Is it OK to put my Aquabot in the pool while doing the conversion (it's now in the pool cleaning away, and I'm sure that is helping to...

I'm making progress this weekend - yea! It's so nice to have the time to devote to the conversion process all weekend. The water is lightening up every day, and I can now see the bottom in the shallow end. The pool is still a pale green, but much lighter (see picture below). I did the OCLT...

I wonder how many of the Baquacil pools in the Ann Arbor area will be converted to chlorine this year due to the pool store closure!? :D I hope your conversion goes well, and I'm sorry for cleaning all the local Meijer stores out of their store brand bleach the last few weeks - LOL. FYI...

Here's a link to the picture. Hopefully it works this time!

Thanks for the encouragement, bbodb1. It came when I really needed it. I was getting very discouraged. I have now put over 90 bottles of bleach in so far. I make an almost daily stop at the grocery store to buy bleach, alternating stores so they have time to restock!! I have now discovered...

Meijer (the Michigan Meijer stores, anyway) is running the following special until 5/24: Buy $15 of any Meijer laundry product and get a $5 coupon off your next Meijer laundry purchase. Their Meijer brand bleach is $3.19 per 121 oz. bottle of 8.25% bleach (pre-tax), so if you buy 5 bottles...

Another question - my pool hasn't really had huge any Baquagoo I've had to scoop out (like DonewithBaq's scary picture from yesterday!). All I've had is the color change, and a weird scum layer on the surface a few days ago that went away by itself. Should I be worried that I have NOT had any...

I did the overnight FC loss test last night. Here are the results: FC level at 9:30 p.m. 13 (it was about 2 hours after I had added bleach) FC level at 6 a.m. this morning 7 I don't know what this says about where I am in the conversion process - just that I'm no...

I have a test kit question that hopefully someone can answer. Once I'm done with each test, can I just dump the water samples down the kitchen sink or should I dispose of them in another way? I don't know how hazardous the drops of whatever I'm putting in the water to test it are I've been...

Yes, employees in charge of product ordering are probably wondering what in the world is going on with the bleach disappearing so fast! I've completely cleaned out 8 different grocery stores in the last week! And I'm already down to just 9 gallons left, which probaby won't even last me until...

Thanks for the encouragement, everyone! I was feeling very discouraged. I had a dream last night that the pool finally turned blue but then caved in, so I'm even worrying about it in my sleep. :( Cpower - did you get your 15% bulk bleach at a pool store or at someplace like Home Depot or...

So I should actually test AFTER dark and BEFORE daylight, or can I do it at dusk and dawn?

Thanks for the advice. I was wondering if I should raise the pH some. It was way high before I started the conversion process, but I guess I brought it down a little too much. I had read that pH readings might be off once you start the conversion process, so I wasn't sure if I should do...

Thanks for the welcome! I'll post new pictures every time the color changes. It's been the same color (picture 2 - murky brown cesspool) with no change for four days now, so I'm getting worried, although from other posts it sounds like maybe murky brown is a good sign. That's what I'm hoping...

Thanks for the picture upload advice. I reduced them, so I'm hoping it works this time. The first picture was last Sunday. The second picture is today.