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Hi Everyone My AGP has been up and running for 3 months now without a glitch (hurrah). But I'm off on vacation for 2 weeks tomorrow (aghhh!!). So I have a beautiful clear pool and I'd like to keep it that way. Over a 2 week period records show that I've used... 2Kg of Dry Acid to keep the ph...

Hi Just starting up the pool with fresh tap water. the area in the South West of England has fairly hard water with relatively high CaCo3 levels. I have the following chemicals at my disposal Sodium Hydrochlorite 14/15% Dry Acid Stabilized Chlorine Granules 55% (with built in stabilizer) Calcium...

I thought I was getting confused :-) So I have a test kit that measures KH Alkalinity. I added 15 drops of something (Sodium Hydroxide?) and it turned from blue to yellow. The box shows a diagram of the procedure and a calculation at the bottom. The calculation on the side says 1 drop = 1DH...

Happy new season everyone (for the UK anyway). I've just filled my 1000 litre hot tub with fresh tap water. I live in an area of hard water (limescale). I've taken a reading and have a CaCO3 level (TA?) of 267 and a ph of 7.1. CYA is virtually non existent and no chlorine. Before I add chlorine...

Hi Living in the UK and have both 410 and 407 gases to choose from for an intex above ground pool. Plan is to use it April to Early October. Simple question... which gas? I have these two options I'm looking at... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT...

Added 2 litres am and 2 litres pm Saturday Sunday am (14.6ppm and .8ppm). Backwashed filter (very green). Pool dull but not green or cloudy. Can see bottom fine. Going to consider I'm at the last stage. Maintain Shock today and scrub. Will test tonight and tomorrow for slight FC change. Temp at...

1 hour later 15.4ppm FC, 0.8 CC, PH 7.5 Added another 2 litres going to leave till morning now with pump running.

quick update. I woke up this morning (no it isnt a blues song)... and added 4 litres onto a FC of 11ppm My wonderful wife added 2 litres at lunch time whilst I was at work Reading this evening was 13.6ppm FC and 1.2CC Swept the floor and sides to stir it up and just added another 2 litres of...

OK done. It's dark outside now so will be difficult to check till morning.

pH = 7.4 FC = 10ppm CC = 1ppm TA = 178 CH = dont know CYA = 60 I use a Palintest kit I know the TA is high and that bringing the PH down to 7.1 and aerate back up will reduce TA. But not sure what to do first. It's a light skimming of green algae that's 24 hours old max, sitting on the floor of...

here's a photo. The pool started to get a green floor this morning so I've upped the FC to 10ppm. It took 12 litres of this stuff to get from 1.4 to 10.4ppm. I think I understand your question... it looks like it's Hydroxide (with the water) and Chlorite without. so it's less than 5% Sodium...

thanks. 14pence per litre (10 cents?) <5% could be anything close to zero I guess It also says it has stabilizers too... is that the dreaded CYA I'm trying stay clear of? For the UK guys I'm talking about Sainsbury's Basic Thin Bleach ed. maybe caustic soda? NaOH

Hi, I read a lot about using Sodium Hydrochlorite and that this is contained in cheap Thin Value Bleach, but my local supermarket Thin Bleach is <5% Sodium Hydroxide, is this OK to use?

Re: Anyone Use a Pollytunnel canopy for their ABG? We don't all live in the desert!! :-) I wonder if this might be an idea to share with those who have 'real' in ground pools? Admininstrators... would be interesting to know if you can provide an idea as to where everyone is located. Seems to...

Re: Anyone Use a Pollytunnel canopy for their ABG? Here's my brand new luxury pool enclosure! The temperature outside has been pretty rubbish (low to mid 60'sF) and wet. We've been in the pool most days in the last week. Pool temp doesnt drop as much as solar blanket only and the air inside...

Thanks Teapot, I think it would be a good swap. T40's water flow of 8-9 cubic metres is a better match for my system compared to my current 4-5 cubic metre recommended flow of the Azur. That said the pool water's looking good.

Hi I have an opportunity to acquire a better sand filter than I currently have (replace with a Triton T40). I have just added new filter media to the old filter (See spec at bottom of post). Question is can I simply pour the filter media into the new filter? I guess the issues are around the...

This is an old'ish post but I might be of use to someone looking through the history for an answer to this problem for zero cost. I cut a few metres of hose pipe from the garden hose (dont tell my wife!). Grabbing both ends of the cut pipe I fill full of water. Then you quickly drop one end onto...

In fact any self built canopy Thinking of something cheap to keep the air slightly warmer than outside and a less temp reduction.

I opened up the filter after a weeks filtering (couple hours per day) and there's definitely activity in there!! It looked like white goo on top. This ties in with the cloudy pool I had when I shocked it. So I'll probably stick with the levels I have currently. Especially that when you move up...

I'm interested in heat pumps for my agp. I think I'll go for a DURA 7. Might even consider a DURA + 10kw as we plan to swim extended season. Any others I should consider and where I can get them for the best price?

I thought it might be useful to see if we can get some collection of best buys in the expensive Market place. It can also be a good idea to collect ideas and web sites to purchase products that Is a lot easier to get in the US. Here's a few ideas for starters... TEST KITS If you need similar...

Hi, I put in the required amount of glass media into my filter (details in sig). It said I could use less weigt measures (15%) because the glass media is lighter and so I have the required volume. I'm left with about 25cm (10 inches) of gap from the top of the media pile to the top of the...

Rubber boots could be the answer. They are used a lot in koi carp pools to connect different size pipes or to join up two slightly off line pipes. See me new thread on rubber boots. I'm in the uk so my example is a uk site but there must be us versions.

Whilst working out how to fit my 1.5 inch standard flexible pipe to my intex odd sizing I came across this site. They do boots that simply clamp at either end. Hope this is of use to others. I plan to connect my pipes to the intex in and out plungers in the side of my intex pool. Comments...

Thanks for the prompt replies. I checked over the contents of the filter I got off eBay and I might be missing an o ring off the lateral pipe. I'm guessing this would reduce the amount of water being forced down through the laterals (it's a top loader). Ordered another one today so will report...

Hi, I'm new here so please be patient!! After months of research and scouring ebay I have now a fully working Intex AGP with 15" sand filter and .5hp pump. My problem might not be a problem... but that's were I need help (I've kept away from gallons as you guys in the US have different ones to...