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Yeah, I had pneumonia, and the kids were sick too, so I wasn't paying attention!!

I had a major algae situation and took care of it all by myself! I have really gotten a hang of this pool care stuff since Guamguy has been on deployment, I see now why he says it's "relaxing". There is something cathartic about keeping your pool clean and nice for friends to enjoy. I just...

Me too. :cheers:

Thank you all. I am starting to feel more comfortable, and I'm not running back to the pumphouse every few minutes obsessively checking if I did it right. Well, not as much anyway.

Hi honey! Miss your face! :cry: So I added a bit too much dye I think......mose of my guests left with blue skin. :grrrr: But they had had enough to drink that they didn't care that much. It seemed like it was only people that were in the spa though, maybe it takes longer for it to filter...

So how old is everyone now? I'm starting my last year of my twenties. :(

You are probably right about the cousin, LOL! I'll ask around, I'm sure I know someone who knows someone. I wonder how much the island has changed since 1980?

I'm having a toga/pool party tonight for my birthday and I have some stuff called "party pool" to dye it dark blue. Seems festive. Is it going to mess up my chemicals or make it hard for me to take readings? :party:

Holy Crud! I wonder how much one of the kids would fetch on the black market? I'm kidding. No, but seriously, anyone want one?

Ballpark. We have white plaster right now, I'm thinking its the cheapo stuff because it seems to have deteriorated fairly quickly.

I dont think a saltwater thingie is in the cards anytime soon....$$! Our pool stays the same temp year round so I guess I will just do a chlorine drop test everyday.

Okay, crisis averted. Brian called and I went out with the phone and started it back up and the pressure was fine. Apparently our fliter has a automatic air release valve, so letting it sit for awhile I guess got all the air that was in it out. Phew!

So I had the pump running while we were swimming today and my son asked me to turn on the waterslide. I did, and then when I went to close the valve to the waterslide, the pump started sounding like it was working really hard and the needle on the gauge was jumping back and forth from 30 to 40...

Thanks, ya'll!

Will there be days that I don't put ANYTHING in the pool? It seems both the PH and the FC are legit as of tonight, the water looks clear, etc. It seemed like Brian was always tinkering and adding stuff. :hammer: We did the total battery of tests on Monday, and it's Thursday night here. Also...

Thanks guys! I'm obsessivly reading "pool school". Brian left me a manual that I need to print out, I probably should have done that before the panic!

....and I am OVERWHELMED. I have visited the "pool school", I'm not too worried about the chemistry, but the actual pump and whatnot, well, I'm scared of it. I just ran the pump and after an hour did the ph and chlorine tests which were fine. I don't want to sound like an idiot, but an OPEN...