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If you are using the stock cartridge filters with your intex pool, I would buy one of these sand filters instead: http://www.myquickbuy.com/servlet/the-1 ... tal/Detail That is about the best price I found, and the water is a lot clearer now. You can read "heads or tails" on a penny dropped...

Hi again... I am still using 4 to 5 PPM of chlorine daily now 2 weeks later. 4300 gal intex metal frame 1600 gph sand filter using BBB method with walmart bleach Pool is in full sun in Raleigh, NC. Today's morning readings: fc= 5.0 cc= 0.0 tc= 5.0 ta= 100 ch= 0 cya = 50-55 ph= 7.4 borates =...

They also told me about adding calcium to keep my pool walls from eroding. I mentioned again it was a vinyl Walmart pool, but TWO of the salesmen concurred that it was still important. It was a real challenge to not burst out laughing. Needless to say, I won't be back. Question: What...

Thank you. I had asked the local pool store about the chlorine use, and they wanted to sell me a $400 salt-water generator. They also told me I needed to use Bio-Gard because the bleach is "poor quality chlorine". I don't know how these places sleep at night. Without knowing any better, I...

I have a 15 foot (4000 gal.) Walmart pool. This is my first pool. The CYA is 40. The Borates are 30. I try to keep the FC at 5-7 per the pool calculator. Ph is 7.2 It is in full sun, there are 2 adults, 2 kids that use it about once a day. It is in the mid-90s here. No rain this week...