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With a very dirty bottom, what your filter is doing on filter is normal. What is happening is the sand is getting more dirt than it can handle and pushing it back out. You are doing the right thing by switching to waste. It may take longer as far as vacuuming, but your water will clear faster...

Dollar Store toy section should have them.

Re: My test vs pool store test. Thanks Butterfly. I'll just let it sit as it is then and let it do its thing. No need to add something if I don't absolutely need to. Strange to not have anything to do to it......... :lol: And I can't swim in it yet either. :cry:

Re: My test vs pool store test. Pool has been clear for a few days now. I haven't put anything in it. I've just been checking levels everyday and dipping/vacuumng any debris out. Today FC 7.5 CC 0 TA 70 CYA 40 (Don't know why it went from 30 to 40. Tester error probably) PH 7.1 (best guess...

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Re: My test vs pool store test. Solar Cover purchased. I haven't been this excited about my pool in years! :whoot: :whoot: :party:

Re: My test vs pool store test. Thanks, Jason! I am sure glad I found you guys! I would have spent WAY more money at this point to get the pool clean up if I had continued pool storing it. Now I can shop for solar covers with the money I have saved! Also, I stopped to get some more bleach...

Re: My test vs pool store test. Ahh. I see. Thanks rmax. Well, pool is clear. I can see all edges at the deep end. Its still not perfectly clear and sparkly though so I am going to keep at shock level tonight and see what tomorrow holds. The rain showers the last two days probably haven't...

Here I am..... :wave:

Re: Pool Build - California Dreaming - Still Dreaming...... I just read the entire 33 pages of this thread. :shock: AMAZING!! I want to come live in your back yard! Beautiful....absolutely beautiful!

Re: My test vs pool store test. Good deal. Thanks! Sounds like a plan.

Re: My test vs pool store test. Oh no no no no. I would never try to do it myself. My renter is a licensed electrician though.... may need to work out something on the rent with him........ Does this look like the right size everything for the pool?

I have 3 of them! Ha! No telling what I paid for those three bottles.

Re: My test vs pool store test. So my Chlorine is still holding well. I lost 2ppm today so FC is 11 right now. My water is better and I would say it should be crystal clear by tomorrow or the next. ALMOST THERE!!! Next question. I am not electrically inclined at all. I went out and took...

We replaced our last liner DIY. Granted, I was just supervising (and the beverage supplier) the husband and his friend (who both used to install pools), it took about a day of labor to get it all done. The trick is in the measurements. Our pool is an older 18 X 36 pool with the sharp corners...

Re: My test vs pool store test. Hmm, did not know that about the slightly dirty filter. Thanks for the tip!

Re: My test vs pool store test. The past two days I back washed 3 times each day. Prior to that, I backwashed 2 - 3 times a day depending on my time at home. Today I have only had time to back wash twice so far. This morning it was dirty and psi was up. This evening the psi wasn't up but I...

Re: My test vs pool store test. Pool is still cloudy. Some better than yesterday, but it's just a tad better. Have to go get the floating pollen tassels out in a bit. I wish I had taken pics from the beginning. I had no idea there would be such interest in a green swamp pool though. Here...

Re: My test vs pool store test. I am brushing and stirring up at least 2 - 3 times a day. Today, I am brushing and there seems to be nothing clouding around the brush. Been at it pretty continuous this weekend and have seen big results since yesterday morning. I am close. The laundry can...

Sami, you and I need to sit together at the kiddie table. Haha! Seems we are working side by side. Keep on Keeping on is the only advice I have.

Re: My test vs pool store test. Ok. So I let my water warm to room temp and checked my CYA again. I actually used the same mix 5 times by pouring back and forth to make sure. My CYA is 30. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. FC is at shock level of 13 per the pool calculator (since I...

Re: My test vs pool store test. Bahahha! Reminds me of this.... Three friends married women from different parts of the country. The first man married a woman from Florida . He told her that she was to do the dishes and house cleaning. It took a couple of days, but on the third day, he came...

Re: My test vs pool store test. Thanks for the confirmation! I will come back here and ask someone to hold my hand when I do get ready to start that project. :lol: For now, I will just ignore the stains and pretend they aren't even there. :-D

Re: My test vs pool store test. Pool School search gives me this thread. ascorbic-treatment-to-rid-pool-of-metal-stains-t2298.html I am guessing I need to do this after I get the water cleared completely?