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Last year at this time I was in the same position. Once it got too cold to use the pool, I left it open for about 3 more weeks but stopped adding anything with Baq in it. When I closed the pool I did use the closing kit sold at the pool store for non-chlorine pools. When I opened the pool...

Hello, I purchased a solar saddle 6 weeks ago and I love it. I have a 24 ft round pool AG and no good location for a reel system. The installation was easy, just drilling a few holes in the top rail of the pool. The large pvc hooks that hold the solar cover are removable, which is a nice...

[I added the Oxidizer and then the Sanitizer and Algistat. But i am unclear as to how often to add the Oxidizer, it has conflicting instructions. It says Weekly and then Monthly. I have heard 2 different things. So is it monthly I add it or every week? Thanks] Hello, 30 days ago I completed my...

Susan, I finished my conversion from Baq almost 3 weeks ago and my pool looks and feels great. I was reading about your progress and it caught my attention when you mentioned that you were taking your stairs out to clean them. I also cleaned my stairs and as I was about to put them back in the...

Thanks for all of your help getting me through this conversion. For anyone reading this in the future...I started on May 8th and finished on May 22. I used 32 gallons of Clorox 5.7% bleach and 15 gallons of 12.5% chlorine. The first 3-4 days were intense with almost hourly checks, cleaning...

Thursday am 5/22/08 - I've been keeping the pool FC at 15 each night. I had to put the solar cover on yesterday to stop all the tree debris from clogging the pump. High winds caused lots of seed pods to fall and clogged the skimmer and pump basket so bad that the pump was running almost dry...

Mark, I've been reading your reports on your conversion. I am about 3 - 4 days behind you. Kudos on getting through it. I envy your 100 degree temps. It was 42 here in Mass this morning. My pool temp is 59 degrees. We hope to be able to get in the pool by mid June at this rate. I also...

Monday morning 5/19/08 7am FC held at 14.5 and CC was about .75. Later today I'll measure the CYA to see how it has disolved. I put in 5 lbs on Saturday night. Any problem with putting the solar cover on now? It is going to be windy and cool the next 5 days so it would help keep the tree...

Sunday morning results - The FC was 14.5 this am. I dumped the vile before I did the CC... duh. I had put in 5 lb of CYA stabilizer Saturday night. At 7pm Sunday the FC had only dropped to 9.5. It usually dropped to 1 or 2 after a day of sun. The CC was 1.00 maybe a little less but you can't...

Saturday and here are my totals. at 11am We had heavy rain overnight. FC 9 CC 1.0 pH 7.5 T/A 130 CH 260 CYA 0 Temp 62 I just tore apart my filter. There was some brown Crud stuck to some of the parts. Probably what was keeping the CC high. It is gone now. I am soaking all interior parts...

Friday 5/16 am - The FC held at 15 overnight for the first time. The CC was 1.5. What's next? Should I do a full range of test this morning or let the sun cook off the chlorine and do them this afternoon? How do I handle the CYA now? I've seen talk of socks over the side but the stuff I...

Thursday am. FC held at 14 overnight! CC was 2. Do I just keeping adding CL nightly keeping FC at 15 until the CC drops to .5? Russ

Wednesday morning ... FC held at 11 overnight so I'm getting there. I'll vacuum and sweep the sides of the pool today. There is a lot of tree debris - seed and leaf particles - due to high winds the past two day. My skimmer basket has been full every time I've checked it. My CC was 3 so I've...

Here is day 4 and ducks Ducks!!!!

Picture - Day 1 Here is the pool on Day 1, 2 & 3. I have more picture uut I have to resize them in order to upload them here. I just went out to test the pool at 6pm. The FC was 2 and CC was 3. I went back to the garage to get the chlorine and when I returned there were 2 ducks in my pool...

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I am about 3/4 of the way through my conversion from Baq on my 24 ft round pool. I opened the pool with the intension of converting so I had lower levels of Baq than you do. I've spent $66 on Chlorine so far. Last year, my first full year on Baq, I was putting 2 gal of oxidizer in a week. BIG...

Tuesday morning... The FC level held at 11.5 overnight. Getting closer to that magic 15 number. The water is crystal clear. I'll boost it up to 15 again tonight and see how we do tomorrow morning. Now I need to look into solar heating to get a bit longer pool season. I'm in northern Mass on...

Monday morning... FC dropped to 6 overnight. Pool water is still clear and beautiful. I will wait until this evening to put more chlorine in the pool so the sun wont get a chance to eat it up during the day. I'm now using the 12.5% bleach. So far I've used 32 gal of Clorox 5.7% and 5 gal of...

Should I be testing any other parameters at this point in the conversion or is just doing FC good enough? Russ

9am Sunday morning... I checked the FC and it was down to 3 overnight. The water is nice and clear... looks great. I will break down the filter and clean it well to get rid of any goo still hiding there. My question now is... do I continue keeping the FC at 15 during the day when the sun will...

It is now 5pm and I have a sparkling clear pool!!!! It looks great. No color at all, just clear water. I'm amazed how fast it cleared. My FC dropped to 6 so I boosted it back to 15. I'll check again about 8pm and adjust it to 15 and see how it does in the morning. I checked the Ph and it...

Noon day 3 ... I spent all morning vacuuming the yellow gunk off the bottom of the pool and brushing the sides clean. The pool water is clear with a light blue green color. Looks like the Florida Keys except my water temp is 55. Not a bad color to look at. My FC was 3 overnight. I've...

PROGRESS!!! I can now see the bottom of my pool. It is a clear light green color. Just this morning I could only see down 12 inches. The only problem with being able to see the bottom is that it looks like someone baked a pancake on it. About 3/4 of the pool bottom is covered in the tan...