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well, it worked, pool looks great, holding CL levels great over night, and the CC's have stayed at .5 or less for 2 days now. still brushing it pretty heavy and holding the FC a lil on the high side for a few days to keep the deep cleaning going. Im adding the CYA over about a 3 day time frame...

things are going great with conversion..did the OCLT test last night and passed, swapped out sand in filter today, keeping it at shock levels, CC still dropping, but was at 1.5 this mornin. so its getting closer by the day, maybe i can pull this swap off in just less then a week. Just having...

conversion is going great(atleast i think) im gona do my loss test tonight, it held good high levels last night, but i didnt keep them at close watch and fell asleep..lol. I can see the bottom agian, and steadily brushing and vaccin stuff out of the center, and my CC is still going down it was...

I sent my wife to pick up filter sand from lowes, she came back with 4 boxes of Aqua Chems filter sand PLUS, it stated that it filters particles 10x smaller then ordinary filter sand, and that you use 1/2 of what the filter calls for(ie mine is 150lb sand, so i would use 75lb of this stuff). Im...

yes, 2 flex hoses(skimmer to pump and filter to return) and a smooth bore heavy section from pump to filter. i know that the new sand will make a big difference with clearing the water up, the current sand is old and full of baq goop..i havent really seen a big rise in pressure, but have back...

i plan to do the CL loss test tonight, if it checks out i will likely be changing the sand tommorrowish, looking at what the numbers did last night, i should be pretty close to 1ppm loss..

yes, everything has been removed from the pool, but im sure there is still plenty in the lines and filter..do i need to take every thing apart and clean out this early? I had planned to clean out all that i could when i change the sand. if so, whats the best way to clean out the hoses?

well I gave in an went to sleep thim mornin about 6am, but from 930 last night when i shocked it, the levels stayed up just over 15ppm all night, and at 1230 today it had droped to 1.5ppm. But its another 100 degree full sun day, so i had expected that to happen. added 2 jugs to bring it back up...

ok, so Im bored, and tryin to learn how this test kit works..so I ran all the numbers I could. at 930pm i kicked up to the shock level after brushing and vaccuming all i could, or maybe just a lil over 15-18ppm, ok closer to 18 i think(got a lil happy pouring bleach)...lol. so at 1245 am, the...

yea, i think ill shock all night...just got done sweeping all of it agian...i could actually start to see the bottow of the pool agian befor sweeping of course. messed up and one of my bags of sand that held the steps down opened as i was taking it out(oops) so im gona let it settle and vac it...

i was thinking about that, ive been working night shift for 5 years, so im a night owl..so i can easily stay up and keep the levels at shock range all night. If i keep it at a shock all night tonight, and do a very detailed cleaning aswell, maybe do the FC loss test tommorrow night to see where...

water looksbetter today, more of a sky blue color. added last top off at 6am, went to bed (over slept) till 2pm, and thanks to the sun .5-1 fc... 2 more big jugs and at least it didnt turn puke slime green this time...stayed simi blueish...looked like a good sign/ step in the right direction...

3 drops doing that test... 3x.5= 1.5, so that means im looking at 1.5 ppm? and need to bring it back to 15 from that point...correct?

tf100, the lil blue kit is the one that im supposed to be testing the FC with, correct? and if so, im guess in reading it correctly in the fact that compare the color it turns to the color on the kit. tested and added at 5pm 420oz to bring to 15ppm...retested at 630pm at it looks like its still...

loam green...the old G.I army face paint camo color....aint seen anyone usedthat for a description yet, but i think it fits...and the goo was an almost instant formation in the skimmer. is there like an idiots guide to this big test kit? lol, or a dirt clod country boy user guide with pictures...

ok, so test kit got here, first test 0 cl(obviously) around 7.5 ph level...recon its time to start adding bleach, 420 oz per the calculator to get to the 15ppm shock range...let the fun begin

well im tossing it all up to a learning adventure...i tried it, didnt like it, so moving on to new things..i like to learn new things anytime i can..bleach seems so much cleaner to me anyways. odd question, and i dont mean to sound stupid, but im askin anyways...during this swap and all the...

i dont mind the picture taking thing....im just not a computer person. i'll take some pics along the way, and try to add them at the end to show start to finish. should be able to start tomarrow afternoon if everything works out. im hoping this will actually go quickly and smooth. ive only had...

so ive stocked up on my bleach, and getting everything ready...im not gona begin untill test kit arrives so i can see where im at befor i begin. can anyone tell me what range i should shoot for with my ph and alkalinity befor i start? or are they sorta secondary untill i get the main attack...

im on a well for top off water, and always have a lil water issues with a hot and dry summer...and water delivery is $225 per 5,000gal tanker...bleach is the cheaper option, looks like a sams club run for sat. i hope to start the change either sunday or monday.

please forgive me. not only am i new to the pool deal, im also new to talk/chat forums of the computer, so i hope i am doing this right. i just put in a gently used 24' 52" above ground, sand filter, with 1 1/2hp pump. the previous owner used baquacil, with years of great swimming, and little...