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Thanks for your kind comments. The youthful laughter is bound to continue for many years to come as we had a small "accident" during one of the national Covid lockdowns where we stayed 8 months in the cabin. There is after all a limit to how much Netflix a guy can watch.

I have monitored FC for the past 7 days and it is dropping 3 ppm/day. This is equivalent to 600 ml of 6% bleach, so I have installed a dosing pump to add 300 ml twice a day, 6 am/pm. I have a 12 gal reservoir, so that should last for just over 2 months usage. I guess the next thing to watch out...

The penny finally dropped for me as how to understand the CYA/chlorine equilibrium. Thanks guys. I did a 1:4 diluted test, which came out at 75 ppm cyanuric acid, so I am stuck with 300 ppm. Adding 3 litre of 6% bleach will give me +15 ppm FC or a total of 29 ppm FC. I will try to maintain FC at...

I am back on the island and have activated the K-2006 test kit. First off, I had to add 1,200 g (42 ounce) of caustic soda to get the pH back up to 7.2. My cyanuric acid level is approaching scary numbers around 250-300 ppm, but I am desperate short on water in the neutrino detector, so I can't...

Yep, but they are slipping through my filters. I am capturing rain from the back, front and part of the balcony roof. We get about 80" of rain here annually, with about half of that during a very intense monsoon season.

We are about to return to the house and I will start to install and test the bleach dosing pump, but since I am still short on rain water let me share a picture of my 10,000 gal holding tank.

Let's try if this works: Priscilla Villa Koh Tao · Ko Tao, Ko Pha-ngan District, Surat Thani 84280, Thailand If not, look for the photos tab.

Thanks a lot for all your support, votes and likes. I am humbled that my little pool even qualify, let alone win 🏆 this amazing competition. What a welcome to a this fantastic forum. It is also great that International pools are recognized, it is a beautiful world out there. If any of you...

This little pool is sitting 500 ft on a jungle hill overlooking the ocean surrounding the island Koh Tao in Thailand. Thanks to members of this forum the water quality has dramatically improved.

Thanks for the encouragement M88. I can't believe my tiny cyanuric acid saturated pool is worthy of any competition, but since this month's competition is about everything but the pool, I will thrown in a picture. This forum and community just get better and better. Thanks guys.

The house have a 10,000 gal storage tank, which easily fills during our tropical monsoon rainy season. I capture and filter rain water through an elaborate filtration system and have an additional 20 micron filter on the house pump. I just siphon off the water in the pool with the 2" pool hose...

Thanks for your detailed description PS. We have a smaller rain season in May and if I get enough water, I will do a partial refill, get cyanuric acid in the 50 ppm range, switch to bleach and follow your guidelines. I have ordered the dosing pump and will use bleach for now. I can get it for...

Quick question for M88. Do I need to run the MegaChlor unit on a timer to get the FC correct or is it on 24/7? Do I need a separate test kit or will my trusted K2006 kit do the job? I can get a digital salinity and float type hydrometer locally.

It is a Desjoyaux GR.I 110 filter, using a 5 micron filter sock and rolling 18 m3/hour. Not great by any standard, but kind of OK.