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One more thing should I adjust my TA or is it ok?

Ok awesome! I'm so grateful for this forum! Thank you :cool:

Ok the Viatmin C tablet worked! So now I will continue with the SLAM until the water meets the criteria of an algae free pool? Then go ahead to the AA treatment? Can we swim in between the two? I'd like to give the kids a few days before I tell them no pool again, thanks!

Re: Help! SPAMing...yellow water and stains... Ok thank you. I'm going to go out tomorrow and get some vitamin c, I'll post back how it goes. Thanks again!

I'm hoping for some help here. We've been SLAMing our pool for about 5-6 days now and the water has turned yellowish and it's actually staining my white steps and it looks like the liner as well. The water has cleared up tremendously though, it was black when we opened it. I've had it at shock...

Should we backwash then? We just put new sand in before running it a week ago, there has been alot of junk from the trees falling though!

We've been up and running for about a week, with a psi consistantly at 10 and all of the sudden today there was nothing coming from the returns and no suction into the skimmer from what I could see, and the psi was at 20. We could still see water moving into the clear part in the pump though...

Ok that's what I assumed, after reading pool school. Thanks again :)

Ok thank you!

One more thing, what about the 3lbs of CYA that I added Tuesday? I put it in a sock over the return and it was dissolved in about 24 hours. I'd there a reason why they wouldn't have registered on the test?

Thank you. I will do as you advised, when should I retest?

I did my first set of tests today, we have recently re-filled our pool and the only things I have added thus far are 1 gal of 8.5% bleach Tuesday morning and about 3lbs(48oz.) CYA, also Tuesday. FC- 0 pH- >6.8? Wasn't quite the light orange color at the bottom, it was a little yellow TA- 10...

Actually the water was a little low, maybe an inch past the skimmer opening, we've had the hose in abd its filling up. After a few minutes the pressure leveled out and it's been running normal for about an hour. Definitely seemed liked air was getting in. My husband's picking up a gauge today...

Nm, he got it going! But our pressure gauge isn't working at all. Also, it seems that it's pulling water into the skimmer quickly for a minute or two then it slows down quite a bit then starts again... Not sure if that's normal?

Well my husband went out to turn it on and it's staying on for about 2-3 seconds then its tripping the breaker. Any ideas why?

Will do, thanks!

We're starting up our new to us Hayward sand filter and pump today. We have a small amount of debri in the deep end of the pool but its fairly clean. Should we start with a backwash cycle or filter cycle? Thanks! We love this site and appreciate all the help :)

You must live on the West Coast. I just re-read this lol I'm on the East Coast, I ordered my kit from poolsupplyworld.com which had it shipping from CA.

Can I ask one more question? Our filter and pump are new this year, my husband finished hooking everything up yesterday ( we got them on Craigslist, they are a few years old). Do we need to run the filter on backwash first? Thanks again :)

Awesome thanks!

Yes I'm in NJ, FedEx says Friday, I'm hoping it will arrive sooner :) thank you both! I'll put in bleach and CYA tonight and start the pump. Can I get the CYA they sell at Walmart? Or should I just go to the pool store?

We have been filling our pool the last few days and its almost full just a few inches to go. I recently ordered the TF100 test kit so we can use the BBB method, but it won't be here until Friday. So my question is shoulder go ahead and turn on the pump and filter this week while waiting for the...

*now * for ... I guess I should spell check !

Thanks for the responses everyone! We started filling the pool yesterday just hoping for the best. This morning we are quite full , there's about 3" in the shallow end, and the liner is pushed back in place! :goodjob: There are 2 small wrinkles in the shallow end about 8-10" each. We're really...

Here's a photo of the pool today.

Besides a slight chance of passing thunderstorms tommorrow, the 5 day looks pretty dry.

Thanks for your quick reply! So should we go ahead and start filling the pool back up? Or wait a few days and try to vacuum again? Thanks again!

Looking for help before my husband looses it! We had a new liner installed in our pool last summer , we never covered it all winter, sigh. So instead of just removing leaves and shocking etc., my hubby decided to empty the pool. So we are now empty and the liner seems to be "floating" on the...