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  1. blemaire

    Sand for my sand filter

    Curious as to why not Quickcrete brand. I used it in my filter and haven't had a single problem. I know the sand that comes from my Quickcrete plant comes from the local sand pits and is bagged right there.
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    10,000 Gallon using BBB

    There is not set amount of each of the three that you have to put in. Water supply used and local conditions make each pools chemistry unique. Go to the pool school section and read up on it. It sounds confusing at first but break it down into little sections at a time. And the tf 100 test...
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    2 days after pulling cover

    Well it took me a titch over a week to obtain crystal clear water. The cool water definately helps though. Now if we can get thru the wet weather so I can enjoy it as much as the pooches. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    2 days after pulling cover

    He always watches the duck thermometers. Both of the dogs know they cant go in the pool without their specific pool toys. Saves me a bunch of headache lol. Its a labor of love. Ill post some good shots of the crystal clear pool and the cabana soon if the weather holds here. He was super...
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    2 days after pulling cover

    Here is mt pool 2 days after pulling the cover. Due to less than ideal conditions i had to put my pool away dirty last season. It was a icky green when the cover went off but I could still see blobs in the shallow end. This will be the start of my 5th season of using lessons learned by Pool...
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    No pool cover here either !

    Lucky you. I'm itching to get my cover off and begin to open my pool in Kansas. It's finally above 40 every night and mid 60s daily. I don't even want to guess at my water temp yet. Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk
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    Proud owner of a glorious swamp!

    I was in the same boat last year when i bought my house with my own swamp as well. I learned a bunch here at the site and never looked back. as for your filter dont be afraid of it. its actually quite simple. I replaced all 600 lbs of sane in my filter(yea i got a big filter) fairly easy all my...
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    I'm just getting started!

    Try lowes for muratic acid as well as cya I found my local one has both for decent prices. But they are definitely different in each region. I pretty much looked everywhere for everything I would need some in strange places as well.
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    I'm just getting started!

    I'm in the same boat you are in. And your lucky that your pool started off clear. I just got my house with an In ground pool and it was a swamp. I've put some time in to it and using the bbb method is paying off. I only go to the pool store for parts and CYA. The best thin I did was get the...
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    Just getting started on fixing the prior homeowners mess

    Oh I've been on the march to even get to shock levels lol. And I just put in the bottle of 8.25% that will put me over the top finally. And I'm hitting that after the sun goes down, so bonus there. Now to keep it up and see what my loss over night is. As well as during the day while the wife and...
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    Just getting started on fixing the prior homeowners mess

    Thank you we just got done with the first vacuum and brushing that wasn't to waste. And just did a full set of levels. PH 7.2 FC 11.5 CC 2 TC 13.5 TA 110 CH 370 CYA 40 This is the first test that the FC level actually jumped a ton. So we are almost to shock levels :).
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    Just getting started on fixing the prior homeowners mess

    yea im working on that trying to figure out why the code is not working or maybe it is where i have the images posted
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    Just getting started on fixing the prior homeowners mess

    I just closed on my house and moved in on the first of july and this is what was waiting for me to figure out what all is happening under the surface after a bit of blind leaf raking i ended up here a bit more blind leaf raking and vacum to waste with a little water replacement and after a...