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This is why I love TFP! OK, I'm 98% confident that my guage is working as it's been working over the last few days. Now it reads 0 with no water flowing to the SAND filter. I've cleaned out all the baskets. Neither were blocked, but both had stuff in them. (the pool is under oak and sweetgum...

Hello Everyone! I'm in Atlanta GA with a vinyl pool. We were vacuuming, and getting it ready tonight, but it had a fair amount of pollen, tree bits, and leaves in it. (And some sweetgum tree balls) I had my basket in the whole time, as well as the pump basket. All of a sudden, the pump got...

SO, Patience has never been my strong suit. on July 9th, I went and bought a bottle of superfloc, and saw blue the next morning. I vacuumed it to waste the evening of the 10th, and added a second bottle of Superfloc (If 1 is good, 2 must be better), Vacuumed it to waste again last night, and...

Well it is Still light green and cloudy. I've vacuumed it thoroughly and am now only getting out grit and the odd leaf or small stick. I'm using a skimmer sock, and it's getting grit. Still now real change since the 6th. I've been keeping my chlorine up and the overnight change is 1-2...

SO, It's been 7 days and I've stalled. :( The water went from a dark green to a light cloudy green which I take as a good sign, it holds chlorine, and the overnight drop is like a 2. I'm using Pool DE during the day, and backwashing regularly. I'm vacuuming daily at least, and am getting out...

I've reached the level in my monthly water bill, where if I go too much higher (with another 10-20,000 gallons) It's going to start hurting alot. Getting the CYA level down to 90 was a significant accomplishment. My goal is to remove & fill about 2 ft a month. We bought the house last August...

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On Friday night, I started the shock Process, True to forums, I've used a TON of bleach, but it is changing colors. Today I added some DE to the filter to see if that would help filter out the algae. I think the "personality" of my pool is that of a bitter lonely old woman. I've been keeping the...

OK. To drain my pool faster, I bought a second sump pump. :) (Duh!) It's very green (obviously) and is being a great breeding pond for tadpoles and other swimming things. OK, here are today's numbers FC 0 Ph 8.2 CC 0 TA 130 CH 190 CYA 90 Which according to the pool calculator says dump in 14...

Alternately, Any suggestions on how to get water out of the pool faster?

Hello Everyone, So I've spent the last week or so slowly draining the pool with the pump, and occasionally refilling it with my hose. This is an incredibly slow process as evidently my pool cover pump isn't very fast in the grand scheme of things. (Notice, no main drain, so I can't use the...

Ahp, nevermind, I found the how to drain a pool with the link above. Thanks Pam

OK, So it looks like my Ph is 7.2 from the cheesy wal-mart kit I bought for today. Is there any special technique for draining the pool half way? Should I suck it off the bottom with a vac? Put a cover pump on the bottom and let it suck it out, etc? Any tips for refilling, or just grab the...

Oh I got everything from you're an idiot, come to ask us to test your water and ask the experts and then ignore us. See we have this seal, I bet the other idiots didn't. (They were both Leslie stores). Here are the recommendations that I had previously received Yesterday. 1st suggestion: I add...

Perfect. I just like to understand so I don't repeat my mistakes. :)

Oh! And I just returned $500 work of chemicals! Yay! :-D (although the pool store now hates me)

OK I bought a basic test for today, and will order the TF100. I bought the Borax. I bought this house late fall last year, so this is my first real experience with a pool. *Deep Breath* What is CC? Is it Contained/Bound Chlorine (It's not in the ABC's) it's .5 Here are my questions. 1) How do...

Here are my numbers as of last night. Pool is Dark Green and has been since I returned from vacation on June 3, kids are irate and I'm $700 poorer :cry: . Can't afford any of the pool store recommendations, so turning here. Pool details should be in the sig line. FC 0 PH 6.8 TA 100 CH 250 CYA...