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I used HTH Metal And Stain Defense Monday night and Tuesday it was crystal clear. There was much rejoicing by the family. I was interested to see how long it would stay that way before I had to add more of it. I got my answer pretty fast. Yesterday afternoon (Wednesday) it is rust colored again...

It is currently brownish since I have added a good bit of bleach. Will my sand filter eventually get it out or do I need to add something to make it clump together more. I have been reading several conflicting things about getting iron out of pool water. My liner is brand new and I would hate...

Does the Iron eventually filter out or do you have to keep adding sequestrant? I just had liner replaced and when I refilled pool it is clear yellow/green so from what I am reading I feel pretty sure I have Iron but I would like to get rid of it and not have to keep adding a new chem.

Ahh, that I had never read. This could indeed explain it. Needless to say I will be checking it more often.

We did get a lot of rain earlier in the year. I never got enough rain to overflow but I did have to drain an inch or two off about 3 times... but with this in mind I would have to replace 50% of the pool to reduce it from 50 to 25. I do not see how it is possible for this to have caused my cya...

I backwash whenever my gauge shows the psi raises to the point my gauge shows. On my gauge it has a 10 psi range knob that I set when I backwash. Once it raises 10 psi since last backwash I do it again. My attn is usually drawn to it when the flow from pool inlets start to seem low. With that...

No, FC had come down to 9 from 20 when I performed the CYA tests.

I never closed it. No strange odor or color... it has been nice and clear until Saturday when it started looking a tiny bit dull.

I purchased my house at the beginning of the summer last year and my CYA was around 220. I did several partial drains and got it down to 50. Since it was at 50 last summer and i only use liquid bleach as my chlorine I have assumed it was still 50. I have only tested my FC a few times this year...

The printout you posted shows 3.2leters or 3Qt 1pt and 3.2oz. which is confusing... Easier to just say 108.2 oz.

Wow, I wish I had a Menards. I would go ahead and purchase 30 - 40 or so at that price. - - - Updated - - - I read that as 1280 oz for some reason... I was thinking there was no way they were selling 10gallons for that price... doh! Happy 4th!

Just to update... I did develop a problem... algae! With a dilution test I found CYA to actually be around 220... I drained 3 times and lowered my CYA to 50. I did a SLAM and just finished it yesterday. I had previously stated that my pool was "crystal clear" but I didn't know what that...

The best I have found in central MS is 64oz Clorox at Kroger for 1.49... it is 8.25%. This is just a bit better then Walmart that sells 121oz of 8.25% for 2.98.

I started getting a few small algae spots on pool and water got a bit dull so I started a SLAM... For 3 days now the water has been crystal clear but I am still losing 3ppm FC at night. I am wondering if the reason for the loss may be the fact that I have numerous Crapemertels (flowering trees...

I am currently doing a slam. I thought my CYA was slightly over 100 but doing a dilution test I recently found my CYA was 210... I was not keeping my FC high enough and started getting a bit of algae. I drained a ton of water... refilled and then drained more... I am now down to CYA of 85 so I...

They left me a Pentair Legend?... I think that is what it is... so you may just be correct. This thing can act a bit retarded in its actions :scratch:

I am pretty new to pools... I have owned my pool for only about a month now. The previous owners had this baffle type plate attached to the ladder. Can anyone tell me what this is for? All it really accomplishes is stops all the flowers that are falling from my trees from reaching the skimmer...

I was wondering the same thing... the Taylor video shows someone using such heaping scoops that it may as well be 5 scoops instead of 2...!

I plan to drain some water and lower my CYA soon... It has just been too wet and rainy to do so. it is drying up so i will probably do so early this week.

I have been caring for a pool for just over a week now and when i started it was crystal clear and wonderful but had no detectable chlorine level. CYA is just over 100 so I was trying to keep FC at 12. I just realized tonight that I was doing the math wrong and instead of multiplying by .2 with...

Pump looses prime over night... is this normal? It primes right up when I turn it back on. It takes about 20-30 seconds to prime. I thought I read or watched on youtube at some point that the pump supposed to stay primed... :confused:

I am pretty new so someone correct me if I am wrong but I think you should keep a higher CYA if you are in so much full sunlight. It will require a higher FC but should require less to maintain the higher FC.

I see your point but the rain is supposed to clear out tomorrow. I will keep that in mind though... I like free!

On the strip is the "Stabilizer" test the strip's equivalent of CYA?

I added a 121oz jug of 8.25% bleach and let it mix for a few hours yesterday... this brought my FC up to 10.5 the CC was 0. Kids were dieing to swim so they had a blast. I measured again late last night and FC was 10 CC .5 (the color change to pink for CC was barley noticeable) I for sure need...

Pool is crystal clear and I expected my test results to look good... I was a bit surprised by what was low... Chlorine. I could measure none. I used my K2006 kit and could not get the 10ml of water to turn even the slightest bit pink with 8 scoops of DPD Powder. I found some test strips they...

Hello all, I am closing on a house this coming Friday that has a 15,000 gallon in ground liner pool. I was totally ignorant about pools and have been doing my homework since we placed an offer on this house. Currently they have a pool boy that keeps it crystal clear and wonderful. The pool...