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Ok, so DO NOT do a drain or partial drain at this point is what is suggested? I really didnt want to have to do that. Maybe I can take a few days off work that way I can be with it around the clock....

The problem is its so green that I cant see what is on the bottom of the **** pool. If it was a little clearer I could see the bottom. As it is now I am basically blind to see the bottom and what is down there....

calcium hypochlorite. which I think does not have CYA in it......Could that be the issue.??

I am using the Taylor K2006. I also wasnt sure of my results so I took my water to 2 different local stores and had them check the water. I am trying to use SLAM the best I can. I am a shift worker and work 12 hour shifts and have been working alot lately. But yes I have been hitting it hard...

Help... I have a 20,000 inground plaster pool. Hayward DE 4820 filter system. I have been trying for about 2 weeks to turn it clear with shocking it hard and often. As soon as my filter pressure gets to like 30 I backwash and add new DE. Nothing I have tried is working. There is a bottom...

Thanks everyone who answered. about 2 hours after I posted question I found this article that someone had had in the forum.....Sounds like a really great idea. This person had pictures on his website and list the actual epoxy to use. It may just work. But after I looked into the elements...

I got Hayward DE 4820. I was doing my annual cleaning of filter elements and noticed about 3 elements had small tears in them( maybe a 1/8 inch at most). There were several little tears on each from the plastic inside the mesh. I guess the elements are getting old and worn out. I bought...

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Typical newbie question I am sure but I cant figure this out. I have a Hayward DE filter. 2 year old pump (not sure what size). What is going on is that I always bleed off the air after starting the pump. I get all the air out of the filter. But maybe 2 hours later I go back and the Filter...

I am using a muratic acid water mixture. I got most of the stuff off with a really strong nozzle of water. I think the acid/H2O mixture will knock the rest off. Thanks for the help.

oh there is scale and algae and alot more Crud than I thought there would be.......Nasty. I will try that TSP, Thanks!

Hey there. I am cleaning my DE filter for the first time. I am going to pull out the elements and give them a good washing. Is there a solution I can make myself to really get them clean? I dont want to pay an arm and a leg for some solution from the pool supply store if I can make some...

Yeah I didnt think about that. They are on the inside lid. Forgot, Thanks

I have noticed this summer and last summer that my pool has some 'etching' or little holes that look like something has eaten out of it. Most of these pits or scars have some type of blackish algae in them that is very hard to get out. I don't have alot of this but there is a few spots around...

level of FC that we can get in. I shocked last night with the recomendations from the poolcalculator. I raised it to a 31 and right now I cant tell what it is. I know it is pegged out on my Taylor 2006 kit. So it is well over 5 or 10. I would assume it is somewhere around 15. Is it okay if...

Actually I am using No More Problems Which is an algaecide. Last summer and the first part of this summer My water has always looked crystal clear. Only problem has been the spots here and there of the greenish dime sized whatever. aside from that it has been peachy. One reason I really hate...

FC has been running 3 to 4 TC is the same CC has been virtually 0 TA is 100 PH is 7.7 CH is 400 CYA is 70 last check. I don't have an algae "bloom" per se, I am getting these little green dime size spots about the pool here and there. They are light greenish in color and with a brush can...

It shows on the Pool Calculator to get a shock with my CYA level of 60-70 I need to add something like 7.5 gallons of 6% bleach. Can that be right? That is a whole lot of bleach. heck, that will cost me like 30 or 40 bucks. I do have 'some' algae spots around the pool, but nothing a little...

Thanks for the suggestions. No the water level is not low. As far as the pump strainer, I will check when I get home from work. I hope it is not an underground piping leak..... :oops:

Of my return jets. It only last for like 10 seconds and then it's back to normal. Also when the bubbles thing happens it sounds as if my filter is kinda surging or something. I guess this means I have some kind of air leak huh? Is that harmful to equipment. Thanks

Thanks for the advice. I am gonna stop with the pucks. I also think it is time to do a 33% drain and fill! C5

Ok got my chemicals tested at Pool Warehouse. Here is there results: Free Cl 4.5 Total Cl 4.5 combined cl 0.0 Ph 7.5 Hardness 350 Alkalinity 90 CyA 80 (this is my fear also) copper 0.0 Iron 0.0 Total Dissolved solids 500 So my CYA is creeping up little by little. I may...

Unless you are running a SWG...you may be heading into problems with a CYA of 70 and still using triclor (which adds CYA in addition to Chlorine) Take a look at the CYA/FC chart to get a feel for minimum and "shock" levels of chlorine. You do not have enough chlorine in your pool currently to...

Everything seems cool in my pool. I have a pool guy that I am trying to break away from because I think I am wasting money on him. He never, ever wants to shock. Even when we had 35 people over in our pool. The F.C. levels are almost always around 0. He says that is because he uses a...

Yes I have started reading the page. great info. I will take a sample up to the local Pool Warehouse and get a complete rundown. I have a test kit but it is cheap and unrealiable I think. I am gonna get a taylor 2006. I'll get back with you when I get those Numbers. Thanks

To make a long story short, I am a shift worker at a local Refinery. It is hard for me to give my pool the care it really needs during the summer months so I have hired a pool guy.(big mistake) Anyway, I have a 20,000 gal in ground plaster pool with a hayward D.E. filter and I believe a 1.5...