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    Green Baquacil pool help

    Hi Leebo, I tested this morning...sun had already been on the pool for maybe an hour or two. FC=9, CC = .5 (so overnight, it went from 12 to 9) Pool is clear w/ nothing on the bottom and nothing floating in it. I am leaving today in about 2 hours to go out of town and will not be back until...
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    Green Baquacil pool help

    We finished putting together the sand filter late yesterday and finished filling it last night. I backflushed and started it. Today around Noon, I put in 3 121oz 8.25% bleach. I received my TF-100 kit today and just took a sample tonight. I did the chlorine drop test and it resulted in 12...
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    Green Baquacil pool help

    Pool is still filling. Takes a long time. Has about 8 more inches to go and its looking very nice with the clean water! Also, waiting for my TF100 XL test kit to be delivered. I don't think it will get delivered until Friday. So in looking at the conversion steps...looks like I made a...
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    Green Baquacil pool help

    Ok, I did it. I'm taking the plunge to convert and am really excited! Today, we completely emptied the pool. Oh, how nice that all that green water is gone! There was maybe 2 gallons of water left in the bottom and it was not green as we were running the water hose to push everything to the...
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    Green Baquacil pool help

    Hi Leebo & thanks for replying! It is 24' pool, estimated to be about 15,000 gal. It has a sand filter and also a heater. We were planning to be able to swim until the end of Sept (in about 1 1/2 months), but not if it is a complete headache and huge cost. That's a great idea about...
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    Green Baquacil pool help

    We bought our house w/ the AG pool earlier this year. Its 4 years old and had been a chlorine pool. I decided to convert it to a Baquacil system. I had pretty good results with the softswim and our Intex pool for 2 years. After many $$$, I had my pool clear after about 2 months of dealing...