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Thanks and I'll take a look at them. Also, I looked at your pictures of your construction project. Nice job, it turned out nice!

I just went and timed the ping pong ball at it took 3:30 to make it around that 18' circle.

I will have to try the pool float test as I've only used a ping pong ball in the past, however best that I can recall it seemed to take a couple of minutes to go around that 18' diameter which seemed slow to me. I'm assuming the 2-speed pump has several factors that makes it a good choice...

I'm going to be replacing my current pump (see signature below for my complete setup) in hopes of getting better filtration for my 18x52 above ground pool. Due to it only having one skimmer and one return I feel as if I need to increase my hp as my return doesn't move my water (in my uninformed...

Thanks Richard for confirming my beliefs. I will continue to keep my FC up at shock level and maintain my routine and see if my clarity improves even more. It has improved since I began this back on April 10th but not as quickly as I thought it should have. If it doesn't improve soon then I...

DE Question A week or so ago I had a post which i can no longer find in here (my guess is it was deleted due to inactivity on my part) regarding cloudy water and my CYA level. Over the past few days I have added approximately 1 cup of DE each time to raise my pressure 1 psi (normal 5 psi)...

Thanks Pat & Dave ! i will try and pick up the correct type of DE over the weekend and update my post once I have it working

Sounds like a plan Pat. I am just coming in from outside and inspecting my fittings as I wasn't sure about my pressure reading being low. I believe I hear air coming out of the waste port (with the pump off) and still in the filter mode. Spider gasket perhaps? It's not much air however it does...

Pat, Thanks for the reply and for clarification, I've backwashed several times since beginning this process. Since my normal pressure is around 6 psi I backwash once my pressure rises 3 psi or more. I have a slightly larger flex pipe than was on my system last year due to relocating the pump...

This may seem very basic, but I too recall my confusion when I first used the poolmath app. As was stated above by smforte be sure that you have your numbers correct in the proper columns along with the proper profile (gallons, type and % of chemical (bleach). Don't forget to hit the...

I'm back with an update and still seeking POP (pool owner patience). It's been yet another week and my water still isn't clear and I'm just trying to make certain that I've done everything that I should do to get this problem corrected. As a recap, since raising my FC to 28 and maintaining it...

Sound advice ! Thanks to the both of you. As I have told my kids over the years you can listen and learn or you can live and learn. I always prefer to learn from someone else's mistakes. Now to open that can of POP. LOL Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk

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Thanks guys for the reply and for calming my nerves somewhat. I don't want to overthink this but I did want to make sure that I don't have a problem that I am not seeing and addressing. Not fully understanding my hardware (filtration, flow rate and water chemistry) just yet I wanted to be sure...

Well I'm back with more questions as I am still not seeing the kind of progress that I had hoped for. I've increased my FC to 28 and have maintained it for several days now but I can't see much improvement in my water clarity. About how many days should I anticipate it taking? I have been...

Thanks Kim for the advice and it confirms what I was thinking. I have the pool math calculator bookmarked and use it often. So I had my neighbor come over today around noon ( 6 hrs from my am dosing) and add 44 oz of 10 % bleach. I was late in getting home tonight but like a true TFP warrior I...

Kim, Yes I could get my neighbor to put some in. Any recommendation as to how much I should have him add? I'm off this upcoming Tuesday so I should be able to get an idea as to how much I may be loosing between 6 am (the time I leave each day) and say 1:00 pm (using 6 hr increments)

Thanks to you both for the speedy reply and advice. I will postpone the deep cleaning until I have cleared up the cloudy water issue and up my FC.

Some how we have overshot our CYA level for starting out for this years opening and I'm thinking that it may be the reason that I can't get my water clear after a week of SLAMing. Last year I ran it about 50. Currently it's between 60-70, granted I live in the south and will experience a lot of...

I'm getting ready to purchase either a leaf net and/or winter cover for my 18' round AG pool but am uncertain of what to be looking for as far as features go. Due to the climate here its rare to get snow or ice but we have been know to get it ever few years. We do have several oak trees that are...

Thanks Jeff-I failed to pick up on that and will make the adjustments on poolmath and adjust accordingly.

Thanks for the clarification as well as the prompt reply. I've come so far in such a short time and am very thankful for the wealth of knowledge and the willingness of others to help those of us who are new to TFP in gaining both knowledge and confidence. :lovetfp:

Due to the volume of information that I have been reading over the past few weeks I need clarification as I thought that I read somewhere that the things I should be concerned with in my AG pool are FC, CC, PH, and CYA. Is that correct or should I be testing all of them several times a week...

Sorry about my repeat post above but using my mobile device and tapatalk I guess it hadn't refreshed yet as I didn't see your reply Jason.

Thanks for the prompt reply. Does it matter if I add all 3 at roughly the same time? I have read that it's best to do the cya in a sock and to use a little less that prescribed so as to ease into my reading since it takes a while to fully get into my system. With 0-FC and 0-CYA should I...