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I think I prefer the skimmer socks over the hair nets. Over the weekend, I received my hair nets and decided to conduct an "experiment." I placed the skimmer sock in the basket and then placed a hair net over it. After 5 hours I checked the basket and found that while the hair net did catch a...

I found a local dealer when I bought mine but they only had the s300. They were happy to order the s300i for me and I still got the 2 year warranty. You may find that you have to drive a bit away from where you live to find a dealer that has it in stock or will order it for you. I was going...

I have one as well. I will say that this is the only cleaner that I've ever bought for a pool so my experience is limited. The previous owner of my home was using a Platinum Legend pressure side cleaner which he left with us when we purchased the home. Although many people have great success...

I just had to report back after seeing the skimmer sock after it's first day on my skimmer basket. I put it on last night and checked it this morning and there were just a few small bugs and very little debris in it. When I got home from work at around 4 or so the sock was caked with the pollen...

Hi Kim Looks like TheBraLady already answered your question about washing the skimmer socks from Lowes but I'll give it a shot as well. Thanks!

I followed both of kimkat's suggestions and got the skimmer socks from Lowes to use temporarily and I ordered the hair nets that she linked. I will use the skimmer sock until it's no longer usable and then switch to the hair nets since they are disposable. Thanks for the pics FloridaPoolGal...

Thanks to everyone who has replied since my last post. I returned home on Sunday evening to find my pool almost clear of the floating debris that it was almost covered with when I left on Friday. I could tell that a lot of it had settled to the bottom because it had the same yellowish...

Anyone else have any ideas as to what this could possibly be? Does it look like it's any kind of mold?

HeikeJohn - really have no idea what kinds of trees are in my neighborhood. The closest trees are on a lot next to mine that has not been cleared out. When i get back home I'll try to figure out if any Cottonwoods are nearby. Kimkats - I hope you're right. I guess it could be worse though...

I don't mean to double post but it seems the link I shared is only to one pic. I'll post all 6 and see what happens. Hopefully that works better. Thanks again to anyone who can help.

Ok....I had to do some travelling so I apologize for the delay. I'm going to try to share a link to my Photobucket album with the pics in it. We'll see how this goes. The 6 pics include closeups as well as 2 showing the flakes collected and dumped out on the concrete. Capstone, is this...

I'm not getting the "Manage attachment" option so I'll try the Photobucket link when I get home. Thanks a lot for such a quick response.

Numbers first: FC: 7 After a 3 day SLAM with a 0 on the OCLT CC: .5 pH: 7.4 TA: 70 CH:70 CYA: 70 My water is crystal clear except for some small white/clear flaky stuff on the surface. It doesn't look like the pics I've seen of white water mold but I've been seeing it for a week or so. It's...

Swampwoman thanks for your reply. So if my setup is like the one in your picture then I should see water being discharged somewhere nearby correct?

Oh ok got you. Well any explanation or ideas as to why the vinyl liner seems to be back to "normal" when the rain hasn't let up at all? This is really confusing the heck out of me... And yes my pool is pretty full....almost at the top of my skimmer.

New pool owner here. I live in South Carolina. The rain here has been ridiculous not only for the past week but especially this weekend with the hurricane off of the coast. I went outside this morning to find my pool liner beginning to float in certain sections away from the wall of the pool...

Thanks a lot. I was lost when I first purchased my home. Like I said in my first post, TFP has been an invaluable resource. I definitely appreciate the attention you and Jason have given my posts. I couldn't have done it without your guidance.

Thanks Jason. Didn't realize it was that simple. For some reason, I thought I saw in the manual something about reseting and calibrating when installing a new one but I wasn't reading about that specifically at the time. Marian I do plan to adjust the CYA up to 70 or so. I'm going to follow...

Thanks Jason. I'll probably install some time tomorrow once I read up on calibrating my salt cell. I decided to maintain an FC of 17 all day just because I have extra bleach and just to make sure. Will probably do another OCLT tonight just to confirm.

Tested again last night at about 11:00 and FC was between 16.5 and 17. Got the exact same result at 6:30 this morning. CC was between 0 and .5. Does this mean I passed the OCLT? I thought about maintaining at that level for one more day just to make sure but not sure it's necessary. Still...

Ok got my pH to 7.4 and retested my CYA. Duplicate tests read at 40 so I went with a shock level of 16. Tested after 1 hour and was at 16 and will retest again to be sure before going to bed. Is there a minimum number of hours on the OCLT because I won't be able to retest until about 11:00 or...

Thanks. I'll plan on doing an OCLT tonight after bringing my pH down to around 7.2 (It's at 7.8 now). I'm assuming I should go with a shock level of about 18 since my CYA is around 45? I have an SWG pool but the chart only goes down to 60 so I just substituted the level for a non-SWG pool...

Been a few days since I've posted but I just thought I'd wait until I had this salt level situation taken care of. Here are my numbers for this evening taken at about 5:00. FC = 3.5 (Was 4.5 at a 9:00 last night and 3.5 at 5:00 this evening after a clear, hot, sunny day; no time to test this...

Final test of the day. FC = 5.5 CC = 1(not good right?) pH = 8.0 (went up due to adding baking soda for TA; adding muriatic acid to get back to 7.5) TA = 65 CYA = 35 Salt = 3600 Good news is I've got my TA up to almost where I wanted it (70) and CYA is finally in the pool. Bad news is I...

Thanks for the advice on bleach/muratic acid storage. Just FYI, I'm using liquid stabilizer so I should have a reading soon. I'm adding once I get back home. Out running errands with family.

Just thought I'd post my morning reading before draining and refilling. The reading before this one was taken at 8:30 p.m. last night and this one at about 8:00 a.m. this morning. FC = 2.5 ( It was 5 last night so I lost half of it overnight again. I guess there's something in the pool that's...

I'll be starting as early as possible this morning with a quick FC/CC/pH/TA test followed by a drain and refill. As for the CYA, I'm actually going liquid. I'd like to know as soon as possible and I've spent far less doing this on my own than what the pool store wanted me to spend after my...

After a few treatments today as well as a partial drain and refill (roughly 4-5 inches or so), here is where I am tonight. Samples were taken at 8:30 pm EST. FC = 5 CC = .5 PH = 7.8 TA = 30-40; I called it 35 Salt = 3800 I'm assuming I'll have to drain and refill again tomorrow to at least get...

Thanks for the reply singingpond. I figured I was speaking to soon. I'll see how things go overnight tonight. Marian I read your comment about doing an OCLT at SLAM level. Would you recommend I add the CYA just to get it up from 0 so that I know at what shock level I should be?

My water is clear. Not cloudy at all. - - - Updated - - - Sorry for double post.