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I get that, but my experience is that the iron/metals in the water will discolor it as well as the walls. But your point is well taken. I have initiated the SLAM :goodjob:

Well, I can't do that! (thanks)

Finally opening today, and of course I have some discolored water. Lack of chlorine+warmer temps=green water. I get it. It's not the first time. And my water level is down. Down enough that I have to add some before the pump will begin circulating. In the past, adding water -- even my supposedly...

The gasket that seals the top of the filter to the filter body is the only rubber I know of. The risk of getting it into the MA/H2O mix would, I should think, actually be lessened by using something small enough that the top couldn't slip down into. I don't recall if the pressure gauge on the...

Last fall I used someone's suggestion to clean the elements of my DE filter by soaking them in a solution of muriatic acid & water, which produced pleasing results. Only thing is, the one container I have to soak in is about 30 gallons or so, which required a lot of water & acid. It just...

Yeah, when I said "well below 60 degrees" I meant water temps. It's at 55 degrees right now. Any chance two days in the 70s will lift that above 60 degrees?

I apologize if this has been covered elsewhere but I just need a quick bit of advise. My pool in SW Michigan has been dormant for some time now, well below 60 degrees on average and I was going to close it today. But, the high for today is expected to reach 70 and tomorrow is expected to...

This is my first winter closing the pool with the Hayward H100ID1 NG heater. The system has been disconnected with the pump and filter put into storage, but the manual for the heater doesn't give any detail about winterizing it, which I plan to leave sitting in place beside the pool. There...

Assuming you're talking about dichlor, it will raise your CYA for next season. The amount of dichlor necessary to raise 30,000 gallons of water to shock level will raise the CYA by 7-10 ppm. I guess if you're having to replace water in the spring it might work for you. Just be careful not to end...

Do you have little ones who want to swim? It's funny because the first week I had ours open in May, my kids were willing to brave just about anything to get in. Now that I have not one but two separate heat sources, they won't even stick a toe in unless it's above 82º!

Heater not an option?

Take a breath. No reason you can't use an unstabilized pool for now. You'll just lose more FC than need be. Sounds like you have enough experience to figure out the dichlor by yourself. Just use the Pool Calculator to determine how much dichlor is needed to add your daily amount of chlorine...

I stuck my hand down in my 60-degree water today and was ready to jump in! I hate the thought of closing the pool after the summer of crystal clear water we've had.

Where do you live that you're closing your pool already? Above the Arctic Circle? ;-)