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Very little if any. We have been brushing. I even put my Intex automatic pool vacuum in last weekend, for an hour or so, and it didn’t seem to pick up anything. My husband spent all day yesterday running the pool net along the bottom too and picked up very little!!

Hello everyone!! So we’re still working at this!!! Going on full three weeks!! Water has not shown even slight improvement!! We did add the Cellulose fiber 2-3 times. We have kept it at or above SLAMing FC. My husband is off in the summer so he tends to it like every hour or so. We do lose...

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One more question.... @tim5055, how often can I or should I add the Cellulose fiber?

Awesome. Thank you!!! I will work on my POP then too!!! Hahahaha.

Ok. Thank you mknauss. So does the high Phosphates make a difference?? Do I need to lower them??

Ok. Just for grins I took my water to Leslie’s for a water test. Here is what they came up with... FAC: 15 TAC: 15 Salt: 3400 CH: 350 CYA: 50 TA: 230 Ph: 8 Acid demand: 5 (?????) Phosphates: 2500 (????) Nitrates: 30 (????) We are using the TF-100 kit at home...

This may be my biggest problem!!! I have very little POP!! hahaha Thank you both mknauss and tim5055 for your advice!!!

Hello TFP peeps..... I know this has been discussed one million times but I'm about to give up!! We have been SLAMing now for 2 weeks, with filter/pump running 24/7, brushing, etc...We did go from a nasty green swamp, but we're stuck with cloudy blue now. We have been maintaining an FC of 20...

We are on day 6 of our SLAM to clear up our green swamp!!!! It is now at a very cloudy blue status so we are making progress. I think!! =\ Unfortunately we have to leave town tomorrow until Sunday!! What can I do to prevent it from turning to a swamp again while we’re gone?? I do have a...

So if we kept the Intex pool full would we plug the holes and disassemble the pump and filter or continue to run it each day. Would this keep it from freezing?? We live in West Texas and we can have pretty harsh winters.

Re: Opening Pool....Day 17 This forum really depresses me because that is my situation exactly.....I went through a lot of discussion last year to no avail......but I did invest in the better test kit from you guys this year.....but have not tackled my pool yet due to the cost of filling my...

Okay, I have had a couple of threads going recently discussing converting to SWG and power washing my liner.....anyway, our pool has only about 2 feet of water in it as we didn't cover it over the winter and it is a total green swamp...originally we thought of just draining it and refilling it...

Re: Can we "gently" power wash the liner before we refilling Okay...thanks!! Actually it is muratic acid that I have used....wrote the wrong type....anyway should be tackling our pool soon....so may have many more questions at that time..

Re: Can we "gently" power wash the liner before we refilling Well.....I have always had trouble with high pH due to our hard water....but I should be able to keep it in check with the dry acid right?? Even with using the SWG??

Re: Can we "gently" power wash the liner before we refilling Thanks for the responses.....the scale should brush away with a lot of effort....I will post some pics if I can ever find my camera.... Scale build-up is very common where I live because the water is beyond HARD..... So, that being...

Re: Can we "gently" power wash the liner before we refilling We weren't planning on draining it completely but with the water level dropping so low over the winter it has a lot of deposits on the walls.....that is what we were wanting to clean with water spray?? ...Or is there any type of...

We will be draining our pool and refilling it this year upon opening....I have other threads discussing SWG which we are converting to....but my question is: Could we "gently" power wash the vinyl liner upon cleaning as we have a lot of calcium/mineral scale buildup a long the walls??? We...

Here is a pic of the SWG unit I have found on Amazon.com..... Can someone tell me what that piece off to the side is and how it will be used? Still debating on ordering this unit....the seller/company has a 98% selling rating for the past twelve months.... Would anyone think this is a safe...

Okay.....found a New 2009 model of Intex SWG "without" the copper ionionizer through Amazon.com.....does anyone think this would be a safe buy?? Please let me know what you think, and if it is even worth getting one without or just removing it from a newer model??

:whoot: Thanks again Mod Squad!!!

Thank you Mod Squad!!

Two more questions.... If I can't find a Intex SWG w/o the copper ionizer which it doesn't look like I can....will there be someone on here that can instruct us on removing the one from the system....and won't this void the waranty???

Thank you zea3.. BTW....I LOVE this website....it is so informative!!!!!

Thank you both for your advice. guamguy: What is the importance of one "without" the copper ionizer??

Hello....Some info leading up to my question: We did not cover our pool this winter because it does no good with the high winds of west texas that only tear the cover....therefore we will be draining and cleaning our pool before filling it back up. I am wanting to convert to an Intex Salt...

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If I have been using bleach and keeping it at shock level and my CYA still seems to be low, can I put a Trichlor puck in my skimmer to help keep the FC up and help raise the CYA and lower the pH. Readings just now using strip test (because that is all I have right now) were as follows: FC...

Thank you JasonLion!!

ok, so I have poured the liquid chlorine to it today and brushed the entire pool....I have backwashed twice...My question is if the pressure gage is not increasing how often would I still need to backwash to get the green to filter out???