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Best place to find DE in your case is a friend that has a DE filter. I gave a friend a solo cup last year and she is still using from it. Some Wal-Mart's and Lowe's have it. It will be in a box called filter media or filter aid.

Welcome to the forum. As the others have said, you need to go on and slam it. It's easier with the cya lower. Turn off the swg. The key is to maintain the shock level, unlike the pool store method of just throwing chlorine at it one time and hope you get it. If you work monday-Friday, start...

I have seen a lot of pool store scare tactics but this one takes the cake. Did a child write that letter. I would like to know how they test to see if the water is millions of years old or just thousands. As said.... save your money and tell them to never come back.

You got a lot of good advice so far and it sounds like your on the right track. I will be following this one. I like green to clean posts. Take pictures and ask questions. I can tell you your filter will be your thorn. A DE is great at keeping a pool clean. You said everything had unions. If...

Yes, you don't want to fall under 24 very long. If you over shoot thats fine. More does not really mean it will work faster. Way more will waist chlorine to the sun. When you first start you may see a big drop between test. That's why it was good you started on the weekend. You can test more...

Poolmath is great. Once it is setup it's just a matter of plugging in the numbers. You can also use the effects of adding chemicals at the bottom. Say you need to leave the pool for a week or so. You can use pucks and see what it added to your CYA. You keep seeing new algae because your right...

Your numbers do not look all that bad. Really your pool does not look all that bad. Yes that is the refill. Your chlorine is at the min for your CYA. That's why there is a min and a target. Most pools see about a 2ppm drop a day. Yours maybe different. They all have there own personality. You...

Looks like you have a good grasp on how it needs to be done. You could start by replacing some water. My guess is the CYA is sky high. Second you said you got the k2006. That's a good kit and one of the recommend ones, but you will quickly run out of the fas/dpd doing a slam. I would go on and...

This would be one to take to the pool store and have them test it just to watch their eyes pop. Then just say no when they frantically try to sell you chlorine neutralizer to bring it back down to the "recommended" 1ppm. That would be funny if I do say so myself.

I will ponder a guess. For AGP the main cause is skimmer box and weir, and also steps and ladders. The ladder fills with water and just sits. My problem in the past was the anti-entrapment behind the ladder. After about a week I could see yellow through the hole in the top. I got a funnel and...

That is the bad thing about de filters. They are great at filtering. It will take some work but what you can do is bypass the filter. You will need some above ground pool flex hose to reach from the pump to the pool. Disconnect the union between the pump and filter. Install a male adapter to...

I can tell you about question 1. That is how the pool stores stay in business. That is how they make there money. They say "shock" the pool and sell you some stuff. Thing is, what they sell you only adds to the problem. Mainly adding CYA when it's already high. Then it may or may not be enough...

I don't know who blends the Smart brand but most of the time it's regional. Most in your area is made in Dallas and might have a date code on the box and bottle like. 13 215 1300 B1 TX1... First two is year, second set is day of year, 24hour time, blending bottling line. If it has the same type...

Well the baking soda part was just a statement. Shows how people can get whats called pool stored. You may not need to adjust your TA. Once you get your test kit and good numbers, then you can go from there. http://www.poolcalculator.com will be your new friend. Plug in the numbers and make your...

Yes it will say sodium hypochlorite. Pool store stuff is 12.5 to 10%. Clorox used to be 6% but they now make it 8.25% in a smaller bottle. It is the same stuff. In fact where I am from I can see that the pool store stuff and walmart brand is made at the same place. Just a different label. It has...

When they say it's a process it means bringing up the free chlorine and holding it there. What you added was called shock. That is a product name. Pool store "shock" can be dichlor, trichlor, cal-hypo, or sodium hypo. The first two add CYA that can add to the problem. The third adds calcium that...

You can do the over night test at any FC. Just looking for less than 1ppm drop. Look at .5 as zero. and water clear. EDIT: Dang your fast.

I know I helped a friend last summer with her pool. I can say even with high CYA the loss was higher at shock level even with the CC coming down. Once the process was over it leveled out. I just figured the FC overcame the CYA and a lot was lost to the sun. Once it was back down in the range...

Ok. Maybe midge larvae, they have an orange look. Just get your FC up and they should be gone.

Looks like good ole year round Texas mosquito larva. If you don't add chlorine they should come to the surface soon as pupa then emerge as your friendly coastal mosquito. Just get your FC up and they will be gone soon.