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I said it here once and I'll say it again. I did the Intex filters. I had a 18 X 48 inflatable for pool for years. It finally popped and flooded the backyard and I happily got another one. The 2nd one didn't last as long as the first one. I used Type A filters at first and then like you folks...

I tried to put my numbers in my signature before but when I hit save it always says I used too many lines. Here are my current water chemistry numbers: FC: 7.5 in the morning and 5.0 after dusk pH: 7.5 TA: 70 CH: 120 CYA: 75 Salt: 3,000 Borate: 50 My pool has no...

I had a Intex pool that I slammed and the liner bleached out/ faded badly and unevenly. It looked awful. I don't recall at what level I took the FC up to but it was not above 12 if I recall. Now I may need to slam my new Intex pool. The Mustard algae slam says to take it up to 42 until I pass a...

The other liquid options I saw cost about $50 a bottle and I would have needed about 6 bottles based on what I had read. So that's $300. Maybe Boric acid and what I was looking at are different and have different costs too. The 20-Mule Borax was about $60 total and the Muriatic acid another $20...

Thank you for your replies with links too! I will do the same. I will try to answer your post in order I received them. I will pre-dissolve the Borax and add as you suggested. Now that I think of it, I did see one guy do it like that but then he cast it out over the middle of the pool from a...

I will be adding BORAX to my pool soon. I'll be adding it while in the 20 Mule Team Borax form. All the videos I see show adding it by pouring it into the skimmer while the pump is on. I don't have a skimmer. Can I just pour it into the pool and get in and kick it around until it dissolves? I'll...

Great answers. I had tried and re-tried the spraying of soapy water on it and never detected anything. I tried to listen real close all the way around inside and out and found nothing. I overfilled it and got in with goggles and searched the entire underwater portion of the ring and there were...

I have the pool listed in my sig. The air ring around the top has a leak. It leaks just enough that if I don't fill it up once in the am and again in the pm, the pool will collapse in the night. I have tried spraying the whole ring with Windex to find the leak and I have soaped it all up with a...

It's 9:03 PM and I'm going to call it. I think it is a very young version of a type of water beetle from the predaceous diving beetle family. predaceous diving - Google Search

OK, I got a few more close ups. 1. Water Boatsman in a glass: 2. Same Water Boatsman on kitchen countertop formica: 3.What is this little tiny beetle? This one is about 3 times bigger than the one in the picture with the dime but is the exact same kind.

I went back to the pool and skimmed one out of the water. I then got a teaspoon and got it with a drop water and poured it out onto my white formica kitchen counter top. I snapped some shots and have attached them here. As you can see they are definitely tiny, shiny, hard shelled beetles. They...

This year I have found four different types of water bugs in my pool. I have identified several of them. 1. Water Boatman (3 of them) 2. Water Scorpions (1 of them) 3. Water Striders (3 of them) 4. Some little black dots 1/4 to 1/2 the size of a dog flea that stay on or near the surface but can...

I'm well overdue for an update here. On April 26 I finally decided to go ahead and remove the new filter to check it's condition. The pump water flow was still awesome and the pool was still clean. Picture1 is what I took out. I put it next to a brand new still in the bag Intex A filter I had...

It is about another week now. I come home from work and see my pool swirling as my filter and SWG work together to keep my water clear. The pollen still lines the edge of the pool with a yellow line all of the way around but my neighbors tree seems to have finally stopped dropping little leaves...

I won't remove and clean this filter until the pressure drops at the return jet. So far the pressure still feels like the first day I put it in! There is lots of pollen an very small leave debris floating on the top right now. Their is still some pollen/dirt/sediment or whatever you want to...

Re: Never buy INTEX type A filter again I did as I said I would and got my hands on one of these Rinz-N-Re-uz Filters. I will try to update my progress with it through the season so that those of you who were curious about them can see what I find out about them. So far I'll say this: - I...

Thanks folks for the replies. Yes, it is one of the rubber above ground pools. I love it. Each one will get better and better over the years I suspect but this one will go another year or two I suspect. Hey freetime, the model you listed does not come up anywhere but the updated version does. It...

I have the pool in my signature. I'm wanting to vacuum it out like a in ground pool. I have seen before where you could get a hose that could be connected to my Intex 2,500 gph filter pump. This way I could vacuum the pool and everything that gets sucked up goes into the cartridge filter.\\I...

Re: Never buy INTEX type A filter again Congrats to you that you can make your filters last without having to do this extra stuff. If I don't clean them this well they will clog in a day reducing water flow and them my SWG won't work. I use the pool a lot with my family when weather permits. I...

I switched to the Unicel C-5315 (Type B) filters last year. I bought 2 from Amazon and have a bucket where the one that is off sits and cleans in a chemical bath while the other one works. Every few weeks I swap them out. They are far better than the intex filters I still need to use up and...