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I had something very similar happen to my pool in Tennessee in the fall. I missed a few days of cleaning my skimmers when leaves were falling heavy, and I didn't think much of it. But I started to notice that my pump didn't appear to be pushing water as much as before. I thought maybe I got a...

Donna, yes, that's what vacuum to waste means. You do your normal vacuuming process, except you turn your multiport valve (if you have one) to waste rather than filter. This will cause a lot of water to be dumped from the pool so be careful. A method I like if you have the time is to brush...

My CYA is around 45-50 so my suggested FC value is 6 with a minimum of 4. Has anybody seen a noticeable difference in the amount of chlorine used if you keep your chlorine above the suggested level? I'm wondering if I put my chlorine up around 10 if my pool would use MORE chlorine, or if it...

So I did bring my CYA down to about 50, but I just was reading around and saw that if your pool gets a lot of direct sunlight (I live in Houston, TX and it's starting to get hotter and my pool is in direct sunlight for probably 70% of the daylight hours), you might want to bump the level up to...

Hmmm. I just checked my PH and for the first time it's up around 8. Very close to 8 anyway. We've only put liquid bleach in and some Calcium Chloride today. I'm not sure what would cause it to jump up that far like that? I have had my jets on some in the hot tub. Would the aeration cause that...

I've had my pump running full time since I refilled it yesterday afternoon. That's enough time for my water to recirculate 6 or 7 times. The CH being around 180 is probably pretty accurate if that's your concern, but we are not adding it all at once for sure. Thanks for the recommendation. Do...

Oops, I forgot to put up my CH. CH = 180 I know this is low. Does anybody have a particular product they recommend for this or that I should stay away from? I saw that some places sell it as de-icer, but I don't think there will be much de-icer in Texas this time of year especially. Any...

Interesting. The bottle says sell before 10/8/12. I don't know if that guarantees the strength up until then, though. I retested this morning after letting the pump run all night. I dumped an entire bottle of 6% bleach (182 fl oz) into the pool yesterday. Here are the new test results. FC =...

As far as I know, there shouldn't be a lot of iron in the water. I'm not really sure, though. A quick google search got me a water report for my city and it said the levels were like .026 ppm for iron.

Thanks! Just a lot of draining and refilling. The water is clear, but it has a slightly green tint to it rather than the blue tint it had before.

I just redid my tests, but I'm not sure if the numbers are right. I put in about 140 oz bleach after I did a chlorine test and got basically 0 for FC. I let the pump run for about 4 hours (it should take between 3-4 hours for my pool to filter all of the water). Here are my results: FC = 2.4...

I don't guess it's a big deal for me to lose CYA. If that happens, I'll just throw a couple of pucks in the chlorinator and not worry about buying bleach for a little while!

I don't remember where I read it for sure since I've been reading so much on the internet recently about pools. I'm pretty positive it wasn't on this site, so maybe I shouldn't really trust it! Thanks!

I recently read that a DE filter can help with CYA levels getting too high. My pool has a DE filter, and it also uses an in-line tri-chlor tablet chlorinator. Apparently this isn't true, or the tri-chlor tablets are stronger than the DE filter's ability to remove the CYA. Has anybody else ever...

I don't think you have a cartridge filter, you have a DE filter, correct? You may or may not need to clean and/or add DE to it at certain points - I'll let someone with that knowledge speak up. I have a cartridge filter and I clean the four cartridges twice per year when everything is running...

I'm going to go get some bleach after work today and put it in the pool. Does anyone know about the new high-efficiency stuff? There have been times at my local store when I went there and that's the only type of unscented bleach that's been on the shelf. It's got more thickness to it, but I...

I don't know if there is a hydrostatic valve, and I am pretty positive there is no sump pump. And I've never tried to dig around here so I'm not sure how long it takes to get to water. I'm actually from TN all my life, and have only been living here for about 8 months. I drained it down pretty...

Also, do I need to be checking the cartridge on my filter? This is my first pool that I am taking care of exclusively, and I'm not familiar with cartridge cleaning. And once I get the CYA in check, what is the most important value to get right after that? PH? TA? FC? CC? I've been reading...

Um. No I don't really know. I live just outside of Houston, TX. How can I find out this information?

I just did the test, and I'm getting a reading of 70-80 now with the tapwater mixed in. I suppose that's about a 140-160 (depending on the tap water's CYA levels). Looks like I'll drain some water... :x

I just moved into a house and it has a pool. I've been around pools all my life, but I've also never lived in Texas so I think there are some new things I have to learn. I'm new to these boards, so I'll take any advice anyone can give me. I just did my first test with a new Taylor K-2006 test...