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what about placing rabbit/deer plastic netting at the bottome of your pool fence that you would put around a garden?

$11.99 for a 5 gal 12.5% returnable container with an $8 deposit per container. I usually pick up 2 or 3 and store in a cool shaded location.

found this document (see link) from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published in 2000 about Nature2, a similar product to Chlor Free, I'm assuming. This document very clearly states in several places that Chlorine must also be used for the product to be effective...

piku - I see that you are not that far from me...in fact I will not be too far from you tomorrow as I have to go to Blue Bell...In any event, I hear what you're saying. I'm considering the solar roller stick that mas985 uses and am considering your approach (just more sections). In the early...

Let me start off by saying that over the past year of pool owership, I have found this forum to be very helpful. Thanks to everyone. Let me also say that I am not sure that this is the best section of the forum for this question, but I didn't see one that seemed much better. As we are...

....just got my August bill.....about $110 LESS than July. Now, we've had a cool August and a very hot July, but I didn't expect that much of a reduction. I only made minor changes in my electricity usage (reduced pump time from 12 hrs/day to about 10 hrs/day - 12 on wkends) and increased the...

thanks....will add some acid and will turn down the chlorinator to a trickle. I am using both the LQ and chlorinator these days since the pool gets a lot of use and splashout. my cya has been staying in check as well as my ph.

I just shocked my pool this morning...we are heading away for a week. Water turned cloudy. Pump is running. I had this happen one other time before and my pressure went up really high causing the need to backwash. I don't recall ever having this problem before. My numbers before shocking...

So, we had the first of our 2 parties this weekend. I started heating the pool this morning at 6:30 am. It was a brisk 62 degrees due all the rain we have had and the cool nights (low 50's). So, the pool water is now 78. We have another party tomorrow. The temp is supposed to go down to...

Aldi's is a no frills grocery store....owned by the same company that runs Trader Joe's (a higher end grocery store). I've found bleach to be pretty much the cheapest there.

I'm not sure why you say that laundry bleach has so much other "junk"....perhaps if you are looking at the scented ones, that is true, but plain/regular bleach is the same as Sodium Hypochlorite....the only difference is the concentration level (6% - ultra bleach, or 10% / 12.5% "chlorinating...

(this is a bit off topic, but is in response to a comment Tres made w.r.t. recycling that may be of interest to folks) Tres - I see you are concerned about recycling the plastic bottles. They should be #2 plastic. I'm surprised that you don't have recycling for #2 plastic. In any event, if...

mbar - i did a little more research last night. it is also possible that this is manganese based on the coloring (again, due to well water) just walked out there this morning, and the staining does seem a little lighter since putting in the 1.5 quarts of metal sequestrant on Friday.

Mbar, thanks. I will have a mesh cover, so it sounds like it won't make sense to add the jacks. I guess I'm concerned about shocking right now since I just added the other sequestrant about a day ago. No signs of algae and water temp is now about 68. As long as the staining won't be...

Mbar Here's my latest numbers FC 1.5 TC 2 CC .5 TA 80 Ph 7.4 Ch 230 Cya 45-50 When we filled the pool from our well, the water was green. We knew we had iron, but never actually tested for copper. We added 7-8 qts of metal sequestrant at start up in early Sept. We have since added 3 bottles...

thanks to everyone for their help this year as we completed our new 28,000 gal gunite/plaster pool. as some of you know, i have some metal staining that i have now been able to identify using the jack's magic stain id kit. the kit suggests that i use their #2 solution, which requires the...

I've been dealing with a two different stains. The one is a large area that is light brown/yellow surrounding my drains that is mostly visible when it is cloudy. The other is a blue stain approximately 2 inches by 1 inch and is blue in color...blue looks like small pin-heads embedded in the...

So, using that logic, would I be better off just heating it each saturday and sunday morning?

What woudl you say is the most efficient use of a gas pool heater? We've had some warm days, but cool nights, during this Indian Summer in the North East. I expected to go in the pool each day of the weekend, but wasn't sure. So, I just heated the pool up to the desired temperature each of...

so, when I have the Nature 2 sanitizer cartridge in next year, will this change the FC levels that I need to maintain or just reduce my chlorine usage?

Jason Thanks for the advice. I did test the water with 2 different types of test strips that both came up nil on the chlorine level, so I think the numbers are pretty close. I will test again this evening with the strips before shocking. since the pool company provided me with a fair amount...

John - Thanks. I do plan on getting my own test kit once Dave has more in-stock. At this point, I only have a few more weeks, but I will certainly have one for next year before opening. I don't see any algae at this point, so I will shock it tonight. Since I tend to work long hours and...

OK, so earlier this week I had chlorine levels showing after shocking. now, I have no FC. I really want to get this straightened out soon as I have a new baby due in about 3 weeks and need to focus on getting the "honey do" list completed. Week 1 numbers (9/11) pH = 7.4 alkalinity = 70 cya...

If I wanted to switch to the BBB method next year, how often can I expect to have to add more bleach, on average?

come to think of it, I thought CYA of 100 seemed high in that short a time, and it didn't seem to jibe with what my test strips indicated. I'll have it re-tested this weekend. that said, I am already tiring of questioning the validity of my aquachek test strips. i plan to buy a real test kit...

Week 1 numbers (9/11) pH = 7.4 alkalinity = 70 cya = 0 total hardness = 70 total chlorine = 0 free chlorine = 0 28,000 gallon gunite/plaster pool w/ 60sq ft DE filter Week 2 numbers (9/18 ) pH = 7.5 alkalinity = 120 cya = 100 calcium hardness = 190 FC = 1.5 TC = 2.0 TDS = 250 We are...

pH = 7.4 alkalinity = 70 cya = 0 total hardness = 70 total chlorine = 0 free chlorine = 0 28,000 gallon gunite/plaster pool w/ 60sq ft DE filter pool store recommended adding 4 lbs alkalinity increaser 3 lbs of shock 20 lbs of calcium hardness increaser I added 6 7oz chlorine pucks to...

have spa...kids love it we went with a spa...the kids love it! I can't wait to be able to turn the heater on (another two weeks) HPDRIFTER - sounds like you got your pool from Swim-mor...where in SJ are you located?