New BBB trainee, need a plan for this year

[markc99]

Tested again, FC is still at 11.

Here is a picture of the progress.

 

[Butterfly]

Much improved,[s:ad0hocxc]McGuyver[/s:ad0hocxc] markc99


love the pics :-D

 

[markc99]

Came back and tested the water... The FC was at 8.5, so I added more to keep it at 10.

Filter needed backwashed, but instead of backwashing, I just took the Dang thing apart and sprayed it out. Figured it would run longer that way.

The water is getting clearer, to the point I can see the bottom and all the dirt and whatnot.

Another question, at what point do I vacuum all the stuff off the bottom, from experience, it's a pain in the Rear with DE cause it clogs up to the point where I get no suction about every 5 to 10 feet.

Finished putting the last of my 4 lbs of CYA in the sock, so that should be all in the pool by tomorrow.

 

[Richard320]

Came back and tested the water... The FC was at 8.5, so I added more to keep it at 10.

Filter needed backwashed, but instead of backwashing, I just took the **** thing apart and sprayed it out. Figured it would run longer that way.

The water is getting clearer, to the point I can see the bottom and all the dirt and whatnot.

Another question, at what point do I vacuum all the stuff off the bottom, from experience, it's a pain in the *** with DE cause it clogs up to the point where I get no suction about every 5 to 10 feet.

Finished putting the last of my 4 lbs of CYA in the sock, so that should be all in the pool by tomorrow.

Vacuum it up ASAP and then backwash/spray it out of the filter. If it's organic, the bleach tries to oxidize it away, which wastes a lot of bleach. You want the bleach to work on the stuff that's too small to see with the naked eye. The whole process goes faster if you manually remove as much debris as possible.

 

[markc99]

Got up this morning, filter was running, but no water was moving. Bumped the DE filter and prepared to vacuum. Here is what it looked like before..

 

[markc99]

Well, after a bunch of bumping and backwashing once, I got the thing vacuumed. Afterwards, the water is a little cloudy, but generally looks good.

Checked for FC, which was at 9. Added 30 oz to being me back up to 10 FC. Before I fired the pump back up, I took it apart again, and hosed it out.

Attached are the after vacuum pictures.