Back after a long day at work - water held its FC pretty well. I put in 121 oz's right before I left for work and my wife put in 121 oz's at lunch. Right now it is at 17 FC - 1 above my target. Water might have been a little more clear but hard to tell - maybe an extra inch depth of clarity? I brushed it really well and threw in the Kreepy Krauly. After a couple hours it took the PSI from 22 up to 30 so I backwashed. I had not intended to let the psi get the high but we had to run errands. Backwashed...rinsed...and am going to leave the Kreepy Krauly in for a couple hours til I hit the bed.
ALright - Im back with normal CYA
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sounds like progress !
longer between additions and FC starting to hold. And filtering out the gunk. Your right on course. Hopefully it will hold good tonight and you can top off in the morning. At the rate your going you should look real good by the weekend when you hopefully can babysit and start to finish it off. Remember, the last bit to clear may seem to take awhile, but your winning. Keep up the good work, you'll be swimming in no time
longer between additions and FC starting to hold. And filtering out the gunk. Your right on course. Hopefully it will hold good tonight and you can top off in the morning. At the rate your going you should look real good by the weekend when you hopefully can babysit and start to finish it off. Remember, the last bit to clear may seem to take awhile, but your winning. Keep up the good work, you'll be swimming in no time
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What do you think? Any change. I'm slamming away.
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Monday to Today. Green to Blue!! Yippee!! You in the home stretch now. MAINTAIN. Don't loose faith.
Oh yeah, much better. Now things will start moving. It feels good to "see" results, Huh ?
Dittos on what pabeader said. stay the course
Dittos on what pabeader said. stay the course
When you are finished, you might want to think about a deep clean of the sand filter. You'd be surprised how much gunk can be in there. To me it seems like the second step is becoming more visible!
Thank you all for the encouragement- I must admit I keep thinking about floccing to speed up the clarity but I am going to keep slamming all this week.
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Does that involve opening it up and rinsing it or just putting it on the rinse setting?
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Don't add anything but bleach, that's all you need. When you can babysit it again, you can get with the pros on DE and use it again. I haven't learned how to quickly post links yet, but there is a post in forums under pumping station that has a video for doing that. It involves removing the top and flushing out the filter with a garden hose. It really helped mine. I used to think I should change sand every three or four years.
NOW, I know better
Thanks PAGirl, when I cut and paste it gives the whole long link, you would think I could figure that out.
Good news! We have a third step now visible and 1 bottle of bleach this morning kept me above 16 fc from 530am to 730pm this evening. Progress feels good!
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All Right ! that's what we want. FC starting to hold. Your ahead of the bad guys. Keep at it. This weekend will be big for you !
I had NO idea there was even a third step LOL
The color is getting better and better!
You are doing it!
Kim
The color is getting better and better!
You are doing it!
Kim
Thanks all can't wait to crack open a cold one and hop in!
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- Jun 22, 2014
- 47,855
- Pool Size
- 17888
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- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
ALrighty - still slamming here in Oklahoma - we can now see the bottom of the pool in the shallow end! Water is looking good but still need to get it quite a bit clearer before I can stop the SLAM. That being said I was wondering if this would be okay...any issue with me letting my FC level drift down to around FC 10 with a CYA of 40 so me and the kids can SWIM tomorrow? Then I would SLAM in the evening and overnight and then let it drift down so we could swim again on Sunday? Then back to SLAM... I know ideally I would want to keep my Chlorine at SLAM level I just feel like there is only so many weekends in the summer and i'd like to do some cannonballs with the kiddos...
So am I safe to proceed with this?
So am I safe to proceed with this?