- Jul 22, 2023
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I retested again. 4 drops from green to red. x10 is 40. Adding a few more drops didn't make it "redder"
How long does baking soda take to fully dissolve?
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Then raise your TA to 60 ppm. I suspect you are over using acid. Wait for the pH to be a solid 8 or above. Only adjust down to 7.6.
Baking soda dissolves immediately, so the dust is not from the baking soda unless you added a different chemical at the same time and had a bad reaction.
Maybe you used soda ash instead of baking soda.
Can you show the actual product that you added?
- Jul 22, 2023
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- Jul 22, 2023
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Any recommendation on removing the dust film? I thought by now the DE filter would have captured it and just needed to do a backwash but I keep brushing it up to be sucked in the drain but appears it just comes back out the returns as next day the pool is coated with again.
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I don't understand what's going on. Your TA keeps getting low, and CH also dropped by nearly 100 in a few days. Any ideas, @JamesW ?
Don't use dry acid, it adds sulfate to the pool which is not good for plaster and the SWG.
Don't use dry acid, it adds sulfate to the pool which is not good for plaster and the SWG.
- Apr 10, 2018
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Are you able to collect any of the substance? Have you tried dropping vinegar or MA on it to see if it fizzles?
If calcium drops out of solution and into solid form, would it then test at a lower CH level?
- Mar 5, 2020
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It could. But CH and TA are not that high. pH needed to be really high for that to happen.
Wondering if all of that could be related to the new plaster, but I'm not experienced with plaster startup.
Maybe just DE blowing out of the returns? Wouldn't explain the low TA and CH drop.
- Jul 22, 2023
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I'm suspecting it is DE. I backwashed this afternoon and the water was almost instantaneously got clear and a minute or two to get fully clear. I had expect to see a lot of DE for a while but new to this so not sure of the norm on back washing.
I put back in 10 lbs via skimmer a cup at a time.
What I'm not sure now about is why the DE would keep returning to the pool.
I put back in 10 lbs via skimmer a cup at a time.
What I'm not sure now about is why the DE would keep returning to the pool.
Pictures of the pool and system?
Picture of the multiport?
When is the last time the filter was taken apart and cleaned?
Can you open the filter and take pictures of it as soon as it is opened?
Picture of the multiport?
When is the last time the filter was taken apart and cleaned?
Can you open the filter and take pictures of it as soon as it is opened?
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After backwashing, I believe TFP recommends only adding 80% of the normal DE amount since backwashing doesn’t remove all the DE from the filter. It’s possible you may have too much DE in the filter.
- Jul 22, 2023
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Time to take it apart and clean it.
Post pictures of the cleaning steps so we can look for any problems.
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- Jul 22, 2023
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- Jul 22, 2023
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Posted pics. The new pool mess was all over. Cleaned it down but for the life of me I cannot get the strap back on. The top half of the case wouldn't seat on the o-ring.
When you add the new DE, watch the returns carefully to see if any DE comes out of the returns.
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