Our 16x32 rectangular AG Intex is almost full at last. We probably have about 6 hours to go. It is filling from our creek, running through the sand filter. The water is pretty murky, sort of greenish brown. I'm sure that's to be expected. Couple of questions: Should we start filtering the water? Because we are using the sand filter to filter as the water comes in, we haven't been able to. Since we are so close, we could switch to just a duda filter on the incoming water and start actually running the pump and filter.
From what I've read here, I don't think I need to SLAM. FC dropped from 3.4 to 2.5 overnight, but there was an increase in water volume, so I don't think we have an algae problem. Reasonable?
When should we start adding salt? Here's our latest test results:
FC 2.5 - added 27 oz or 12.5% chlorine, aiming for 5 ppm
CYA - 30 - probably a pound or less still in the sock
pH - 7.7 - added 45 oz dry acid, aiming for 7.4
TA - last tested yesterday - 325
From what I've read here, I don't think I need to SLAM. FC dropped from 3.4 to 2.5 overnight, but there was an increase in water volume, so I don't think we have an algae problem. Reasonable?
When should we start adding salt? Here's our latest test results:
FC 2.5 - added 27 oz or 12.5% chlorine, aiming for 5 ppm
CYA - 30 - probably a pound or less still in the sock
pH - 7.7 - added 45 oz dry acid, aiming for 7.4
TA - last tested yesterday - 325