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I thought the idea of the floc was to bind the miniscule particles into manageable "clumps," enabling them to be vacuumed out..?? I know what you mean though Mike...I too, have had a ton of water go down my driveway during the "Vac to Waste" process...
Now that the pool is in the "Perfection" mode, I have NO IDEA what to do today !! :)
Watermom
06-22-2013, 08:42 AM
Uhhhhhh, maybe go swimming?? :)
:):):):) WaterMom !! BUT I have no sanitizer levels !! I'm in the middle of Ascorbic Acid treatment :( (Hope I didnt speak too soon)
What a year it's been !!
michael3
06-22-2013, 09:19 AM
I just did a pretty successful vac, got almost all the junk out without stirring it up, now to wait about an hour to get my water level back up. I can see clumps of site goop in the water that hasn't settled, I'm going to filter mode with the DE and see if it will filter.
did you attempt vacuuming through the filter ?
michael3
06-22-2013, 09:29 AM
Not yet, the debri field was way to big lol, I started out with water level above skimmer and took it down to bottom of skimmer. I think I got the majority of it on vac to waste. From this point on any vacuuming I will try thru filter. I hope to be swimming this afternoon or tomorrow. I read somewhere that high chlorine level and brushing can help lift leaf stains, I have some of that
Watermom
06-22-2013, 10:29 AM
:):):):) WaterMom !! BUT I have no sanitizer levels !! I'm in the middle of Ascorbic Acid treatment :( (Hope I didnt speak too soon)
What a year it's been !!
OOPS! I didn't go back and read the thread to see where you were in your process. Sorry! (Maybe you can stand beside your pool and close your eyes and pretend that you are swimming! :p:p;)
michael3
06-22-2013, 10:30 AM
Got the filter cycle going with the DE, seems to be working, the pressure is climbing much faster than before I used floc, gonna sit by the pool all day and see what happens
michael3
06-22-2013, 02:35 PM
I am so excited, just backwashed for the 2nd time today. The DE is helping filter out the leftover Floc goop. Very little left floating thru the water, it is looking good. :) Still going to add some polyquat for protection and to polish the water. Been a long journey but I am so looking forward to a fun July in the pool
Have a Beer Michael !!!! celebrate the 2 months of chaos !! Happy for ya ! Hey, how did the backwash water look ??? Thats the TRUE test on how things are working :)
michael3
06-22-2013, 03:01 PM
Backwash starts out cloudy but didn't take long to clear, then I remember Ben saying since the DE just coats the top of the sand it wouldn't take much to backwash it. That clumps of goo that I assume is the dead algae is pretty clear, if its not in the water it's hard to see. I do still have some stuff that probably is passing thru the DE but did you have that as well and the poly pretty much polished your water?
michael3
06-22-2013, 04:29 PM
Just wanted to say a big thank you to all the awesome people here that have offered up advise to help me get this pool right. Major props to Ben, Watermom, BigDave y'all have been there from the start of this journey, sorry for anyone else I missed, y'all rock. Steve, it's been a blast chatting with you while we fought this war lol, would like to keep in touch if ya want to, keep each other updated on our pools :)