Intex sand filter 1500 with Wanda the whale pool cleaner hard to get it to work

[madwil]

Vickiebear- don't worry to much about CH, it won't affect vinyl, and won't affect water until really high...
I wouldn't add any more CYA right now, but you need to add Chlorine; with CYA 30, your FC should stay above 3ppm
The rest of your numbers are good for now!

[CarlD]

Hi Vickiebear,

Madwil is right--gotta get your FC up.

Figure your pool size at about 8,500 gallons. 1 gallon of 6% bleach will raise your FC by 7ppm...so add 1/2 gallon.

I don't know what the pump size is but Intex pumps are traditionally some of the smallest around. I had an Intex 15' donut and the pump was 1/6 hp. I'm guessing your problem is that Wanda requires a lot more suction than your pump is capable of delivering.

Carl