Sand Filter Issues
We just set up our first pool about a week ago. Thanks to this site, our water chemistry seems to be going very well so far. But, we are having an issue, I think, with the filter.
The filter is a Jacuzzi ATL140. I changed the sand before we started using the filter. I inspected the laterals when it was apart and they appeared to my untrained eye to be just fine. Nothing looked broken or out of place.
The problem is that the filter is losing about a half pound of sand into the pool every day. We bought sand for sand filters from a department store. Are there different grain sizes? This is a real pain in the butt and I'm worried about vacuuming the pool with all that sand going thru the pump. Any suggestions/ideas?
There is also one more issue. Each time the pump is turned on, a brown cloud is blown into the pool through the return line for about 3 - 5 seconds. It dissipates quite quickly and doesn't seem to have any lasting effects, but this is not normal is it?
18' x 48" round Atlantic pool, 1hp pump, ATL140 90# sand filter rated at 20gal/minute, black-rubber-hose-on-the-roof solar heater.
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