Wow that took longer than expected! Thanks for the replies though.. I will try to answer them in order here.

aylad aka Janet "My question for you is about the "30 days of startup"....are you using chlorine of any kind in the pool right now to keep it from growing algae? Also, what kind of pool is this--gunite, vinyl, fiberglass, etc? Do you have a drop-based test kit?"
Yes I am using a crap load of chlorine. Have already went thru 30 lbs of it. We are on our 3rd week and have had 2 big weekend parties. This last weekend was a doozy.. Beer, wine, animals you name it, it was in the pool.. I tried to shock/over chlorinate to help clear out anything else.

My pool is gunite with a pebble finish. No I do not have a test kit at home yet, but do have a friendly store that tests for free and likes to sale me tons of chemicals. hehehe.. I will order the kit and get ready for my BBB approach.


mas985 aka Mark "hat pumps (model #s) do you actually have. Are they two speed or are they actually e-pumps?"
I have the stealth e-Pumps.. I am trying to figure out my gpm based on rpm so that i can figure the lowest set speed to let them run. I prefer to leaving the pumps run 24/7 at the lowest RPM's to make sure the life stays longer with them. Might be ill thought but I am old school and believe that a pump lasts longer if it just runs compared to start up shut down..

Currently we are running around 1250 rpm at about 158 watts. I am assuming my turn at around 4 times even with that rpm?