PoolDoc - its says baleen filter on the package. i found the manufacture but dont wanna post up a link. i was just wondering if anyone heard of this model filter and if they had any thoughts. as i said it looks to be of better materials than the factory one.


CarlD - i hear ya 100%, but the taylor kit even says use tap water for dilution test. i did an FC dilution test with the K2006 kit and i measured .5ppm difference from the K-1515, so it seems the tap water didnt mess the test up, but ill go ahead and pick up some for future dilution test on my next chlorine run.

a few things going on here. i brought FC up to 23.5 last night. i tested this morning and had just a 2.5ppm drop to 21ppm, and it rained quite a bit over night so that may have diluted my water some. im not loosing much FC over night. i also measured CC this morning and its .5ppm or less. the new filter has been in for almost 24 hrs. the water looks really really clean, but its still cloudy! i have no visable algae on the floor of the pool.

i was reading a response from PoolDoc to another poster and PoolDoc asked them to list eveything they added to their pool in the last couple of months, this made me nervous since i have added all kinds of junk at the recomendation of the pool store. so here is a list of things ive used in the pool in the last couple of months, maybe this will help diag why the water is still cloudy ( i hope )

i dont have any of this left aqua chem "shock xtra blue" the site does not list ingredients but here is a link ( i used a bunch of this over time). http://www.walmart.com/ip/Aqua-Chemi...roduct+Reviews

also used from walmart - aqua chem "natural water clarifier" the bottle does not list ingredients but here is a link. i only used thos once about a month ago per the instructions on the bottle. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Aqua-Chem-...ifier/19795894

also from walmart arm and hammer "clear balance" active ingredient sodium bicarbonate 86.60% clarifier and other ingredients 13.40%

leslies 3" jumbo tabs active ingredient trichloro-s-triazinetrione ive used this since we got the pool a couple years ago

i dont have any of this left and the site doesnt list the ingredients ( maybe i cant find them ) ive also used this a bunch since we got the pool http://www.lesliespool.com/Home/Pool...ock/12047.html

and finally, probably the mother of all screw ups recommended by the pool store guy a few weeks ago before i found this site.... "green to clean" this has been discussed here as i did some searching last night and found out that this is bad stuff.

last thing i should mention. i have a 5 gallon bucket attached under my stairs filled with golf ball sized river rocks to help weigh it down. i drilled a bunch of 1/2" holes in it to allow water to get in and around the rocks to prevent algae. i was using bags of sand at first but i was getting sand in the pool and the bags were trapping algae inside. could it be that the higher levels of chlorine are breaking down, or eating away at the rocks and causing cloudy water?

i feel like a knuckle head for never educating myself on the pool from day one! i have caused myself much aggrivation and money because of it! funny thing is the first two years were good, now all the crap chemicals have finally caught up with me.

the GOOD news is i have learned more about my pools water chemistry in the last week or two on here than i did in the last two years...