Taking the Plunge - Baquabeast conversion starting

[lizzie64]

One more question:

I've been running my filter 24/7 over the 4 days the conversion took. Do I need to continue that, or can I drop the hours down. Also, what do you recommend as optimal filtering.

We have a Jacuzzi 2 HP Zeosand filter

[Watermom]

CYA is a powder. I always add mine directly to the skimmer, others put it in a sock and hang it in front of a return jet. Either way is fine. A white sport sock will work if you decide to do it that way. You can probably drop your filtering back to 10-12 hours per day.

[VOLDADDY]

Lizzie- congrats on the beautiful pool! You will be forever grateful that you switched from Baquacil. It is so simple to maintain a pristine pool with the BBB method. Like Watermom said, change your sand. It will be pretty nasty. I put my CYA in an old pair of my wifes hose and tie it to the ladder in the deep end of the pool, right beside a jet. This way, I know how much has dissolved and how much is left. All of the information needed is on the bleach calc. Now go enjoy the fruits of your labor!


P.S. Is it not AMAZING how much clearer your water is?? I can see my bottom drain plain as day. On Baquacil, there was a foggy looking haze in the water, and the water smelled funny.

[lizzie64]

Voldaddy -

It is absolutely amazing how crystal clear the water is. I swear it never looked like that on Baqaujunk. Not one day.

My hubby was very skeptical about the conversion, as I was the one doing all the research, but now, he preaches to everyone we know, the wonders of BBB.

We've had rain the last two days, and it's so nice to have to shudder thinking about the expense of buying Baqua shock to dump in the pool.

Once I get my pics uploaded I will add them to the thread.

Thanks again

[VOLDADDY]

Ahh yes, I remember those awful days. I could sit in my house when it rained and almost watch the algae grow when it rained. Then run to the pool store and buy shock and sanitizer/algistat....another $150 later, I am brushing my walls for an hour, then vacuuming to waste, then adding chemicals, rinse and repeat. Congrats once again, and enjoy the summer!

BTW- if you haven't ordered Ben's kit yet, it is a must have!

[lizzie64]

Ben's Kit is definitely on the shopping list.

[lizzie64]

I bought new sand and CYA. I got the stuff from Lowes made by Aqua Chem.

I guess I'll shoot for 30. I think I'll start at 25 just to have some room.

According to the bleach calculator program - I'll need 4.5 pounds of CYA

I think the label said it was 100 % CYA

The stuff at the pool store wasn't and the guy said it was conditioner that's why it had other stuff in it.

[lizzie64]

Just wanted to let everyone know that we changed our sand on Saturday. What a messy green goopy slop. YUCK

Also added CYA and will wait till Saturday to do our first test. However, we have noted the change in chlorine usage. Since adding the stabilizer, our chlorine is holding much longer. Without it, we were adding a jug at night to keep us between 3-5 ppm.

We actually held yesterday without needing to add anything and I can't say enough about the beautiful water. It's amazingly crystal clear.

I'm so happy we did the conversion. Thanks again to all of you. Without this forum, I'd still be fighting an unhappy battle with Baquajunk.

[JohnT]

It is absolutely amazing how crystal clear the water is. I swear it never looked like that on Baqaujunk. Not one day.

Everybody who converts says the same thing!

[buckeyepoolman]

OK I have read through a lot of this forum and I am about to take the plunge.
I am using a knock off of Baquabeast called Revacil made by Mareva.

I am having the same problems with cloudiness and algae bloom. I have spent hundreds since July 1st and I'm tired of cloudy green water when the outside temps are in the mid 90's. I have downloaded the bleach Calculator but am a little confused by what it is asking me. I figured my pool size to be 51214.981L in volume , I'm assuming I need to find the concentration of the Bleach I am adding and the volume per container would be the Quanity of bleach? PPM increase would be 15?

I'm a newbie to pools in general and some of this is a little confusing. I think I may have not yet come upon the thread on the general step by step procedure for changing from a revacil Baquacil system to Chlorine.

Sorry for the generic questions,
Thanks,
Jamey