Quote Originally Posted by Poconos View Post
Only two choices, keep cleaning the skimmer socks and do quick backwashes. By quick I mean to backwash for maybe 30 seconds or so just to flush the bulk of what was caught. Don't attempt to get the filter perfectly clean as you would in normal operation. The second option is to let the crud settle then vacuum to waste but this uses a lot of water and it takes time for the fine particles to settle. Cleaning the skimmer socks is the easiest and obviously doesn't use additional water.
Al.
There must be so much crud in the deep end that the filter, even with the socks in place, clogs every 1/2 hour or so. This makes it impossible to run the pump more than 6-7 hours a day due to work obligations. Can't really see the leaves,etc because the water in the deep end is so dark. This makes it very hard to clean them out. I pour in bleach to approx 30ppm only to have it drop to 10ppm in 24 hrs with little change in the water's character. My plan is to head to Costco and buy them out of bleach today and raise to 40-50ppm. If this doesn't clear things up, I will lower the water level way down and try to get the debris out. Tell me where I am going wrong.