Need Help!

[wxwmn02]

We are only testing once a day because my husband and I are out of town, but we have someone coming in the evening to do the test because they live a pretty good distance from our house.

The CC has been zero for a few days (since Sunday I think?), so should I do the DE now? Is that the same as Borax? If not, then when do I need to pu that in? What is DE?

[Watermom]

It is NOT the same as Borax. D.E. (Diatomaceous earth) powder is the filter media used in D.E. filters. It can actually filter out smaller stuff than a sand filter. Many of us with sand filters add a little to help it filter out the small stuff. You can read more info about it in the following thread:

http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php?t=3742

When will you be home? It would help to know if you are losing more than 1ppm of chlorine from sundown to sunup the next day. We recommend that people keep a high cl level until they aren't losing more than 1ppm of cl overnight.

How does the water look?

[wxwmn02]

Ok, that sounds good and it probably will help. I have heard that a "dirty" sand filter is a little better than a clean one because there is less open areas between the sand to filter the water.

As of yesterday the water was still cloudy.

I will be home tomorrow so I can get a ready Friday night and then again early Saturday morning.