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Vinny:
I was "warned" about DE on Doc's site a few years ago and now use a product called Aqual Pearl that mimicks DE but doesn't have the hazardous material (which I think is silica).
It's funny, DE has been around for years, apparently has been used for various reasons in the garden and is now a hazardous material ... I guess it's the next asbestos.
Dropping it onto the soil and letting it be absorbed (mixed) into the soil seems like not a big deal to me but I guess it harmed someone somewhere ... but other things go untouched!
Bonibelle:
Drew...take a look at my neighbors pool and tell me if it needs
50 bags of sand..I, of course, mean to fill it in!!
Vinny:
--- Quote ---I personally hate my DE filter! Changing over to a sand filter with zeobrite instead of sand- less back washing and filters down to 3 microns.
--- End quote ---
How often do you need to backwash? I do it about once a month and it takes about 15 minutes. This year I have a lot of "stuff" in the water when I opened and I already changed the DE once and will probably change it again this weekend but I am anticipating only once a month after that.
Pathfinder:
Has anyone here know of anyone that has switched the sand filter to glass media
I have switched 3 friends for a trial and so far no problems with water clarity and backwash times have greatly improved.
Vinny:
--- Quote ---Drew...take a look at my neighbors pool and tell me if it needs
50 bags of sand..I, of course, mean to fill it in!!
--- End quote ---
I think this is a case for a DE filter. Yes it will clog up but it will clean it up faster than a sand filter. One of the reasons I went for DE was a story that a friend told me about their neighbors pool. The water was poor and the neighbor was trying to clean it up with a sand filter for days ... my friend lent him her DE filter and it cleared up in 24 hours. I sometimes wish I could hook it up to my spa ...
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