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Pool Forum?
Bonibelle:
I remember cleaning my fish tanks with DE filters years ago and it worked wonderfully (at least the fish thought so). Who better to decide than a fish? I blew down my DE last night in about 15 mins, as Vinny said. I think it is easy and my pool is always crystal clear with minimal chlorine.
My friend has actually been filtering that pool using a brand new sand filter for about 2 weeks. They have used gallons of bleach, a box of shock, 10 lbs of pH increaser, and algaecide..and who knows what else. The cover containing a winter's worth of leaves and debris fell into the pool when they opened. To top it off, it was never properly winterized. :P :P..Today they called for reinforcements..a pool company. I can't wait to hear what they said!
Bonibelle:
Chris H, I see you're on , any tips for my neighbors?
Vinny:
Here's a link on a MSDS sheet for DE.
http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:Zo1umU4k79sJ:www.hasapool.com/msds/114.pdf+why+is+Diatomaceous+earth+considered+hazardous&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
Vinny:
Here's a link for a pool forum. It apparently was started by some people on poolforum due to the owner not being around and the fear of it stop working.
http://www.troublefreepools.com/
hotubinn:
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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.
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haven't done the conversion yet, but hear backwashing is greatly reduced when using zeobrite. will let you know how it goes, changing over this weekend.
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