scott6824 Posted June 23, 2009 Report Posted June 23, 2009 OK we are new at this whole pool thing.. bought a house with a 28' round ... about 19000 gallons.. .my question is our filter is a Purex Tritron Meteor sand filter... when I first started it up for the year with brand new sand(150#) it had about 8 lbs of pressure on the dial.. now about 3-4.. my local pool shop suggested changing the sand and putting in new... maybe clogged up with algae .. when I turn it on backwash not much of any dirt comes out this year or last year.... there is a small clear pipe on the side.. very little dirt.. we are running the pump for about 8 hours a day at night.. (cheaper electric rates).... also we bought this year a new pump.. I went with the 1.5 horse the Matrix to circulate more water... also when I vacummed the floor of the pool on saturday(today is monday) the vacuum worked well sucking up algae and other dirt.. but looked like alot of the algae came back into the pool through the water return on the side .. I vacuumed with the controller in thepool to waste position.. we needed to get ride of some water because of heavy rains recently..any help would be helpful.. like I said we are really new at this.... thanks again Quote
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