Too late,maybe next year. Pam

Oh, I figure they have their reasons. We found out school is closed on Thursday, only a few mins ago. Wind has been blowing super hard, snow blowing everywhere too. Dh left with the tractor to pull my nephew out of the snow along with a friend that nephew was trying to pull out first. This is our 3rd snow storm in less than a month and not much has thawed. We have hills in the middle of our farm that didn't exist in November. Kids have only missed 2 1/2 days of school because of snow/ice. Of course we have a pretty decent snow plow plan. The worst part for us tonight is the wind chill factor. It's about -14 and going down fast. brrrrr!!! It's hard to breath out there.

Nodakgal, our schools had Zero Period, starting at 6:30 am and two of my kids took classes then as upper classmen. They liked the Zero Period classes because they always knew who their teacher would be and because they wanted to take an extra class. At registration for classes, Period 1 through 6 classes did not indicate who the teacher would be, so for some classes they really liked avoiding a particular teacher or being assured they would be getting someone they really liked. The other kid had surf class at dawn. The rule was that as the sun was just starting to come up, their feet had to be on the water line at the beach. They surfed through zero and first periods, rushed home during 2nd period to shower and change and be at school by 3rd period. This son lettered in surf.

Ahhh...so you've used Baquacil for the last 6 years until now? Yes? You didnt' say that in your first post. And right now you're using chlorine tabs in your skimmer and shocking the pool with a chlorine or non-chlorine based product for sanitizer instead of the Baquacil peroxide "shock"? Just trying to get this all straight. Are you in the middle of a Baquacil to chlorine conversion? That is a specific process, and it takes some patience to do, during which you'll see different water colors and clarity as you convert. Of course, as you already probably know using an OTO test (which shows yellow in the presence of chlorine and tests up to 5 ppm of Total Chlorine only)...a brownish red color means that you have a much higher level of Total Chlorine (Free Chlorine plus Combined Chloramines)in the water. You'd need to use an FAS/DPD drop test to very accurately determine up to 50 ppm how much Free Chlorine, Combined Chlorine and Total Chlorine you have. I use this test on my own pool frequently and it's very easy to use. I still stand by my advice. There are detailed instructions and help on TFP for Baquacil users who need/want to convert to a less expensive product, as well as immediate help with your specific issues. Cheers and I hope you get your problem solved and get back to enjoying your pool!