Recent content by Al Barrs

We too have Baquacil in our 13, 500 gallon pool. I fought the cloudy water problem for years with no help from pool supply dealers. Finally I determined that my problem with maintenance was not with the Baquacil chemicals but with the pH of the water we put in the pool. We live out in the...

DESPERATE: I have a question about Muriatic acid and pool water. What is the effect of adding Muriatic acid to Baquacil treated pool water that come from our own well water in north Florida where the well water comes out of lime rock and is highly calcium carrying as attested to film left on...

For a long time we had cloudy water with our Baquacil pool. I started vacuuming out the to "waste" or "overboard" as soon as I opened it. If the water is down I added water carefully so as not to disturb the bottom. This prevents all the accumulated bottom goo from mixing with the crystal clear...

We have had Baquacil in our pool since it was bought and installed in 1999. It is an oval 15' x 30' x 4.34' (52”) and ~13,500 gallons with a sand filter. We don't use it much and have to keep it covered from early fall to late spring because of our Pecan trees. I changed the sand year before...