Recent content by beachyoest

Last year, we had a really bad problem with mustard algae, so this year we've been extra dilligent testing the water and keeping the chlorine level a little on the high side. The pool is crystal clear and has been all season long, however, I keep finding smudges of something that appears...

Thanks for the info. You're right, it does sound tricky. The original article I read said that it would helpful in killing off the algae quickly, but I don't want to convert to using bromine as my primary sanitizer.

Our pool was sparkling clean until about a week and a half ago. I neglected to check the chlorine level for a few days because it was pouring rain outside. When the rain stopped and I checked the pool, the chlorine was at around 1 and there was some yellowish debris on the bottom. I brought...

Thanks for the info. When testing with an ohm meter, should I be looking for high resistance or no resistance across the heating coil?

Thanks for the "technical" help! I did get some comic relief from it!

I was given a used Acura 5 person hot tub. Not sure how old it is, but it hasn't been used in several years. I wired it for 110v. Everything seems to work except for the heater. The manual shows it can be run on 110v or 220v. Could the voltage be the issue? I have the heater coil out of...

Excellent info! Thanks so much! I think it would be best to stick with CYA and bleach and just skip the shock packets.

Thanks, that makes sense. I was worried about getting the FC level too high and causing damage. A friend of ours told us he cleared a swampy pool by using the packets labeled "shock treatment". I've never used it, so I'm not sure what it is. Does anyone have any input on this product? Is it...

Last fall, a big storm pulled part of the cover off our pool and tons of leaves got into the water. We fixed the cover as soon as we noticed it but didn't remove the leaves from the water (HUGE mistake!!). Last weekend, when we opened the pool, the water was, of course, brown and murky. We...

Just a quick update. I found that we did purchase a bottle of test strips. My readings were: Free Chlorine: 1 pH: Hard to tell by the color chart, between 7.8 and 8.4 Total Alkalinity: 180

Thank you so much for your input! It is not a temporary pool, it is a 15 x 24 oval, 52 inches deep. According to the calculator, it holds approx. 10,500 gallons of water. We do have an Ace Hardware nearby, I forgot that they carry pool chemicals! I will look for metal sequesterant and...

We installed a 15 x 24 above ground pool over the weekend and we are finishing filling it today. Our water comes from a municipal well and is very hard. As the pool fills, the water seems to be clear, but yellowish. It completely slipped my mind to get a test kit, so I don't have any test...