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There seems to be some white snow looking stuff coming out of the discharge lines and settling on the pool bottom. We vac it out and discharge it over board to keep it out of the filter but it seems to keep coming back every so often. Not sure what it is, when you try to pick it up by hand...

He did not give me any instructions. I'm thinking that he was not happy that I was not getting him to install the AquaLine and also having the pool deck ( concrete) recovered by him. I am assuming that this is the reason that he did not tell me to not put salt into the water until at least 30...

We just got 1 week under our belt and had a party at our house and heard after the fact that the guest were getting out of the pool with blue feet, toes, knees etc (what ever touched the plaster) and was wondering if this is normal. We had the pool replastered a dark blue color and even now...

PH is 6.2 , or lower, if that is possible as the color seems to be even lighter than the lowest limit. Also the Total Alkalinity is 0 Will buy some Baking Soda and try 10 lbs and go from there every hour or so. What are the thoughts on a stiffer brush and or a fine metal wire brush at the...

Okay,.. of to get Baking Soda,..Thanks for the info again, I do not have a heater and was running the pump with skimmers initially and am now pumping through the main drain only for a bit. Any idea as how much to Baking Soda to add initially, 3 boxes ? Phil

I had to put about 7 gallons of Muriatic Acid on the pool to get the scale to let loose. Got up this morning and most of it was actually gone without brushing although there are a few areas that seem not to be reacting even to brushing at all. I did notice that when I brought the brush up from...

Okay,.. I'm thinking to put in the 2nd gallon of muratic acid and then test again in the morning. It does cover a large area, about 80% of a 24,000 gallon pool. Can I get into trouble putting too much acid in trying to lower the PH,.. Also if I were to drain and acid wash, is there a way to...

I just added 1 gallon of Muratic acid to estimated 24,000 gallon pool. should this bring the PH down to 8.0 or lower from a start of 8.4? If the "silt" looking stuff that is covering the surface of the pool is calcium scale will lowering the PH allow the scale to come off easier? If it...

I just wanted to add some updates. I had my water tested and bought a new brush, pole etc to try to catch up on what I should be doing to the new pool and plaster job. I was told to add one gallon of muratic acid to the pool, and also to put in some water clarifier and also some chlorine...

We just finished having our pool replastered and are still waiting for the Aquarite system to get here (40K) and had read that we needed to dissolve all the salt into the pool prior to turning on the Aquarite system. We were getting ready to purchase some salt and then read where we should wait...