Recent content by jo3ponies

These are not gnats! They are water bugs. They don't float on top of the water...they are swimming around...sometimes very fast.

I have been basking in the success of your advise, taking regular readings and making necessary adjustments and enjoying the heck out of my pool but, the winds came, the lightning flashed, and it rained for days. I added chlorine and tested and was happy with my readings and awaiting the return...

Will do, duraleigh!!! Who knew I'd become a water baby in my 60s??? And you guys are really raising the quality of my retirement. Can't thank you enough.

Ahhhhhhhhh, what a relief it is. AC is on the blink so this is the coolest I've been in a while. Thanks, BuckeyeChris. I knew it wasn't right on yet but needed to, um, vacuum debris from inside the pool to reach it all. So I keep working with the bleach and Cyanuric acid to do that? I'll go...

Do you need frame parts??? I've got 'em! Our pool from May 2013 blew when the storm hit us and we got another. I saved the frame from the Intex pool. I'd be more than happy to let you have them. I'm between Fletcher and Cyril....small world, huh? - - - Updated - - - Do you need frame...

Pool is now crystal clear and I have had Cyanuric acid crystals floating for several days (although it's not dissolving very fast in the sock in the floater). I have some numbers (if I did this right. Please forgive me if I seem dumb about this but I really am. Following some of the...

Yes, CH is 750 (not my math but my fast fingers). It is lower than usual because of all the rain we've had. It surprised me as it was 950 last fall. I hadn't run across SLAM so thanks for the link. I'll get the rest of my tests since the CH didn't scare anyone. I was afraid you'd tell me to...

I have a 20' round vinyl above ground pool that I bought late last summer. I skimmed your forums and bought the test kit you recommended and made it through the end of summer finding out that I'm a water baby. I love, love, love swimming and I didn't even know it till then. I kept the pool...