Recent content by kirbinster

Can I use hydrated or barn lime to raise the calcium level in my pool? Never had to do this when I had a liner pool, but now need to do. Would rather buy something than the magic calcium increaser they over price at the pool store.

I have had a pool for 20 years that I used BBB method on, but have moved to Florida and am buying a home that has a salt system installed. It is a Hayward Swimpure Plus. What do I need to check out to make sure it works before I buy the house. I could not find a model number on it but there...

Thanks, I have a test kit that does all those same functions by another company. What I really need at this point is one that will measure copper, but the one you suggest does not seem to do that. That is why I went to the pool store. What kit do I need to have to measure copper rather than...

OK, taking your advice. I just drained about 18" which is roughly 9,000 gallons. Did not want to get too low in the shallow end and risk floating the liner. Refilling it now. I realize 9,000 won't get rid of everything, but it seemed like a reasonable start. That represents about 30% of the...

That is a good question as far as how much can I drain, I really don't want the liner lifting. The solution to pollution is dilution, so would I get anywhere if I drained say 3-4" a day and then added that much back and then repeating for a week or two? Is there really no way to chemically...

Well you were right about the Chlorine. It was over 10ppm when I checked it correctly. Guess my mistake was trusting the test strip when I first opened the pool. I think the acid level messed up the test. I went to the pool store and had them test everything today. Here is what they came up...

Not sure why you think the chlorine is that high, but I'll do a titration. I have only added one pound of shock and four bottles of Chlorox into a 33,000 gallon pool that showed as zero free chlorine to start with. I added the baking soda as the total Alkalinity was low at about 50.

Pool is starting to look a little better since I vacuumed all the fluffy stuff out. It is fairly clear in the shallow end as you can see below, but still cloudy in the deep end. Added a bag of baking soda to help raise the alkalinity, but have not done anything on the pH yet as I want to get...

Gotcha, thanks that makes a lot of sense about the paper towel when you put it that way. Went out this morning and found a very light fluffy layer of greenish-blue floc on the bottom of the pool. Manually vacuumed it up the best I could but some of it just floats away as you get near it cause...

No copper pipes in the systems at all. The only copper was from the refrigerant side of the old heat pump. When I took it out and cut it up a few weeks ago the entire compressor was filled with pool water from when it failed last year, so I imagine a lot of copper got in the pool from that...

Well the old 19 year old heat pump gave up the ghost the end of last season and the pool was closed about two weeks after it died. The heat exchanger was titanium but there was copper piping that was in contact with the pool water from the freon size which got filled with pool water. I vaguely...

Just opened my pool, and it looked fairly good, just slightly cloudy. Put some chlorine in and turned on the pump and came out to a pool the next morning that was very cloudy the next morning and I could not see the bottom. Added more chlorine and checked and found pH down around 6.4. I had...

I know this is an old thread but wonder if after having the Gulfstream for a while you are still happy. I am considering one or an Aquacal.

Think I have it narrowed down between an AquaCal and a Gulfstream - any opinions on these?

My 18 year old heat pump failed the end of last season and I need a new one? Looking for recommendations on brand. I have a 20 by 40 IG in New Jersey that I keep the solar cover on when not in use. Would like the water 80-84 degrees. Typically have pool up and running the end of April and...