Recent content by Mamamartini

So he said he attended a water chemistry (course, certification, seminar??) in Chicago, and that I need to remember that the big pool stores aren’t knowledgeable in water chemistry. Apparently he had already forgotten that I said I was following a method I discovered on a pool website. He...

Lol...I don’t drink (Martini is actually my last name), but I might start ��

So I just got home from the pool/spa store that’s 30 minutes from my house and I didn’t purchase anything. They told me that the method you guys recommend is disastrous to our health and to the hot tub. They said that we were going to destroy our livers and be covered in rashes, plus our...

Thank you!

Alright, so I'm feeling pretty good about starting up this hot tub, balancing and sanitizing it. My only confusion comes from the use of MPS. I tend to be more of a purist, so MPS confuses me. How necessary is MPS, and if I need it, is it going to mess up other chemicals and/or tests? Thank...

Won't the muriatic acid lower my TA?

The water is city water with no softening. - should I increase the calcium to 100? - should I add muriatic acid to decrease my PH? Thank you!

Good morning! So, we recently sold our home with the in ground pool, but our new home has a hot tub. If I give the numbers, can anyone tell me what chemicals I need? We will be using the chlorine method. The previous owners only have Clorox xtra blue 6-in-1 granules on hand. Can I use that...

I use the chlorine feeder only when I need to increase my CYA with pucks. Otherwise I normally add bleach.

Oh, the materials that came with my test kit said manually chlorinated pools needed to be 100-120. That's why I was trying to get above 100. Thank you!

Hello : ) My TA has been gradually decreasing, and after a particularly heavy rain recently, it dropped to 80. I added 12 pounds of baking soda on the 30th, and I just rechecked it and it's only at 90. Is it common that it doesn't increase as expected? I mixed it with some pool water and...

Yep, I have quite the collection of pool clothes now!!

Actually no, I wasn't. Clean for my filter is 13 PSI, but I was letting it get to 18 or 19 before backwashing. I corrected that as of today, and will be doing this going forward. Thank you!

So, this morning I decided to get over myself and go brush the sides, and I could SEE THE MAIN DRAIN! For the first time since we moved in, I can see the bottom of the deep end : ) I still have work to do, but this is exciting!