Recent content by merritt11

Ok, I'll try that. Thanks

Hello Everyone, Just getting the pool ready. This is a pretty simple question (I think). I have an above ground pool with about 6-8 inches of murky water. I am not sure what approach to take in order to clean it. Should I work to clean the water that is in there and then fill it? Of...

Ok, I will check the CYA when I get there. Thanks for the tip, they did seem to need chlorine ALL the time. When the water evaporates the CYA just concentrates right? They do have to fill the pool regularly with new water but of course they are always using the tabs too so I guess one cancels...

Hi everyone, back for the first time this year. My pool is fine but last year we went to the grandparents for a month up in Maine and my kids got the wickedest rash anywhere their bathing suits touched. The boys in the nether regions (terribly painful) and the girls sort of all over. They had...

I figured out what the stains were on the bottom of my pool (A quick set 16x42). When I took it down last year, thinking there would be a winter (there wasnt) I found that some kind of mold or something had grown under the pool and tarp and stained through the white bottom. Just wanted to let...

Thanks for all the help everyone, thanks a lot! I left for four days with a still cloudy pool. I brought the pool up to shock (probably more than necessary) levels, covered the pool and left for four days. Came home to a sparkling clean pool (in spite of a crummy pump). My awesome husband...

I opened the season according to pool school for small pools but since we have had both rain, splash out and our little vacuum uses the hose-we have added water since. When I add water I have added small amounts of CYA but technically no, I have no accurate reading. I can only tell that it...

Ok, so this can be achieved through the shock process? My water was crystal clear before the outbreak so now I get what you guys mean but can I do this with just chlorine? If this is the case why do so many people seem to have trouble "clearing" cloudy water? why not just keep shocking...

That's for sure. We do run the pump 24/7 though which in the GA heat (between 95-105 everyday since May) will certainly shorten the life of that crummy little thing. As for the criteria- I dont have a good test kit yet, this is our first year with a pool and it was already an investment so I...

My husband says fixtures for hoses wont be a big problem. I asked this question earlier and got and answer from frogabog, want to hear your take linen. What do you mean by clear or crystal clear with the shocking process? I mean, I had the pool at shock level for about a week and have cloudy...

Any suggestions for replacing a 780gph summer escapes pool pump/filter. There are so many pumps I dont know what to choose. Pool is 16x42. I dont mind cartrige filters, that is what this one is, the added expense is just having to buy new filters every now and then. What is the added expense...

I have read all of pool school (many times). I have one question though, this is my first algae outbreak (after having a baby and being unable to watch the pool closely). The green is gone and now the pool is cloudy. I see millions of questions about this and I often read that one criteria of...

Thanks, I did reread the shock info and have been shocking over the last two days more consistently (by that I mean keeping my chlorine at shock level). I have a cheap drop test that measures to only 5 for ch but I have been using a dilution method to try to get a reading I can use. The water...

ok, I did have an intex cartrige in but switched it out to a walmart brand one and then whirlpooled and swept to get things moving. Ok, so the water is clear and there is a little green sediment on the bottom, then I sweep and whirlpool and the water of course becomes slightly greenish. Is...

I have an algea outbreak beaten but have a very small pump. I am wondering if a nylon sock could help with my cartrige filter and where would I put it? I have a 16x48 easy set pool with accompanying filter (780gph I think) so not too much power. just want to get it cleaned up as soon as...