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For anyone else researching this, here is some great info about bromine based chemicals and specifically United products: http://www.poolsolutions.com/tips/once-a-bromine-pool-always-a-bromine-pool.html Here's the key excerpt:"Jock Hamilton, president of United Chemical sells a line of pool...

Good news. My test this morning reads FC 17, Ph 7.6 and TA 130. This after no FC reading higher than 1.6 since I put Pink Treat in my pool Friday night (it's now Monday morning) despite multiple shock treatments. I still don't know whether Pink Treat was masking the chlorine levels or eating...

Nearly 48 hours later, and I still can't register a FC reading. So far, I've added 12 bags of cal hypo, 6 bottles of 12 percent bleach and 4 bags of lithium hypo. Each time I've shocked, wiithin two hours, chlorine is gone. Ph is 7.2, TA is 90. Water is crystal clear. Going back to the store for...

I thought I beat my pink mold problem a few weeks ago, but came home last night to find a bit of pink on a vertical strip on my steps, maybe 10 inches long. It was late and dark, so after brushing off the mold and inspecting the entire pool and not finding any other visible signs of a problem...

Hmmm. Sheet method sounds interesting. Thanks for finding the post. My pool store folks are saying to never drain more than 6 inches below the skimmer. They suggest a series of partial refills. I think it would take me the rest of this summer and half of next to replace the percentage of water...

Good luck tonight JenMichelle! And thanks everyone. Great forum.

To address some of the other issues brought up here: - I have no idea where my metal came from. Not on a well. Not near a farm. Heater is only a few years old. Tap water tested several times, and no metals found. - My CH is very low (40). I have a vinyl liner, so I hadn't been concerned. -...

Sorry, I was off on another post about the pink slime outbreak after Round 5! Round 5 was for light staining (on 7/24) and it was just adding 2 bottles of Metal Magic while my FC was at 2. No AA. Stain gone the next morning and started adding bleach. After three days of high chlorine demand, I...

Just in case anyone was out there wondering, the pool tech came today to service my filter (I admit I am afraid of my own DE filter, sad but true). Turns out, it was filled with pink slime, the bottom manifold was cracked and, as suspected, several grids had holes. So with new grids and a...

DE filter is leaking from the bottom. I have pool tech coming on Tuesday or Wednesday, soonest they can get here. I'm hoping the gray powdery substance is due to a torn grid or some other issue with the filter. It keeps forming along one entire seam in the shallow end and then there is a larger...

CH is 50. I spent a lot of money my first two pool seasons adding buckets and buckets of calcium, only to have it dissipate. I don't know where it goes, but my water obviously can't keep calcium and, as you point out, low CH shouldn't be an issue with vinyl. However, I do have a heater - not...

I'm also wondering if I put so much granular chlorine in the pool to get at my shock level that it's no longer dissolving? Although the deep end is quite cloudy now from the shock treatment, there is definitely some kind of powdery substance lying in the corners that brushes up - the places...

After my fourth iron treatment, which requires running at a low FC level, my worst fear was realized - my pool developed some pink mold, even though I had plenty of Polyquat 60 in the water at the time. The pool was never completely without sanitizer, but I have a very high CYA (my plan all...

Mitch, Have you tried any of the iron test kits or strips? I would like to be able to monitor the iron levels so I can get an idea of when and how much Metal Magic to add. I was using half a bottle a week, but obviously, that's not enough. I can't tell if the culator pillows are helping, so I...

CYA is over 100. I really can't get an accurate measurement because it is too high. My plan is to do a partial drain either at the end of this season or before opening next spring (which is a better plan? and how much would I have to dump to make a difference?). I'm hoping a dump will help...