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I have a bottle of fix-a-leak waiting to be used (probably next weekend). I isolated my leak to the spa return which is under poured concrete decking. You have to bypass the filter media. I have a cartridge filter, but my bottle says to set your sand filter to recirculate. If you have a...

Not robotic... but had a Hayward navigator, replaced it with Poolvergnuegen (The Pool Cleaner). You should find a bunch of reviews of it here, I think it is the favorite, it's definitely mine. If you do choose it, don't get the the 4 wheel, it doesn't climb walls as well as the two wheel...

I just bought some "Fix A Leak" for my pool. I also have a solar leak that I've been putting off (not the same leak, the solar is minor). Then I put 2&2 together. So... anyone know if running fix a leak through solar would be dangerous? I have Fafco panels, the tubes are .25in diameter...

If you have a smartphone, there are quite a few apps...

Get the 2 wheel, you can buy extra hose (I think I got my extra hose at Leslies). If you buy the four wheel, then you'll need to replace four rubber tire thingies instead of two. Best pool cleaner ever!

Put it on your whole house. You'd probably put the same amount of wattage on your roof anyway. And you can run your pumps at night if you ever need to. Plus you can run your meter backwards when the pump(s) aren't on, and offset other load.

Dr. Swami & Bone Daddy's mix.

Cool, I'll have to give that a try!

Pool Pal has always been free.

Liquid chlorine/bleach + spray bottle = no more black spots at or above the water line.

Re: balanced but cloudy :-( Adam Savage (Mythbuster) said so, as they were shooting canon balls through pig carcasses...

Re: balanced but cloudy :-( FWIW: http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.js ... agpspn=pla 2 weeks. 2 annoying freaking weeks, and sandpaper like rocks become gems. Ask any kid...

The tone of your messages sound like you might be concerned about the pool somehow being permanently damaged. If so, don't worry, it won't. It's completely recoverable. See if you can make sure the pumps won't run as soon as the power comes back on.

Sodium hypochlorite breaks down and has to be replaced. Chlorine itself is a gas.

Just try it and see if the two results match.