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Probably not something we want to purchase at this time. Our biggest problem is the color. We've gotten all the iron build up off the bottom, definitely noticing less in the filter when we clean it. Now a greenish. After reading some other posts, liquid chlorine/bleach is the way to go vs...

Yes, I took it up to a pool store. Great name!

Been having trouble for days with our first pool. Finally got the first test done today. Here are the results- Chlorine-over 16.86ppm pH-8.3 Hardness-over 234ppm Alkalinity-over 305ppm CYA-2ppm Recommended muriatic acid. Will that help with the color? It's still murky, less brown more green now?

Thanks! I'll check them out.

New Coleman 14' by 42" AG pool set up this weekend. Lots of iron. Using the pump it came with. Not looking to spend a fortune on another pump but what is a better recommended one??

Dye ones better?

Probably not. It's an hth with test strips.

We just bought a testing kit from the store. Had a coupon so what the heck, at least it will give us a little insite as to what we are looking at!

Oh, yeah we are not the fancy! Ours is just a smaller above ground pool.

The pool place said they will not test the water because it has not been running through the filter for 24 hours yet. Here's a stupid question being a first-time pool owner. What is the skimmer?

We just set up our pool this weekend. Not a large pool, 14' by 42". We hooked it directly to our well pump so the softener didn't burn up filling it. It's a yucky brown, which we are assuming is iron?? We've been told to try 10 different things. We've added some chlorine. My husband is taking...