Recent content by scleland

A pool store guy told me the same thing, "300 is too high. It is food for algae. Buy this $60 bottle and add it weekly so your phosphates always stay down." Just like a drug dealer wants you to keep coming back for more, I understand why the pool store guy wants to sell me a $60 bottle that I...

Full strength muriatic acid had no effect on this stuff. Muriatic acid works great on the thick white buildup that occurs around my waterfall feature, but it has not effect on this stuff. However, I did use a pumice stone on a couple tiles and with only about 20 seconds of scrubbing per tile...

Goyom, were you able to get rid of the white staining on the tile at the waterline? I have an identical situation and would like to know your outcome. Aside: For me, I mixed 1:4 muriatic acid in a [former] windex bottle and sprayed the calcium-based stain. It does bubble and dissolve the...

I should have taken some "before" pictures to garner a little bit more sympathy, but here are some mugshots of my little nemeses after a couple light scrubbings. Since I have PebbleTek (or PebbleSheen?), this algae can hide in the little crevices between the pebbles which makes them...

It is a little late in the season down here in Texas; most stores are clearing out their summer stuff and putting in back-to-school displays <sic!>. I find that patio stores are always higher-priced. I go cheap. I go to Walmart or Academy Sports for nice wooden-poled market umbrella for well...

My experience with Black Algae feels like what it must feel like to have Herpes. The little boogers keep flaring up and I don't think it will ever be possible to be cured... I live in fear awaiting the next outbreak. Like my analogous Herpes victim, I must accept some responsibility. Through...

I have an Intellichlor IC40 and am in my 3rd season with it. I am not dis-satisfied enough to say that I wouldn't buy it again, but I would not say I am super-impressed. I have had the "flow-meter" go bad and had to replace ($40 part). No biggie, stuff doesn't last forever. One of the LED...

I have the same problem here. I have a Polaris 280 and the bag is good for about 1 year. I thought a replacement bag would run about $15 or $20, but I was shocked when my local pool store was asking $40. Either this is high-profit for the pool store or it is for Polaris (like ink cartridges...