Recent content by TankMama

We purchased a home 4.5 yrs ago with an 33,000 pool. We believe they painted the pool just prior to putting it on the market. We feel the paint is failing and needs to be redone. We are DIY'ers and realize that we can paint, but not replaster. The cost to sandblast and replaster is just too...

CYA was measured by pool store at 151, didn't give me a total chlorine reading :(

Our CYA usually is about 30 on the test strip. I don't remember what the number was last time we did an analysis, they felt all numbers were in range and couldn't tell me why the pool was cloudy. It was super cloudy so we "dropped" it and vac'ed to waste. We have done that 2 times this year...

I just found your forum today and have a lot of changes to make. I have already shocked it yesterday and today with 2 lbs shock each time and added EZ Chlor Mustard Algae Plus. Not the best of choices I guess after reading, but was desperate to get started treading while the bloom was early. I...