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My pool has been sparkling for 5 yrs but over the last year all white plastic turns dark brown, walls get coated also but water stays very clear. A few times I had 2 guys come and they spend all day scrubbing entire pool by hand, it looks great when they leave and it’s turning brown again in...

This has been going on for a while now. After Backwash and Rinse, when I put Multiport back on Filter and put pool back in normal service, it sends a cloud of dust and debris back into the pool through the returns. I let it Backwash until the sight glass is crystal clear, I shut off the pump and...

What is the correct caulking / sealer to use where it will be underwater. the wall flanges that go from end of PVC to face of tile........builder did poor job installing them, most have space between back of flange and face of tile. While I have it pumped doen below them now, I want a bead of...

My builder was an inexperienced idiot~!! pool is leaking. He did not glue the joints on the half inch electrical conduit going to the lights nor did he compact the soil so now the soil has caught you know the soil went down when the lighting conduit sleep and soaked everything and then the...

My pool was built by a guy who subcontracted the first pool, then deemed himself an expert and went into pool building business. Mine was the 3rd one he built. When he was showing me how to run and maintain the pool, he put an entire 100 lb bag of salt in through my skimmer with the SWG still...

Please take a look at my Pool Math for today. As I read it.....my CSI is fine.....correct? Do you see any issue in my Suggested FC levels? image hosting 5mb

Hello, I have had my pool 2 yrs and a few problems and either by myself or with help from the great guys here got them resolved. For many months now my water is balanced and crystal clear and I have never had an algae problem. I use a fine mesh stainless screen, a kitchen strainer actually on...

Just a helpful hint from my Lesson Learned. When I bought this new house 2 years ago, the pool was in and all piping was completed. When it comes to Valves, do not buy the cheap socket x socket valves. Over time, they will either leak or be very hard to operate. The difference in price between...

A few weeks ago when I did a full range of tests, the results in Pool Math called for 47 pounds of Calcium Chloride and 3 or 64 oz of Baking Soda and 90 oz of Cyanuric Acid. i added small amounts of each over a week and brought the parameters very close to a perfect balance. in the last week, I...

I know this is a Pool site and I use it frequently for Pool issues, BUT, does anyone here have fish pond experience? I would like a small Koi Pond about 3M x 3M and maybe a meter deep. I contacted a big place here in Chiang Mai but they don't do less than 10M x 5M and that would be too big...

Did a full range of tests, pretty much balanced just calls for 23 oz by weight of PH Minus 120 oz by weight of baking soda I don't really understand the CSI and FC portion of Pool Math. Please comment, are these values OK?

Today I tried to upload a screen shot of my Pool Math but it said I exceeded my limit. The limit is 250 and I am at 244...........how do I clear that so I am able to upload a pic or screenshot - - - Updated - - - I know now to use photo bucket

My FC went from 6.5 to 14, not sure why. Did the test twice to be sure it was accurate. A few days ago, I added the following amounts as recommended by Pool Math to get back in parameters: 170 oz Baking Soda 760 oz Calcium Chloride 100 lbs Salt 171 oz of Cyanuric Acid Before adding all of...

My pool is 2 yrs old, it has always been sparklingly clear and still is. I did a full range of tests today and Pool Math advises 760 oz (47.5 Pounds)of Calcium Chloride. Does that sound right? Have any of you ever added that much to a pool? FC-8 CC-.5 PH-7.4 TA-30 CH-100 CYA-0 Adding PH Up...

Have any of you had a problem with the Dolphin power supply when you push the button for it to come on, you need to try many ways, hold it, try again, can take 15 minutes to get the dial to light up

After I bought my Taylor test kit to test all parameters, it required I add large amounts of Calcium Chloride and Baking Soda plus CYA to bring all parameters to balance, but one of them or the combination of what I added, put an orange film on all the white plastic surfaces, like on the light...

Under the Suggested FC Levels it has the values, what do they mean ?? SWG: 2 Normal 4 to 8 Shock: 20 Mustard Algae Shock: 29 I get my Targets from TFP. My FC is 13 and my Target shows as 8.........but pool math doesn't say to do anything. I should just leave it alone...

I have contacted Taylor directly to see if they have any agents here in Asia that can supply me with reagent refills. The problem is air freight of some of the reagents, 4 are reactive. I bought my complete kit on E bay and it was easily sent to me by the seller using DHL. Taylor referred me to...

Please take a look at my results today. I don't understand how to interpret the values and what it says in the suggested FC levels. Please explain and help me there. My FC went from 7 to 10. I did increase my salinity from 2.7 to 3.3 and I turned my SWG up to MAX about a week ago. Today, I...

Hello, New to this and first time I used Pool Math. Last time I ran Pool Math, it said I needed; 6 96 oz bottles of Bleach 96 oz of Baking Soda 181 oz of Calcium Chloride 91 oz of CYA I also added 100 lbs of Salt Yesterday I added the Baking Soda and today through the c course of the day, I...

First of all, my water is crystal clear, better than it has ever been. My test numbers May 28: Salt - 3.11 PH - 7.4 Chlorine - bright yellow, more than the 3.0 on the comparator scale CYA - somewhere between 0 and less than 30. After 2 cups of acid and 2 pucks in pool for 3 weeks FC - 10 CC -...

My pool is 1.5 yrs old now and I have been chasing this problem since day 1 of the main drain line bent partially blocked with dried mud, debris, and tile setters washing out grout. Today with the use of a plumbers snake, a screwdriver, and taking off the valve header and back flushing it with...

I think this idea can help everyone who has a pool. It keeps all kinds of debris from ever reaching your filter, especially all those particles and debris that can pass through the fairly large openings in a standard skimmer basket. You can find these in the kitchen gadget section of most...

I was under the impression the K-2006 was the kit to have but I also see some of the more experienced guys say they use the TF-100 Can I get some feedback on which one will serve me best? Thanks, Captain

My house here in Thailand was built by a UK guy 67 yo who claimed he built houses for many years but after my wife and his wife became good friends, I found out that isn't exactly correct. He has built 4 houses in this neighborhood with mine being the third one. He subcontracted the pool for the...

My name is Bruce, I grew up in the Boston area and spent most of my working career in the Oil and Gas industry all over the world. For the last 12 yrs of my career I was in Australia twice, China 3 times, Egypt 30 months, Angola Africa and the flights back to USA every 8-12 weeks were killing...

My pool is 1.5 yrs old and all I have ever done to it is add salt and shock it twice. I test water frequently and for the most part it is within parameters when I test the salinity and PH / Chlorine. PH does vary and I bring it up and down with PH minus and plus. I have noticed lately that the...