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Hello, it has been a while since I have posted. I have a SWG and I am wondering if it causing me a problem, I am getting yellowish tan spots on the floor of the pool. I have tried to brush them off, but they do not come off easily. Would a pumice stone work? I went to the local pool store and...

Hi, I am a lurker and have hardly any chlorine in my pool. I have a SWG that seems to be running ok. I cleaned the element on 3/27/11. The element is only about 2 years old. The panel seems to register that there is enough salt in the pool to run. Here are my latest readings: FC .02 PH 7.6 TA...

I had to drain the pool to patch the Diamond brite. There was some water on the deep end around the main drain. This water stayed in the pool for 2 days. When I put new water in the pool the ring was still there. The pool store told me that to keep the chlorine high and this will leach out the...

Well it has been and interesting winter down in FL. We had hi winds and below freezing nights. I turned the pump off during this period and now have black sludge in pool. I tried to manually vac it out of the pool; but would not come out. Here is my latest water test: FC. .02 PH 8.2 TA 100 CH...

Has anyone gone from as swg to bbb? If so are you happier now? What are the pros and cons of doing this?

I lowered my ph from 7,8 to 7 to also reduce my ta. This was on 5/27. On 5/29 I finally. Got it down to 7.0 when tested at 7 pm. At this. Time my ta was 70. I aerated the water and on 5/31 my ph is 7.3 and ta 80. This tested at 8 am. I turned the return down towards the bottom and want to try ro...

Today I tested my fill water which is a well. My #'s were ph 7.2 ta 180 ch 180 75 deg. I tested the copper and iron with a lamotte colorq kit and when I followed the test directions the iron read lo same with copper. So I tried again and this time I shook the test tube and the result was .1. I...

I have a resillence swg and when I turned the pump on the power comes on, but none of the other lights that tell % of ch are coming on. What does this mean? I know I have 3800 ppm in the pool. I cleaned the cell about 4 months ago. Does it need to be cleaned again. I did notice that when I came...

I want to try to avoid the ph up and down movement since I just spoke with the JM team. I want to use the Purple Stuff to control my scale problem. They indicated that I would have to keep my ph at 7.2 to clear up my problem and pretty much keep it there with maintenance doses to keep the scale...

My current ph is 7.3 and my ta is 80. I am aerating my pool and running it about 8 hrs. right now. I know that the ph will go up and be around 7.6 within the next 24 hrs. At some point I will lower the ph to 7.2 again to bring my ta down to 60. This is in the recommended amount for a swg pool. I...

I have a Tahoe blue Diamond shell installed in 12/07. Today I went for a swim and noticed that the finish is starting to come off and there are two small holes in the plaster on the steps. What are my options? Can this be patched? Will I have to drain all of the water? Thanks,

Hi, I spoke with SGM about the Diamond Brite plaster and they told me the recommended ranges for DB: PH 7.4-7.6 TA 80-120 CH 200-400 (200 is ideal) FC 1-3 CYA 30-100 (40-60 ideal) According to using SWG: PH is about the same TA 60-80 CH 300 Plaster FC about the same CYA 70-90 I am not sure...

Well here are my latest pool calculator stats. Please tell me if I am on the right track: FC 5 PH 7.6 TA 70 CH 300 CYA 70 Borate 50 Salt 4100 Temp 85 * My CSI index is -.42. I have a Diamond Brite finish (Tahoe Blue) with some calcium deposits. I want to enjoy my pool during swim season and...

I put in 6 boxes of 20 mule team borax in 12k pool. The pool calculator said I should put 9.3 four lb. Boxes. I tested with the strips after adding 3 boxes each time and the 2nd time around it looked like the strip indicated 50 ppm. The color looks about right, but the shade is not as intense as...

I test with both Taylor K2006 and Lamotte ph pocket tester and sometimes get numbers between the larger numbers on the iPhone pool calculator. For example, today I got 275 on CH which is between 270-280. I was not sure to base my calculation for increasing CH from either the 270 or 280 when...

Hi, I have the pool calculator for the iPhone and I took my current readings and plugged them into the program. I have a salt level of 4100 and want to get it down to 3500. The program recommends I drain 15% of my pool water. I have no idea how much this is. What should I do?Base it on inches or...

Hi, Mr. New Poster: I have both of these items and want to kinow which do you think is more accurate for measuring Salt in my pool. The strips say that my SAL is 4500 ppm while the Tracer indicates 4180. The tracer is newly calibrated to 12880. Thanks, purptiger

Hello I am a new poster, but have been following for about 2 weeks this site. I have conflicting information on what to set my chemistry for SWG. I went to the pool school and read the basic article on setting the chemistry for SWG. PS TA 60-90 ppm PH 7.5-7.6 CH 300 CYA 70-80 Resilence...