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The little vial I test my salt with has black stains that I would love to get rid of. I can barely make out the 10ml which I need to be able to see. Picture: http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j44/tejas_ruthie/photo_zpse0157b5d.jpg Normal soap like ivory doesn't cut it, and I put it in the...

Hi, I noticed a week ago the pool didn't have chlorine, and a very tiny amount of algae was beginning to form, but we were leaving the next day for a week, so I bought shock and algaecide to band-aid until we got back. We had allowed our pressure to get to 30. So the #1 top priority when we got...

Hubby & I think we decided the pool cleaner that we want is the M5 but one thing concerns him. He is very mechanical & can repair anything mechanically ...did I read correctly that M5 must be repaired @ the PSS? If so that will never work for us. Thanks in advance.

How long does the pump need to run after I add stabilizer? 24 hrs like salt?

I'm so mad at myself right now :grrrr: . Somehow my pool chems got out of whack big time. I've been caring for this pool for 8 years and only 1 other time did it get this bad. I don't know how this happened but I have to focus on fixing it. Issue started long before yesterday but here is some...

We have these wasps or bees that won't leave. We have sprayed Raid wasp spray, emptied the dang can, on 'em. They just won't leave. :? We put a bee catcher plastic jug w/orange soda pop in it immediately above their spot but they won't go in it. Even when the pool chems are 100% spot on what...

First year to try a pool cover. Here is the info on the pool cover: 24 X 40-FT Rectangle Blue Solar Cover 16 Mil - 10 Year Warranty I created a little video for you to get a feel for the "current state". http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j44/t ... lcover.mp4 We have questions. How do we clean...

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/of ... -mans-pool Too funny Love it

FC: 1.5 CC: 0 TC: 1.5 pH: 8.0 (acid demand test was 6 drops) TA: 220 CH: 180 CYA: 55 Salt: 2900 Thanks in advance

I saw this on another thread. A light bulb went off :idea: You mean after 5 years of lugging MA back and forth from Home Depot to the garage to the pool to the garage & back to the pool, there is such a thing as an "acid doser" whereby I put acid in the "doser" and walk away & the thingymajig...

Is this right? PSS told me to use scope to push dirt to the main drain... Questioning everything. (I did a search but did not see any results about pushing dirt to main drain. Perhaps I used wrong query string.) Thanks in advance.

Some PB say a pressure of 10# is normal but our PB says 22# is normal. :?: Why the diff? Thanks to this board I am now questioning my PB recommendations, and of course the PSS. Thanks in advance.

http://www.popsci.com/archive-viewer?id ... mming+pool "One does not need to be rich to enjoy a private swimming pool. The materials for a small pool can be obtained for less than $100 ....." I love this article from 1934 about how to build you own swimming pool.

Can I still run the pump when taking our salt cell to the PSS for testing? Last night at my request hubby removed salt cell & is taking to Leslie's today. Presuming it's dead (after various troubleshooting steps still no sign of life), we will need to purchase replacement. I found a 40K online...

I am a simple person and need all the help I can get. To that end, I have created a "how-to-put-pool-chemicals-in-the-pool" for dummies (me being the dummy, since it is customized to my pool) cheatsheet. I would greatly appreciate it :bowdown: if the awesome pool gurus here would glance it over...

It took 2 drains of 2/3rds of the pool (once Wed night & again Thur night) to bring the salt from almost 10K to 2750K ppm. It has been a long week with working and this pool situation which I blame myself for. Taylor K 2006 kit used. Desperate for advice here: Salt: 2750 FC: 0 CC: 0 TC: 0 pH...

We think we may have cloggage issues. :( Last night when draining the pool (sigh) the output water pressure coming from the blue hose was nothing like it used to be. Hubby thought maybe the pool drain is clogged? I said with all the dust storms from spring, perhaps so. Any thoughts on this...

I figured out the pH, TA, CH and CYA tests but am stumped on the Chlorine test. :oops: Please review and advise to me if/where I am wrong. Sorry for being verbose but I am trying to prevent assumptions. I need all the help I can get as you will see. Step 1: Rinse and fill vial. I am doing the...

I have sent 2 PM's to duraleigh in the last hr but they are staying in my Outbox, not moving to Sent Mail. Any ideas?

Hello, I just stumbled over your site and I am so glad I found it. I have had a 15K gal Salt water pool for 5 years now and still I struggle with the chemistry. We live in the sticks, and use well water to fill the pool and I think that is part of the problem but maybe it's just me and my lack...