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draining the pool as we speak. i drain it to about 8" to 10" below the return. my question is this - at what water temp will i not have to worry about anything growing in there? i plan to keep pouring bleach in the water unitll it gets cold enough to not have to worry about it. also... i plan to...

man, things were going so good i thought i was done bugging you guys & gals this summer. my pool was a green swamp when i opened. i fought with it long & hard with great advice from all you pool gurus and finally got the water clean & clear and have had no problems since early june. then a...

i always have a few of those boatman bugs (maybe they are "backswimmers", i'm not sure) swimming around in the pool every year, but this year there seem to be alot more of them. anybody know of anything i can do to get rid of them? anything i can add to the water to kill 'em? or SHOULD i ...

i just wanted to send out a heart-felt thanx to all you pool gurus that have helped me out this year!!! i was ready to knock the pool down with a sledge hammer a few weeks back, but y'all talked me off the ledge, gave me some great advice (skimmer sock, testing/balancing advice, the importance...

i read the pool school article comparing the different filters. i've been thinking of switching from sand filter to cartridge, sounds like it would filter out finer stuff better than sand. any idea what kind of $$$ i'd be looking at? any other pros and cons? or is the cartidge filter a real...

i've heard mention on several forums here about the "skimmer sock" to help filter out the really fine stuff. is that something a guy could make out of a coat hanger & some panty-hose or something like that, or is it more "involved" than that? i've never seen one before. can anyone fill me in? thanx.

i think i know the answer to this problem, but just needed a little clarification - upon opening my green swamp of a pool, i shocked the daylights out of it and i went from green to milky/cloudy in just a couple of days. however, it's been in the milky/cloudy state now for going on 3 weeks. i've...

the opening process is coming along. finally got my ph down to 7.2, my shock pretty much held overnight last night (had it at 20, 18 this morning - close enough?) my only problem is this... i got it from dark green to "milky" rather quickly (a couple of days) but it's been at this milky state...

my green swamp is starting to clean up a bit, it's now kind of a white/light gray swamp. i'm just keeping the bleach coming and hope for the best. anyway, i was reading jasonlion's "turning your swamp into an oasis" article (very informative, by the way). he says to get your cya adjusted, but to...

oh pool gurus, i am not a happy man this morning. i got the pool put together last weekend, added enough water to get it going and last night started her up. the water is so awful i can't see the bottom. actually, i can't see anything at all except green pea soup. my plan was to add floc last...

sorry for repeating myself, i posted this in the "above ground pools" forum, but wasn't getting any advice so i moved it over here. sorry if i'm a little impatient, i'm just in a bit of a panic 'cuz this pool season is starting off pretty bad. i went to check my sand filter as i discussed in the...

well, it's just about time for me to get 'er up & runnin' again. at the end of last pool season i had to shut 'er down a little early due to poor filtering. it was suggested here at that time i should check for "channeling" in my sand filter. i plan to try to do so this weekend. now, my memeory...

well, after a summer of frustration with the pool, i have thrown in the towel (yes, actually threw a towel right in the pool) and shut 'er down last week. i was advised here by my trusted pool gurus to check the gasket on the filters' multi-port valve because i was having problems with Crud...

well, i don't know what's happening with my filter. i was vacuming yesterday, and as i was doing so, i noticed the water getting coudy and i turned around to see a giant cloud behind me. i looked at the return, and it was blowing everthing i was vacuming up BACK INTO THE POOL !!! why would that...

hey pool gurus, delfargo here. here's the story as of this morning... fc - 11 cc - 0 ph - 7 ta - 310 ch - 170 cya - 45 finally got my p.h. down last night. guess i wasn't using enough acid. dumped 2 gallons in and - BINGO - got 'er down to 7.0, as i was advised to do because my t.a. was so...

i started talking about this in a discussion about floc in the b.b.b. forum. the floc discussion was done, so i figured i'd start a new topic to figure out this D.E. situation i have going. my numbers seem within reason, but i can't seem to get the water crystal clear. i floc'ed the pool...

every pool season i've always had a few of those wierd swimming bugs in the pool. i think they are called "boatman bugs" or something like that, but THIS year, there seems to be ALOT more of them. also got some of those small black beetle looking bugs swimming around in there. my clorine levels...

i've been doing b-b-b for the first time this year. my test numbers have been good but i just can't get the darn water to "crystal clear". what do you pool gurus think of floc? i did it once last year and it cleared things right up. thanx for your input.

the pool was looking good before the 4th of july weekend, but by the end of the weekend the pool was looking pretty cloudy with a greenish tint. i tested yesterday- here's the numbers- FC - 7 CC - .25 TC - 7.25 PH - 8 (yeah, a little high, so i added acid last night ) TA - 360 (yeah, real high...

hey pool gurus... i just got notification that the tf-100 i ordered has been to delivered to my home. (and FAST too, i may add. very prompt service - thanx duraleigh). i can't wait to put it to use. i don't have a computer at my pad (i do all my internet stuff here at work), so i'll be without...

ok, pool gurus...i screwed up. i went to all the local pool stores to see if they had any taylor kits and only one place had any, and all they had was the k-1004, so in my haste to get a test kit a.s.a.p. i got it. upon checking it out, i found it didn't test for cya and, as well, it only reads...

just curious... on average, how long do y'all run the pump? i don't like leaving the pump run while i'm at work, so i usually run it from 5:00pm till i go to bed (around 10:00) durring the week, then on the weekends i usually run it pretty much all day. just curious as to what others do.

i'm just not understanding something, oh gurus of the pool. this whole "shocking" thing. i can't keep my clorine level up, so i've read here that, in order to get to the point where your clorine will stay at a good level, you first have to get it to shock level, and keep it there 'till you don't...

o.k., pool gurus...my ph is in the 7.5 to 7.8 range, cya is in the 40-50 range but i can't seem to keep the clorine level up. it's testing 0 - .5 ish. i keep dumping bleach in and it'll come up a bit, but i'll check it later in the day and it's back down to near nothing. i got it to shock levels...

just a couple questions.... my TA is testing at 300 !!! i turned the "eyeball" return around pointing up, so i got the bubbles going, as i've read to do here, for about 5 hours before i shut 'er down for the evening. tested the next morning and TA was still 300. PH & clorine all test fine. just...

hello again pool gurus...i know my question has probably been answered a million times but after spending some time searching old posts in the forums, i'm not finding it. i need to know how many ppm constitutes "shock level". i'm just getting started and my fc is at 1 ppm / tc is at 3 ppm - so...

hey pool gurus...i'm new here, and don't get me wrong, this is a GREAT web site you're running. i've already learned a TON, but i do have a suggestion. i think it would be great to split up some of the forums into different categories. example... say if i have a question about ph, i have to...

hey pool gurus....just got a quick question. this is the first year i'm using the b-b-b method and it's working great. the pool has never looked this good so soon after opening. as this is my first year, i've never dealt with muriatic acid before. i was wondering if it is normal to see a cloud...

hello pool pros...i'm new here. i've been checking out all the great advice here and want to thank y'all. this is my 4th year with my 30' round above ground, and it looks better than it ever has at this early point in the season. i'm doing the b-b-b method for the first time and could kick...