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    Water Line Above Returns

    How important is it to keep the water line below the return jets? I had it lowered to blow them out, then put plugs in. But we have since had rain that caused the water level to come back up to partially cover the returns - and it will probably cover them completely if we get more rain. I am in...
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    Algae Problem

    I got some green algae in my pool after being gone for a few days. I started the SLAM process two days, ago, keeping my FC level above 16 based on CYA of 40 and running the pump 24/7. Last night I did an OCLT and there was no loss of chlorine during the night - CC was 0.5 or less. I can see...
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    Low (0) Chlorine Levels

    I moved into my first pool 3 weeks ago, and have been trying to get chlorine levels up using pucks and shock. Like most people here, I started at the dreaded pool store, blew a bunch of time and money, and still had 0 chlorine in the pool. They told me I might need to put up to 50 lbs. of shock...