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Is it unsafe to swim in chlorine levels or 22.5 when your target is usually between 7-9? We SLAMed the pool because of Algea and there was still a little in there when I went out in the morning, so I put another gallon bleach in. The kids are itching to swim now that we are in the clear, but...

I left my pool in the hands of the caretaker who watched our animals while we were gone on vacation, and I came back to a green pool![emoji24] These are my numbers: My guess is that she isn’t telling me the truth about putting chlorine in my pool daily like she was instructed, but she says...

Is it normal for there to be some sand in my pool? I don’t remember this happening last year! It’s not a ton, but still, I clean the pool, backwash the filter and within a couple days, there is another little pile of sand at the bottom. [emoji848] 5000 gallon Coleman 16’x48” Intex Sand pump...

I know that you should never put water into Muriatic Acid, so how do I rinse out the bucket that I poured it into? The stuff freaks me out and my husband usually does it, but he’s gone for work right now and my PH was at 8.2. 5000 gallon Coleman 16’x48” Intex Sand pump Manually chlorinated...

My TA is at 180. The Pool Math calculator says it should be between 50 to 90, but my test kit says for manually chlorinated pools it should be 100-120, so I planned on shooting for like 110? My PH is holding steady at 7.8....how important is TA? Should I lower it with Acid? Also, what does it...

I see that the pool calculator has changed since last year! I like it, except for the fact that I’m not sure what to put in for the type of chlorine I am using. [emoji848]

This is our 2nd year with our SWG. The first year we had zero problems. This year, I'm having to pour vinegar in it like every 4 days because it gets all this white stuff caked in there and then it tells us there is low salt. Is it normal for us to have to clean this thing so often? At this...

I'm trying to find an answer to my problem and have called both Intex and Hayward. Neither can help me! So, is the Intex sand pump (3,000 gph)strong enough to run the aqua critter? I have a side wall mount Intex skimmer and have tried pulling the hose from the skimmer basket and adding the aqua...

Help! Last night my husband installed our sand pump.....he failed to read instructions, and had put the pump on recirculate (not even sure what that does)! Either way, there is now a bunch of sand in my pool! I don't know what to do or how to get it out! We have my daughter's birthday in 2 days...

We finally bought a sand pump! Our old pump was just the filter pump that came with the pool. It pretty much has to run 24/7 and we have to change the filter every 3-4 days! With the sand pump (it pumps 2450 gph), how long will need to let the pump run for every day? We have a salt water system...

Hi! This is our second year using the TFP method. We have a round Coleman vinyl pool that I believe is 16 feet wide. I know that it holds 5,140 gallons of water. I got my new test kit and my levels were as follows: FC- 1.5 ( SWG and ran for a longer cycle tonight as we had a breaker blow mid day...

Hi! So, we have had our pool for a few weeks now, and so far, I have managed to keep it nice and clean with no big issues!:) We have an ABG 16'x48" Coleman pool with a basic paper filter pump and a SWG. It took us a bit to get the SWG running long enough to keep the chlorine levels up, but 5...

Does the saltwater generator take several days to start keeping our chlorine levels stable? I ran it for the recommended amount of hours (3) yesterday, and another 3 hours today, but my chlorine levels are down to 2 again. Also...my CC was at .25 today. Is that bad?! Sent from my iPhone using...

What should we have on hand to clean our pool with? We have an above ground 16x48 pool. The vacuum brush thing it came with hardly has any bristles on it, and I feel like I am going to rip the vinyl when I use it! I just ordered a skimmer basket to help with bugs/leaves, but do we need anything...

We just bought and set up our pool this weekend, I had left the pump running overnight as per the instructions for our SWG, and when I got up this morning the pump was not working. It was the basic pump that came with our pool, I'm trying to contact Coleman, but what should we do in the...

I was reading through the manual that came with our pool, it says very little about how to use the pump, but it does say that we cannot run the pump while the pool is in use. I have read a few articles on here that say some people run their pumps 24 hours a day....obviously that wouldn't work...

Hi All! I am brand new to owning an AG Pool, and to this forum. We literally just pulled our pool out of the box last night (Coleman 16x48). We have the pump it came with....I believe it is a 1,000 gallon pump with cartridge filters. We also purchased a SWG today after reading up on it in this...