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I am not sure how it happened but our pool has cracks running around the pool edge. What is the best way to fix it? Thanks!

Yeah I'm running it 24/7, low speed at night and high speed during the day. So the borax is going to raise my TA too. I wasn't sure how much it might raise it. Thanks for the estimate. It won't hurt anything to have TA get into the low 100s due to borax right? I suppose aeration will help lower...

Thanks so much. I'm currently adding Borax, waiting an hour, and retesting the pH, and then rinse-repeat if it's still low. I am going to try to get my hands on a Borate test kit tomorrow or the next day, but should I limit how many times I keep adding Borax? I just want to make sure I don't end...

I just completed the Ascorbic treatment to get rid of my iron stains. Good news is it worked really well. Bad news is there were a lot of stains so it took a ton of Ascorbic Acid. After the treatment, my TA and pH were really low. I made the mistake of raising the TA first with Arm & Hammer...

I do not have solar. The pump basket doesn't have air in it during running. It all seemed fine before the fountain install today. This is the fountain I installed: Amazon.com : Splash-A-Round Pools SEC385 Waterfall Spray Pool Fountain : Swimming Pool Pump Accessories : Patio, Lawn Garden

Hello pool experts! I installed a cheap Amazon PVC pipe fountain on one of my return jets today to help cool the pool off at night. It was on for a couple of hours today while the kids swam. I went out to see if I needed to adjust the fountain angles since the kids might have messed with it and...

Hello all. I have recently SLAM-ed my SWG pool and am ready to balance my levels. I need to add calcium, baking soda, stabilizer and salt. In addition, I want to treat some metal stains with ascorbic acid, so I have the ascorbic acid and poly60 ready. My questions is can I do these things at the...

I read the pool opening sticky and it looked like it just recommended shocking the pool (up to 3 FC) and not a full out slam. This is my first opening and I'm doing it myself and I'm not sure if I should SLAM or just the smaller shock. My pool looks pretty good. No real FC though. Here are my...

Here is the results I had before starting slam: Water looked pretty clear. Some iron stains are on the bottom. No real visible algae. Reason for the SLAM is I think my salt cell stopped working and when we added a new one it still couldn't get any FC into the pool. CYA: 75 PH: 7.2 FC: 0.5...

I am in day 2 of my first SLAM. The water was already pretty clear when I started but the FC was non existent and the CC was 1.5, so I decided to SLAM. I have added about 20 bottles of 121 oz bleach over the first two days. And if each bottle is raising my salt by 13, then that might be why my...

Yeah, I have been swearing by your site to my wife all week, so I definitely am going with you. I just wasn't sure if I really needed to slam it or not because the water isn't green and the CC are going down. So when I slam it, I run the filter 24/7 but should I turn the chlorine percentage down...

First time posting. Love this site. Already have learned a ton of information just by browsing the forum. Really helped a first time pool owner like myself calm down. I believe my salt cell needs to be replaced. My PH has been high and my FC has been 0.5 or lower for probably 2 weeks. I'm not...