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My pool is currently algae free, but a tinge cloudy. current test today as follows : FAC 10 TAC 10 CH 220 CYA 60 TA 110 PH 7.8 Copper 0 iron 0 TDS 1000 Phosates 300 They said my phosphates where high. ?'s: does Phosaphates contribute to the cloudiness? Is there some other (less expensive)...

i got lucky. its under warranty by my pool builder. they are coming out replace next week.

roger that. I have filters now and would want to stay with filters. Looking at the heyward site, they have something that looks similar called swimclear. Comes in various sq ft of filtration (225, 325, 425, and 525) how does one approach the math to determine the appropriate size. Thannks.

Hi, Cam home to my pool equipment are soaked, tracked the leak to a hairline crack running vertically for several inches on the lower body of the filter housing. Questions: What is that piece called so I am referring to correctly? My model number is Hayward C7020STAMB. My sticker says it was...

Had my water tested at a pool store. I told him that i have green spots on my walls but my water was clear. He said my chloring level was good, but recommended shocking it. I was under the imrpession shock was used to raise chlorine levels and is just high level of chlorine. Is that not correct?

I have a korky autofiller on my pool. Since I recently refilled my pool its constantly running. Not sure if one of the kids got ahold of it. Is there a trick to locking it in place. I have set it to the level and turned it clockwise? I am trying to determine if its broken or if its user error on...

so you all use bleach in lieu of chlorine/shock?

I don't know how to respond to all of these. but, I do not know total alkalinitiy. I will chlorinate with tables in floater. I dont know what trichlor or dichlor is. I asked the pool cay about the conditioner and thought I had heard it was online important in the summer. He insisted I need...

I drained and refilled my pool 2 weeks ago because my hardness and dissolved solids were very high, and it it was advised by my pool store. I dropped the ball and it was 2 weeks before I got in to get my start up chemicals. My water tested as: Free Chlorine 0 total available chlorine 0...

hi jason, my water test from yesteray at leslies pool store free chlorine 4 total chlorine 4 Salt 2600 ( irrelevant because my salt cell is dead, using chlorine tabs) cyanuric acid 99 total alkalinty 80 pH 7.4 phosphates 200 since the test they had me add 9 oz of phosfree.

just above my water line, i have some build up of white scale which i believe is calcium on my pebble tec. on that build up i have black splotches that turn bright green when the chlorine dips a bit. then i typically raise the water line to cover the green then boost the chlorine. i was told...

It's being recommended to me by my pool builder and a parts place to get a new system. Is there a way to verify the system is dead? Thety are recommending a pentair ic40? Is that decent system.? What should I be looking for when buying a new salt system?

Hi, I have a Shasta Pool built in 2005 with a quickclor salt system.  Recently, the pool started tinting green and I checked and there was no chlorine so I cleaned my salt cell with muriatic acid as it was encrusted in calcium and got most of it off. I returned to a Shasta store and they...