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We've had a polaris 280 for years now and need a new cleaner. I see on polaris' website that there is the 280, 380, 480, and 3900 sport. I would love recommendations and advice. We do have the dedicated booster pump and cleaning line. Our old 280 has been rebuilt too many times and husband is...

there is no way that we could even enjoy swimming even after scooping them all out because as soon as you turn your back, they crawl back in. these bugs are very drawn to human skin too and will literally come after you. the bite is painful. i know that bug out does change the buoyancy and we...

i posted last year about my bug invasion. nothing i did ever got rid of the bugs. i was using the BBB method for the first two years after my pool was built. Its a 17,000 gal gunite. I followed the advice here and did overnight chlorine loss tests a few times. my chlorine was always good with no...

i have had the same problem this year. i don't know what else to do. All i can tell you is to keep scooping them out everyday. my water is balanced and i have done an overnight chlorine test twice. those tests show nothing is wrong. i shocked the heck out my pool anyway just not knowing where...

look, i totally agree. my mother in law is scared that they will never speak to her again because she locked the gate to her pool. Now, none of them can swim. those two old people do love those kids coming every afternoon for their swim. I'm not about to offer to let them start coming to my...

i'm using a macbook with fusion running also. i tried to install the software but could not. there is no exe file. i would love to check this out. my version of windows on my virtual machine is XP. thanks.

my mother in law found out after it was too late that one of the regular neighbor kids took a swim in her pool who has just been treated for staph infection. His is a really serious case that required surgery to save his finger. they also say that it is one of the worse types of staph that is...

i did not turn it off, but it was not on when i did the chlorine test in the evening. and it was not on yet the next morning when i did the second test. does it matter if the switch was on but it was not running? maybe i need to do it again.

thanks- i know better. i just got caught up in those darn bugs. i work out everyday and do know the importance of drinking lots of water. thanks for reminding me though. yes, its so hot. i think we are about to put some kind of cooler on our pool. Husband is wanting a mister system too. my pool...

well, i did my overnight chlorine test last night. i actually was hoping in a way that i would have lost alot of FC, but that was not the case. i had 4.5 ppm late yesterday afternoon right before dark, and i had 4ppm early this am. shocking would have been an easy fix and atleast an answer. i am...

i'm open to anything at this point. i will try the overnight test tonight.

thanks bugg-i did go to that yesterday and was able to identify my critters. they are water scavenger beetles. it really does not tell me how to get rid of them. it says that its a problem in even well cared for pools. i may just need to spray my yard again really well. my husband has seen them...

we just got our SWG a few weeks ago. we got the hayward goldline. anyway, i remembered reading this post a few days ago when i suddenly saw the milky substance coming from my returns today. i did not panic, but husband almost did. i knew from reading this post that it probably was not anything...

i know this may sound pretty bad right now in this economy, but considering the fact that pool ownership is a luxury, i would not care how much it costs to run a SWG at this point(within reason of course). i was so tired of fooling with clorox that i could not put a price on my SWG. Its so nice...

my number as of yesterday afternoon were: FC-4.5 CC-0 Ph-7.7 TA-70 CH-280 CYA-70 salt-3500 borates-80

thanks, i will read that. my borates are actually 80. i tested yesterday. i had to add borax day before yesterday to get my Ph up a bit. for some reason it was low. i think that after adding MA to get my TA down, because of the borates, my Ph did not come back up soon enough. strange, i've never...

thanks buggsw-we enjoy it alot. It seems that they must be beetles.

he sprays around the pool with something, i'm not sure what. Husband is a farmer and has access to all sorts of chemicals, some he has to be licensed to have. these bugs can fly in. they don't just crawl. i'm at a loss of what to do next. it has been dry here for a month now. its very hot too...

i am so tired of fighting bugs to where i'm just at the point of saying let them have it. every morning i wake up to this. every day i get them all out. this is real old now. i ask other people if they have bugs to this extent. i think everybody does have them, but not this bad. my pool is so...

i was referring to the 8 hour run time.

i'm certainly new to this myself, but i am doing my testing in the late afternoon. i feel like since the sun has been out all day, my chlorine usage should be greatest then. i have been slowly cutting back on percentage and still making lots of chlorine. i have it down to 40 percent now. my...

i have a denon 3808 CI receiver that is networked into my home network. to play itunes playlist, i use twonkymedia. apple does make a device that can stream itunes to your speakers. its called airport express. it costs $99. i had one that i was going to use to expand my home network range, but...

So, I'm doomed?? i'm going to go out a try to photograph some of these clusters. i'm telling you, most people would not believe the extent of what i'm talking about. my husband told me yesterday that my mother in laws pool does not have bugs like that in hers and she must know what she's doing...

waterbearer- i actually posted a link to the post that you wrote about CYA and a SWG. i did not get a reply yet. here is the link in case your interested in defending your post if it gets a response.Its been hours and nothing yet. the people at garden web are great for pool construction, but...

you too waterbearer are one of the opinions that i value highly here. thanks for replying.

did that. i have my borates at 50ppm

thanks jason. i definitely value your opinion, and even though i still don't quite get it all, i will leave it at that and just trust what you say. until someone else gives me the information to keep my pool as perfect as it has been, since i got it, and not to mention knowing nothing, nadda...

Don't give up! we just converted a few weeks ago. we had the exact same problem. i was getting very frustrated after every partial drain thinking i had it right this time only to see that darn red light come on that told me high salt. jeeze! this last time, i did finally get it after the third...

there is a debate, sort of, over at garden web about CYA levels. i gave the info that i got from here about CYA needing to be higher now that i have a SWG. this one person totally shot this down and gave me this link. i really wanted for someone here, since you guys are the one that i have...

i bought a bottle of aquacheck test strips from a pool store before i got some in from duraleigh because i just could not wait. i figure i will use them all. no big deal. the scale on the back of the bottle where you read your salt level after you test is different. for example, the test strip...