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35-40k gal in-ground plaster pool. Just moved in, pool looks terrible. Regular algae, black algae in addition to a lot of plaster issues so resurfacing is going to be needed soon down the road. They've been using a puck floater but I'm not sure how much they were even using that. There's no...

Second season owning a pool and ugh. Last year I installed a puck-fed chlorinator and didn't really do much else. Water stayed clear all summer and all I usually had to do was add some acid. However, my CYA number was already high and I knew it was going to be sky-high come this spring...

13,000g pool 1.5hp pump (old and noisy) Hayward MicroClear DE filter (rated 73gpm) - it's in pretty good shape Ok, long story short: I wanted to move my pool equipment and hired a pool company. They did a laughably terrible job and I'm redoing it myself. I figured since I'm not spending money...

New to the site so please be kind :-D This is the first time I've owned a pool so I am learning as I go, and I have some questions about my equipment. On the first picture here, I have a couple of questions: 1. I have 3 return lines. Only one line has a shut-off valve. There is no other...

First post here, so glad I found this site. We moved into our new home in March and I've been doing the pool maintenance myself, and after reading up on pool chem and asking the pool store folks some questions, I've come to the conclusion that they haven't the slightest idea what they are...