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Hello Everyone, Just getting the pool ready. This is a pretty simple question (I think). I have an above ground pool with about 6-8 inches of murky water. I am not sure what approach to take in order to clean it. Should I work to clean the water that is in there and then fill it? Of...

Hi everyone, back for the first time this year. My pool is fine but last year we went to the grandparents for a month up in Maine and my kids got the wickedest rash anywhere their bathing suits touched. The boys in the nether regions (terribly painful) and the girls sort of all over. They had...

I figured out what the stains were on the bottom of my pool (A quick set 16x42). When I took it down last year, thinking there would be a winter (there wasnt) I found that some kind of mold or something had grown under the pool and tarp and stained through the white bottom. Just wanted to let...

Any suggestions for replacing a 780gph summer escapes pool pump/filter. There are so many pumps I dont know what to choose. Pool is 16x42. I dont mind cartrige filters, that is what this one is, the added expense is just having to buy new filters every now and then. What is the added expense...

I have read all of pool school (many times). I have one question though, this is my first algae outbreak (after having a baby and being unable to watch the pool closely). The green is gone and now the pool is cloudy. I see millions of questions about this and I often read that one criteria of...

I have an algea outbreak beaten but have a very small pump. I am wondering if a nylon sock could help with my cartrige filter and where would I put it? I have a 16x48 easy set pool with accompanying filter (780gph I think) so not too much power. just want to get it cleaned up as soon as...

Just had a baby and wasnt able to tend to the pool as usual. I thought I had it covered just instructing others to put in bleach but there is no substitute for actually seeing the pool myself. Anyway, went out tonight and there was a greenish hue with some apparent algae on the floor of the...

Ok, first question-We have a 16x48 easy set pool, 3800 gallons. Is the pump that came with the set adequate? The water (thanks to this site) has been crystal clear and clean, at least as clean as I can get it. There are tiny little flecks of this and that floating around most of the time...

Is algaecide necessary? My Fc is good, has only gotten low once (I shocked it that night). The water is very clear. Pool school for AGP recommends it once a week I think. Do I need to if all is well? Also, I only have the walmart algaecide for small pools not the polyquat, would it be...

The kids love to play treasure hunt with a handful of pennies. I noticed today some pinkish spots here and there on the floor of the pool. I am wondering if they are from the pennies or some kind of algea. I remembered reading that copper affected/was a bad chem in the pool. The FC was...

I am new to pool care, we have a 16x42 quick set pool. Thanks to the info on this site all is well, the water is clean and clear, the numbers are in the normal range (oh, and 3800 gallons). My question is this, how much borax needs to be added in a pool my size in order to change the feel...