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Hi! I'm trying to find filter cartridges for an Intex Easy-Set 15' x 3' inflatable pool, but our local Canadian Tire retailers are all out. Does anyone have any ideas? The cartridge I need is their Type A cartridge - 4 1/8 inches wide by 8 1/8 inches high. I can order them directly from Intex...

Thanks again, Dave! The sock was a great idea. Have a good day! Alex

Hi Dave, The top number is 8.2. Below that is 7.8. Btw, this test may not be the ideal one. It is a drop test, but on the CL test, the increments don't give highly accurate readings. There is no increment between 1.0 and 3.0. Should I order one of the ones recommended on this site? This is the...

Thanks again, Dave! All your help is really appreciated! Btw, in the ph test, it looks like the water in the vial is orange. It most closely matches the colour of the 7.6 level, but it's a fair bit darker. Does that mean we're right off the scale?? Alex

... and should I make sure to get ALL of the crystals from the bottom of the pool? Also, should we avoid swimming in the pool until all of the crystals are dissolved or scooped out? Thanks again, Alex

Hi again, Since my last message, I've picked up most of the crystals with the scooper out of the pool. A few are still at the bottom. I don't have a skimmer. Should I add these crystals into the pump/filter somehow? Or dissolve them in a bucket of warm or hot water, then add them to the pool...

Hi Dave, Thanks very much. I added the stabilizer, but the small crystals have been sitting at the bottom of the pool for about 15 hours (overnight) and haven't dissolved, even when I pick them up in the scooper and swish them around. Does anyone have any advice? Thank you, Alex

Hi Dave, Thanks for your message. So unless you have an SWG, you need to add daily chlorine. We were actually trying to avoid chlorine. You're saying we can't avoid chlorine if we don't get an SWG? So what does the salt we've added do in that case? Alex

Hi Dave, Thanks very much. Does that mean we will need to regularly add chlorine? I thought a salt water pool wouldn't require regular addition of chlorine. Thank you, Alex

Hi guys, We added 5 kilos of pool salt and 250 ml of liquid algaecide from the salt water maintenance kit. (The algaecide contains dimethyl nezyl ammonium chlorides - and the bottle says it controls algae.) I then got the best test kit I could find - a HydroPro 4-in-1 text kit and salt test...

Hi TFP Moderator, Thanks for the quick reply. If we don't need an SWQ, we're happy not to get one. I have read the beginners guide, but it seems not to apply to salt water pools. Or does it? Do we add all the things it talks about in steps 3 to 7, for example? Bleach, borax, dry acid, dichlor...

Hi again, Also, do we need to get a salt water chlorine generator? I guess you just add it somehow to the filter that the pool came with? The local pool company just told me we do need to get an SWG, but I thought I read somewhere it's not needed. Thanks again, Alex

Hi all, I'm so glad I discovered this excellent site. We just bought a Fast Set inflatable pool (info in my signature) and figured we'd use salt water, but we had no idea maintaining a pool is so complicated!! I've looked at a lot of the pool school info, but I'm still not sure what to do...