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Hi everyone Can anyone please explain to me if the chemicals for a pool can be used in a hot tub, I am getting conflicting advice. I am especially interested in the Ph increaser as I ran out of spa chemical and used the pool supply. thanks

Hi I have just moved from a overflow pool to a skimmer pool, thus I am a tad inexperienced. When I run the pool the filter area on the pump does not fill to the top and air is sucked in. If I then turn the valve to the main drain all is fine. Can anyone suggest a reason for the poor water flow...

Hi everybody My TA level is registering low but my pH is at 7.8. Would the chemicals TA increaser sodium bicarbonate and pH down work if they are used at the same time., or would I have to reduce my pH first. Thanks in advance.

Hi I have been looking after my neighbours pool and although it is clean and the water is at the correct balance he complains that it does not seem to sparkle as it once did. We are going to try Jolly Gel, I know it is a flocculate and that it puts a layer on the sand filter to catch even...

Hi My pool is an overflow type and the vacuum port is about 4 inch below the water line. Recently I noticed a loss of suction, I have checked all the seals and they seam OK. The pressure was at 1 bar, I did a backwash and now it is at .5 bar. The suction is still low. Originally I would have...

This problem has recurred three times now. I run my pool with water from the balance tank through the filter and back to the return jets. When the balance tank became low I switched to the main drain. When the motor kicked in a cloud of "dirt" came from the jets, this took about three days to...

Hi My pool pH went up to 8 ppm and the ta was low 60 ppm. The cya was 110. A grey scale appeared on the tiles I assume was limescale. This will come off with a pan scrubber and brute force and time. Does anyone know of a chemical I can use to assist me. Thanks in advance.

Hi All I had a lovely clear pool THEN the one way valve to the ballast tank got jammed with debris and the ballast tank back filled to overflow until pool and tank levelled out not a problem, cleaned the valve not a problem, refilled the pool, not a problem, ballast tank now too low to use, not...

Hi all I know their are threads on this and I have read a few but I am still at a loss FC 6.4 TC 6.6 CC .2 pH 7.9 TA 104 CYA 60 CH 500 I noticed about a week ago that the water was getting cloudy their is no sign of algy and today it is very cloudy I can just see the bottom of the deep end...

Hi Yesterday evening my pool started venting water from the wast pipe I turned off all the valves but it still continued to vent. I rotated the multivalve to off and it seamed to stop. My wast pipe runs from my pool to wast ground which is over run with weeds. I then rotated my multivalve to the...

Help My pool is 19500 gals FC 5.8 Temp 20 C Ph 7.7 CYA 75 TA 0 Is this right it was at 25 2 weeks ago. Can the ta be at zero, I have tested this twice and got the same result. Can anyone help me with the this. All advice welcome.

Hi I have just purchased a small 4 Ltr container of floc. I noticed that the top seal was broken and when I looked at the liquid it was brown. Can anyone tell me the colour of floc I do not remember it being brown, but I have been wrong before.:laughblue:

Hi Everybody I could do with some advice. I was at my chemical supplier today and purchased a drum of liquid chlorine 12%. He then advised me to use trichlor as the liquid chlorine would not be strong enough in the summer with temp around 35 C. Is trichlor better than liquid chlorine not...

Hello mehraba 61 bored Let tomorrow be a better day. Why is it when you get to my age the younger generation KNOW that you are senile, bollocks Sorry pished depressed and my pool is at 6 Celsius.

Hello With the Christmas upon us I would like to share a personal experience with my friends & family about drink and driving. As you may know some of us have been known to have brushes with the authorities from time to time on the way home after a "social sesh" out with friends. Well, three...

Hi Can anyone tell me why my supply to my pool motor is wired via a contactor. Yhe supply is fed from a fuse board in the house to a fuse board in the pool room via a rcd the to a contactor then to my pump motor. Thank.

Hello I am going to check a friends pool pump romm as his pool guy said that the multi valve needs replacing. It is 7 yeas old. Is their anything special I should be looking for. Thanks for any help.

Hi Now that the water temp by mid afternoon is at 18 - 20 celsius but it is still warm enough to potter about in polo shirt and shorts. I am suprised that I have not had to use any chemicals for the last two weeks. The water looks good and tests are in range but the chlorine has not decreased...

Hi I run my pool for 2 Hrs in the morning and my pool is clean. A pool expert told me today that I should run my pool for a min of 6 Hrs, if not my CSI would go through the roof. My tests are within the limits as using the pool calculator. Is what this expert said true. FC 7.4 TC 7.2...

Hi FC 8.8 TC 9.0 PH 7.6 TA 110 CYA 85 I am using 2 ltr a day of muriatic acid to bring my ph down to 7 to lower my TA but every time I test my pH it is around 7.7 I am also using 1 ltr a day of liquid chlorine to raise my FC to 9.6, is this normal any advice appreciated.

Hi all When I add chemicals to the pool I do so in front of where the vacuum hose is fitted. Should I have the multi valve set to filter or recirculation. :hammer:

Good morning Can you experts answer me a question? On testing my FC the reading was above 5 which is my maximum. I was informed if I put 50% pool water and 50% tap water (no chlorine in the tap water) then X2 that will give me a reading up to 10. Could I then, in theory put 25% pool water and...

Hi I have a in ground tiled pool with 19500 gallons of water, the CA is a constant 500 ppm, the pool is is sunshine 10 hrs a day, the water temp at 2 pm was 82 f and the ambient temp was 32 f. What would be the ideal chemical readings assuming the cya of 40. I was told that because of a hard...

Hi I was recently told that I should rotate the multi valve handle only clockwise I was going in both directions :roll: to your knowledge is this correct. Also when you backwash you do so to waste when you rinse does this go to waste also, if not why can you not go strait to filter. Niggling...

Hi Can someone explain why when I put in pH reducer my TA incresed I am using a lovibond scuba 2 tester FC 5.6 TC 5.8 CC 0.2 pH 8.2 TA 221 CYA 142 I know my cya is high these reading are at the end of the day and I am going to put 4.4 Lts liquid chlorine in and 3.5 Lts muriatic acid.

Hi been meaning to ask, in the suggested levels for TA it states 90+ what does the plus mean.? Thanks

I have been looking into my pool run times. I have had various suggestions from 12 Hrs to 4 Hrs and split times. Can I have some suggestions on the split times, When I finaly get my water ballanced I am going to try 4Hrs. What times should I run the pump and as has been suggested run it 1Hr at...

:party: FC 3 TC 3.2 CC 0.2 pH 7.8 TA 130 CYA 60 It does feel good when you see an improvement, but being a pesimist theirs always tomorrows results to look forward to. :( :?: :twisted:

good morning gorgeous people I have two types of dpd 1 tablets one set dpd1 the other dpd1 rapid is their a different use for these or can they both be used in my scuba 2 tester Thanks

Hi all Just found out about the google forum search at the top right hand of the screen :hammer: :hammer: , did not realise it was the forum search, just saw google. Helps a lot and saves time in asking you lot the same questions. You the forum guardians could mention it somewhere so when a...