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I have those little black almond shaped water bugs swimming in my pool. lso have the ones that fly and look like they have 4 long legs. Chemical levels are perfect. water is clear and warming up to about 85. did just have a very heavy rain and had to drain about 2 inches of water and clean...

Its time to redo our pool deck, the previous finish only lasted about 1 year and was getting worn out. I have been considering something like Deckover or should I stick to stain? I used cabot Australian timber oil stain last time. It pealed some and came up. Any advice would be welcomed! Thanks!

I am in the process of building a solar collector/heat for my above ground and it got me thinking.. I wondered if you could paint the outside of the aboveground pool black to help maintain the heat in the pool? Maybe a stupid thought but anyway to help with the heating of the pool would be...

Split from HERE by moderator. jblizzle I am having the exact same problem with my pool after I opened it. I showed no FC in the pool and the cc was showing at like 7.5 so I started the shock setting at 24 in the calculator because that is what the chart said with the CYA at 60 like my pool...

My sand filter has been empty all winter and I was wondering if I need prime it before I start the pump. I have never started my pool myself so this is new. I drained it and disconnected all the hoses. just some advice on starting would be great! water is clear but there is some sediment at...

Just wondering if you put some DE In your spa if it would help kill off bugs and help the filter work better?

Got an above ground 21 foot pool and this is the first time I am closing it. Hearing about the pool pillows and wondering if I need to use these to properly close my pool. Why couldn't I just use the two large Float rings I have to do the same job as the pillows? Just asking because I don't...

I had an aboveground pool installed last year. As soon as the pool was installed I notice there was a leak somewhere in the pool because the ground under it was getting soaked and the levels were going down slowly. Told the pool guy who installed it right away and he said he would come out to...

I have a Rheem pool heater hooked up to my 21 foot round pool. I am having an issue with the hoses the pool guy that installed the pool used. THey are grey somewhat heavy duty corregated hoses, but they are coming apart at the neck where they connect to the heater, I am assuming that its due...

When Testing say TA and you add drops until the color goes from green to red, when do you consider the last drop..? When the color is solid red and staying or when it turns slightly to red or when it flashes red then basically goes to clear or a very light green. With the CL test it turns...

I got my TA to 150ish and lowered my ph to 7.0 but I am having a hard time getting the TA lowered to 100 so I can add the Borax. I have the jets spraying to break the water and the kids played in it all day but the TA stays steady at 150 or 160. Can I still add the Borax and MA or should I...

I just tested the plain water coming out of our hose and here are the numbers. Not good. Its rural well water. What should i or can I do to get some better water? Use the water coming out of our watersoftener? TA-430 CL-0 CH-370 PH-6.8 CL-0

Might be a rookie question but I am a pool rookie so I will ask. How many 3 inch pucks do you put into the floater if your using one at one time? One? Three? Same Question for my Bromine spa, I use a floater for it and put in the 1 inch bromine tablets. Do I just fill the floater up or just...

CL-2 PH-7.5 CYA-50 TA-250 FC-5 (i think?) I put 11 drops in and it said do number of drops x .05 cc-0 I hope I did it right. Looks like I could add a little PH but not sure what else I can do. Any advice would be welcomed! Dmac

Hello All! Just joined the forum and I can see already that I am going to be making changes to my pool set up. Looks like lots of great advice to be had here. I am going to move toward the BBB once I run out of the current Chems I have on hand. No more pool frog carts that cost 40 bucks. I...