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One thing I noticed, too....I went out and took a look at the filters on the spa. I lifted them out. They didn't look really scummy or anything. As I went to replace the one filter, though, I noticed what was like a cakey ring underneath the filter. It was white, and felt like wet bread. I...

The spa was newly installed in late November, so I’ve only had it like 2 months. I have not drained the water at all. Total Chlorine 10 CC was like 1.5 CYA was pretty high. Like 110. TA was about 70 CH was around 120. My pH was lowish too. Around 7.1-7.2.

I can add a foam away product but it is only temporary. What should I be doing? What am I doing wrong?

I was actually able to fix it myself. As our yard has a little grade to it, that particular support (which really doesn't support anything - more there for look from what I can tell) was buried down about a foot. So that was a pain to dig out a little bit. Luckily it sort of snaps into the...

We've had our pool for 4+ years now. Something strange is happening this summer, though. The liner is faded badly, but only right along one seam on the liner. So if it was from the sun or from dumping chlorine in, etc. I wouldn't expect it to fade perfectly right along one seam. I have to...

I recently went on vacation and came home to a half empty pool. One of the return hoses had cracked and I managed to pump half the water out of the pool apparently. Luckily it wasn't totally drained. This is I believe my 4th summer with the pool. I've always disconnected everything and stored...

I got a better look at it after coming home from work. The upright doesn't really do anything from what I can tell. One of the top resin rails is cracked in half. The pool rail itself is bent inward slightly. So it probably looks from that picture that the wall is bowed out, but the top rail...

We had a nice windstorm rip through Northern Indiana this early AM. It sent my trampoline airborne, and it crashed into the side of the pool (and subsequently flipped over the pool and up against my fence). It was 4AM and still quite dark, so I couldn't get a good survey of any damage, but I...

If in NW Indiana or South Suburban Chicago, the Gus Bock's Ace Hardware chain (Dyer, IN, Munster, IN, and Lansing, IL) has had 12.5% pool shock all summer for 4 gal/$10. Best deal anywhere. I talked to the owner, and he says he went through two truckloads last summer.

Last year I had a guy come out and close the pool because it was the first year I had a heater installed. I was afraid I would not winterize it properly. Not to mention, it's a pain in the rear to close it, and I was just too busy. At any rate, it's supposed to be 85 degrees here by Thursday...

So we had a heater installed a couple of months ago. Last year, I closed the pool myself. It wasn't too bad. But now I have the added complexity of the heater. I know I need to drain it by removing a drain plug. And I should blow it out (how? not sure). What do you need to do to make sure the...

Does your residue look like this? I've struggled with this all summer. I'm convinced it's pollen or something. I can clean the whole pool and it seems like the pump just blows it back into the pool. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm not sure what you mean by bleached. Wouldn't it be white then? This is definitely not white. It brownish. The water is perfectly clear and has been for weeks. This stuff just settles on the bottom in clumps, though.

FC 5.5. Cya 45. Ph 7.6. I've had the FC up around 8 all week. Just today when I got home was it this low. Bumping it up now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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So frustrated. I had my pool looking perfect after vacuuming last evening. Turned off the pump. I came home from work today, pool still looking great even though we had about an inch of rain. I plug the pool pump back in, and within 10 minutes this crud is back. It is OBVIOUSLY being blown...

I finally used my vacuum hose, created a siphon, and sucked the stuff out of the pool. It certainly seemed to help but I still had some gunk left over probably as a result of stirring it up and not getting it all sucked out. I'm still at a loss as to what it is though. Sent from my iPhone...

Bump. I cannot figure out what the **** this stuff is. I vacuum it up and it seems to just blow right back into the pool. The water is completely clear. I cannot seem to get rid of it! What is it?

I finally said screw it and bought a new cartridge for my filter. When I opened up the cartridge it was a dirty swampy mess in there. Clearly (to me) the filter wasn't doing its job. Vacuuming now. We'll see if it lasts or the crud returns.

to the OP mine looks eerily similar. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I also have trees. Just seems no matter what I do it comes back even worse the next couple of days. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I get the same exact thing. But mine looks a lot worse. I did a stocking over the return jet and did catch some gunk. Not a ton, but stuff that I would have thought would have been caught by the filter. I have a cartridge filter, though. Not sand. Probably time to change the cartridge even...

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I am at a complete loss. After slamming my pool, everything looked great again. Then about 10 days later, I started getting the same conditions. SLAM again. I had cleaned my filter out BEFORE my last SLAM. But I didn't clear it out afterwards. This time around I opened up the pool filter after...

Vyrolan - your local menards should have 12.5% for $1.98/gallon. Mount Prospect. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well, I got home yesterday and tested the FC. Brought it back up to what should have been around 12 according to Pool Math. Unfortunately, then we got two inches of rain last night. Started around 7:00 PM, so I never got to test the water again after the sun went down. We had violent...

I didn't get a chance to check this AM....it was raining and I had to leave for work at 5AM, so I am going to check one more time tonight.....based on what it was yesterday, my FC level SHOULD be around 12 right now. I'll test and see what I am when I get home (around 4PM) and bring it up to...

So I've had the pump running all weekend.....I spent about an hour on Saturday scrubbing the pool. I vacuumed the whole thing on Saturday morning as well. Tried to be extremely thorough. I had my 13 year old go around on Sunday and scrub it again. I pulled the stairs out and let them dry out...