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We've had our above-ground pool open for about five seasons now and I am so unbelievably tired of manually chlorinating the pool with liquid chlorine every day. I'm considering purchasing and installing the Hasa Liquidator. A few questions: Is it a reliable product that's fairly easy to use...

I opened our pool about a week ago and the water was pretty dirty, so I started the SLAM process. I've been maintaining my FC levels overnight and the water looks nice and clear, but the CC levels are high now. Yesterday, I got a 2 and then got as high as 3. This morning, it dropped down to a 2...

I'm getting ready to close down the pool for the fall/winter and this is the first year we've had our deck up. The deck is made of composite wood and there's no gap at all to put the pool cover in between the decking and the pool. In other words, it can't hang down in the space between the deck...

Above ground pool has been up and running for about a month or two and we are currently working to put a deck up on one side of it. Yesterday, as I was vacuuming around the pool stairs/ladder, I noticed that there was something small and hard poking out of the vinyl liner right at the corner. At...

Pool has been up and running for about a month now with no issues, but in the last week, I noticed a faint brownish ring start to appear around the bottom of the pool. At first I thought it was my eyes playing tricks on me, but then I got a pair of goggles on and dove down and I can clearly see...

I posted about this before, but I'm starting a new thread because I think I'm onto a different issue. I have a Pentair Clean & Clear cartridge filter & pump system and every single time I have cleaned my cartridge element out so far this summer (which, since it's brand new has been like 3...

I'm looking at the pool this morning to test and it's looking pretty good. I've had been adding bleach at pretty high levels for the past two days (finally got my CYA up to 50 on Monday, so I brought my FC up to 20 and have been trying to maintain that while testing 3-4 times per day and adding...

Am currently building a deck (we're using composite wood, if that matters) right up to my above ground pool (24' x 54" round) and I'm looking for recommendations for a nice sturdy ladder that would attach to the deck and allow us to climb down into the pool. I'm really concerned about damaging...

Two days ago, I noticed that my skimmer was making a kind of gulping noise. I would take in water and then it would sort of swirl it all down an gulp it to the bottom and then flip up again and gulp it all down again. Meanwhile, the pump will not totally fill up with water (I can see it's...

Yesterday, I finally got my CYA levels up to 40, which means I was able to get my FC levels up to 16 to do the SLAM process to clear up my cloudy pool water. Water is looking clearer, but still not crystal, so I'm thinking just stay with it until I see the results I want. One question. A few...

Stopped at the pool store today to pickup more CYA stabilizer and thought I'd ask about liquid chlorine to see how much it is even though I've been using generic grocery store bleach so far to raise my FC. The pool store girl showed me a gallon of "Liquid Shock" which was labelled as 12.5%...

I added a gallon of CYA stabilizer for the first time ever at around 4pm and then tested at 10:30pm last night and got a reading of 30. Tested again this morning just to double check and got around 20. Does that make sense? Do I need to keep adding stabilizer to get closer to 30 again? Will the...

I'm totally new to the whole pool thing and struggling to get the chemistry right on my new above ground pool in another thread, so I'd like to see a light at the end of the tunnel. For people who have their stuff together and this pool thing all figured out what's your daily or weekly...

Hi, just opened the pool and I've never put chemicals in it. It's a 24' x 54" AGP (vinyl liner). 15,000 gallons. When I took the cover off after storing it all winter, the pool was greenish, but you could see to the bottom (which was filthy with dirty and grim). Over the next few days, the pool...

So, our Sharkline Matrix above ground pool (24' x 54") is all up and filled with water. The pool is has all resin parts, but steel walls, so, it looks like it needs to be bonded at four points around the pool. Trouble is... when setting up the pool, there is only ONE spot in the pool to attach...

Hi, I'm just opening up the pool for the first time this week (we installed at the end of last summer, but are finally hooking up the electrical and getting everything running, so the pool is pretty grimy). I'm looking into equipment that's needed but I'm looking for recommendations for a either...

This is my first winter with our pool and I keep getting worried that I'm doing something wrong that will damage the pool come spring. Last night, I actually dreamt that the pool sides collapsed! Here's a picture of what I have going right now (apologies, picture taken from upstairs through...

I'm in the process of buying my first pool (just ordered today, in fact!) and I'm looking at heaters. I'm interested in this Raypak heater: http://www.poolsupplyworld.com/Raypak-009216-Digital-Natural-Gas-200000-BTU-Pool-Heater/009216.htm It's 200,000 BTUs, but the price is still within my...

Hello! I'm in the processing of purchasing my first above ground pool. Right now, I'm pretty set on ordering Sharkline Matrix 24' round with 54" walls above ground pool (about 15,000 gallons, right?). I'd also like a cartridge filter system. I'm going to hire a pool installer to put the whole...