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Thanks all!

I was guessing/hoping it was pollen and not some crazy algae.

Re: What is this yellow stuff? Nope. Just in the skimmer basket. lol I should have specified, what is the "yellow" stuff.

Opened on Saturday in Central Maryland.

Opened the pool on Saturday. Water is clear and pool is balanced. Only things out of spec is CH which is 440 and chlorine is still high from being shocked. Opened both skinner baskets and found this yellow film on top of the water. Any idea what it is?

Thanks Matt. Plaster will be 1 years old in a few weeks. I am going to run the no drain acid wash for one more day then bring levels back up, turn on the equipment, let the robot do his thing and brush twice a day for a while. thanks!

If it bubbles when you pour muriatic acid on it, it is calcium scale. I just had the same problem when I opened my pool for the first time this spring. Everyone will have various opinions but I've tried a variety of methods and so far have found two that work. First, using very very fine...

I searched every thread and couldn't find an answer so hopefully someone can help me. I opened the pool this year and I had terrible calcium scale. I just started a no drain acid wash (I am on Day 3) and the pool looks much better. I say looks because it is freezing so I don't know how it...

That's exactly what I'm doing. Sand then Brush. All with the robot running 24/7 to vacuum it up.

So my water is balanced but I'm keeping the PH around 7.0-7.2 in order to help the scale. I also poured in a gallon of scale remover from the pool store about a week ago. So it is getting better but not great. Today I decided to buy 200 grit sandpaper and a sanding poll. Figured it was worth a...

I don't mind the hijacking :) looks very similar. Feel the walls below where the water line was this winter. You will feel the scale of it is indeed there. Also since you have a tan ledge like I do. Rub your hand on that and see how it feels (assuming it was under water all winter). Mine is...

Thanks JamesW. Would anyone recommend using ScaleTec or another product like it? Anyone have experience using it?

I have the Taylor k2006. I used the test strips tonight for a quick measure but as I mentioned before I went to the Taylor kit and got a true hardness reading. So if my robot vacuum is picking the calcium up and filling the basket. Does that mean I may be able to get rid of the scaling without...

Anyone use scaletech plus? Looks like it could do the job....

Thanks. Just walked on the tan ledge (WATER IS COLD BUT THAT IS BESIDES THE POINT). It is really rough but doesn't hurt my feet. What makes me upset is I has it very smooth before the pool company closed the pool. Where did we go wrong over the winter?!? Why did this happen and can I...

retested calcium hardness at it is actually around 400, sorry test strips suck so I went with the regular test kit and it came back 400. Walls feel like sandpaper about 1/2 way down.

Thanks. Here is the thing, when the pool was closed, the hardness was around 400 and the pool filled with rain/snow this winter. So could there be another source of the hardness? Don't want to drain and refill just to find out there is something else wrong. Also, could the fact that it is...

bubbled like crazy! FC - 0 TC - 0 PH - 9.0+ Calcium Hardness 800+ Why did this happen? Fix?

Hi All, Our pool was installed in June of 2015. It is a salt water gunite/white plaster pool. I took the winter cover off today and ran the robot vacuum and found crystals FILLED the basked. The picture is below. Any idea what this is and the cause? Thanks!!

Sorry to open this old thread. But I have a Pentair master temp 400 that is doing the same thing. It will run for hours. When the pool temp reaches the desired level it shuts off. When it needs to turn back on it will call for heat but doesn't light and instead throws a service light. It tries...

I went with 7.5 foot deep and I can say I wish we went with 8.5. We have a jump rock and I get nervous with kids being kids and diving even though we say "NO DIVING"..... 7.5 technically is deep enough to dive off a small rock/platform but we don't allow it and it makes me very very nervous......

Thanks for the replies. They (the plumber) have been very cooperative and responsive to the issue. I am very appreciative. I was told to wait at the very least 30 days before emptying the pool but preferably 90 days (per plaster company). As for who would be performing each part of the...

The plumber is willing to fix their mistake. Good news. Bad news is they want to drain the pool 3 feet to do the work? Not sure what 3 feet will do since the main drain is in the deep end at 7.5 feet deep.... Since it is new plaster, we cant drain the pool for a while. Anyone know why they...

Great idea! Thanks kimkats.... sending email now.

Plumber just left... she seemed like she wanted to do the right thing but said "I have to look at the plumbing plans from MD Pools to make sure they didn't say to plumb it that way". I HIGHLY doubt the plumbing plans are that detailed as it probably just shows they need to plumb in the MVFuse...

Luckily the company who did my plumbing was a national company. The GM is from Texas and happen to be in MD to do field inspections. So, she called me direct and asked to come see my pool tomorrow. I am praying this is a good sign and they don't say "oh well, your contract was with MD Pools" :(

My PB went out of business right before I got plaster. I had to get another PB to finish the pool. BUT I did find out the sub who did my plumbing and called them direct. They are coming out tomorrow to take a look. Hopefully they stand by their work !!

It's one thing after another..... since we started the equipment we haven't been able to keep the Paramount main drain from sucking dry through the in deck SVRS mechanism (Paramount MVFuse). Come to find out the plumbing is completely wrong!!! You can see in the first picture below how the...