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Thanks. That scared me out of looking! 🙄I might have to hire a “professional“.

I examined the skimmer inside and out. Nothing suspicious. Squished out a little more goop and really felt it. Not sticky. Dried hard. Felt granular, but don’t know if that’s from the concrete or coping. We’ve been sliding a spatula in the gap trying to get the liner edge back in. Managed to get...

Feels slimey. A little sticky. Adheres to surfaces. Viscous. No noticeable smell. Didn’t intentionally smell it. I have enough problems without inhaling unknowns. Globs that landed in the water stay globs. Washes off spatula with some effort. Doesn’t just rinse off. Haven’t left it out in the...

The goop build up pushed the liner out of the track. So far, it only comes out when I force it out. I’ve been trying to get it all out and get the liner back in the track. The pool is 7 years old and this is the first I’ve seen this. I don’t recall them using any kind of sealant during the...

So here’s the bulge and the goop that comes out. I felt like Dr. Pimple Popper pushing this stuff out for over a half hour. This is the only area where this is occurring. Any idea? My thought is that something is dissolving behind the wall, but what and why?

Polymer. See photos of build. This area is surrounded by concrete. We do get a lot of rain, but it drains well and there’s a French drain between the pool deck and patio area. There could be seepage in through the expansion cracks in the deck. I’m going to have hubby put some sealant in the one...

Working on it. Can’t see behind the liner. I squish out the goop and push the liner edge back in, but it’s getting harder to do. I can’t get a goop photo today, but I have a photo of the skimmer if I can manage to attach without getting my whole photo album on here! Looks like I need to clean my...

Just above the skimmer of my in ground vinyl liner pool I’ve been getting a build up behind the liner of this thick whitish opaque goop. It pushes the liner out of the track. You can push it out and scrape it off with a spatula. I can not figure out what is going on. It’s been going on awhile...

Thanks for the reassurance. I do my testing with such meticulous precision (loved chemistry, was married to a chemist and I'm a nurse) that I about laughed at the second store. He just squirted this and that and missed the vials a lot. He was so fast my husband wanted to say we're not in a...

The first column of numbers under Cl are for chlorine. The second column of numbers under Br are for bromine. This applies to the left/yellow side. Ph readings on the right/pink side. So if you are matching the 4 that is for bromine and 2 is your chlorine reading.

Pool stores, just for the experience. My husband went to the first one while I was at the doctors. He thought just for fun ? We should go to the one by our house and compare results. Here they are: #1 FC 6. CC. 0. TC. 6. TA. 80...

I took this photo yesterday to remind me what my water is suppose to look like!

Having taught aqua aerobics many years and later going everyday for about five years to a therapy pool (warm and highly chlorinated) my skin always smelled like chlorine. There are neutralizing products, shampoos and body sprays. I recently researched neutralizing chlorine after swimming when we...

This is discouraging. I'm ready to take a sample to the dreaded pool store and see what they say the CYA is. I've been reading mine at the L 2 to L 1 visual and getting 60-70. I hate to think it's closer to 100. Although, that would explain why I have algae with a FC of 10! ?

Gotcha, lost my thinking cap for a minute. No, if anything it's lower. I'll recheck it tomorrow. I added CYA the end of June to bring it to 80.

My concern with the rain is only in regards to the ability to test and brush because we're talking major thunderstorms. We get over 65 inches of rain a year and they are talking maybe 10 or more in the next few days. We had 22 in one weekend last year! I don't understand the algae either. The...

Is it possible that I've created chlorine resistant algae by keeping my FC level high? I've kept it at bay for the past few days, but I think it's getting ready to take over. My dilemma is that we are on the brink of major rain for the week. I had my hubby brushing with thunder in the distance...

Passed thr OCLT FC 10 at 8:30 pm FC 10 at 6:30 am (yes, it was already light out) CC 0 No visible algae. SWG off. I guess I'll talk hubby into brushing more and keep my fingers crossed.

I was brushing daily until my surgery on the 18th. I'm restricted for 6 weeks now. Hubby has brushed at least weekly. Pool is enclosed so we don't vacuum it real often. Filter is not even a year old and has been back washed. Pressure is constant. We have a suction outlet for a vacuum, but I was...

FC 10 CC 0 TC 10 PH 7.6 TA 60 CYA 70 Salt 3000 running at 15% 8 hrs daily These have been my numbers for over a month. I have kept the FC high because of previous algae problem in June. The water is crystal clear. I had surgery two weeks ago so I haven't been able to brush, but hubby has a...

I have the same one pictured above. Very happy with it. It is easier with two people, but i can use it alone. It just might require going side to side to get the cover to roll up evenly. I relate it to making the bed. My neighbor ordered the same one, but was shipped the wrong one and it had...

I give, Slamming dirt and/or algae. I told my company to bring old bathing suits!