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    large stained areas in deep end of pool

    What to do now???? Thx for the advice... The tablet lifted the stain where it fell. Now what though... Do I really have to keep shifting around the tablet till the entire area clears??!! ( The entire deep end is stained) I tried overchlorinating it days ago - sprinkling lots of chlor granules...
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    large stained areas in deep end of pool

    Thanks Paul!! I just threw a tablet in the deep end. I'll check in again in the morning.
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    large stained areas in deep end of pool

    I was battling a green pool for months and months and now my pool is actually clear and functioning properly. I had all the plumbing replaced and a working backwash valve installed, along with a new grids for the DE filter (and a new pump!! ). It took nearly a week to clear a swampy pool once...
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    HELP -- POOL HAS BEEN GREEN-- AND SLIMY FOR MONTHS AND MONTH

    I wish I was handy with tools, but I am completely clueless. It is amazing that over time I have learned to clean the filter manually, because that is a HUGE task in itself. Several months ago, my friend and her husband were in town, and he just happened to know a lot about plumbing and pools...
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    HELP -- POOL HAS BEEN GREEN-- AND SLIMY FOR MONTHS AND MONTH

    PLEASE -- PLEASE TELL ME AGAIN IT WILL BE OK?? :) Thank you for all the kind responses!! I am so frustrated here, and wondered if it was even possible to fix this mess. I will post pics tomorrow, great idea. I have a test kit, but it is a very simple one from Leslie's, so I don't know how good...
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    HELP -- POOL HAS BEEN GREEN-- AND SLIMY FOR MONTHS AND MONTH

    THESE are the results I got from the pool store- Free CL - 1.6 Total CL - 1.2 PH - 8.2 CH - 348 TA - 185 CYA - 46 They also said my phosphates were showing a little high. I came back and changed the filter again, but still no luck with the backwash valve. I borrowed large...
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    HELP -- POOL HAS BEEN GREEN-- AND SLIMY FOR MONTHS AND MONTH

    Thank you everyone!!! I am worried... because my backwash valve is tight, and the lever (twist turn?) popped off, so I have never been able to use that. I disable the filter everytime for clean up which is a ROYAL MESS -- PAIN!!! I added the 9 Gallons last night, and it is lighter green than...
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    HELP -- POOL HAS BEEN GREEN-- AND SLIMY FOR MONTHS AND MONTH

    I am starting yet again to see if it IS AT ALL POSSIBLE to clean up this SMAMP I have in my pool I have an inground, 20,000 gallon pool. It is kidney shaped and progressively slopes into a very deep (approx.) 8-10ft. I have a neighbor's tree that distributes a LOT of leaves in the early...