Latest activity
H
Homebrewale replied to the thread Vacuum greatly reduces water in pump.
How old is the hose? With age, it can get cracks between the corrugations in the hose. Also, it can get small holes in the ribs as it is...
Newdude replied to the thread Treat or drain?.
IIRC correctly your area can have high TA fill water. Test it and see.
Once up and running you shouldn't be adding tons of fill...
T
TinFoilHat replied to the thread Why does my chlorine keep going away.
Start your SLAM.
JJ_Tex replied to the thread Heavy Algae not clearing.
Patience + make sure you are following the SLAM process precisely. That includes rounding up your CYA. So CYA of ~45 = CYA of 50 which...
Newdude replied to the thread Opening pool - which order to remove plugs?.
It doesnt matter how you flood the system, all the plugs need to come out. (And equipment drain plugs in if removed).
If you have...
Hello, this is our second pool and it is almost three years old. We built a new home and the builder had a pool side of the business and...
T
TinFoilHat replied to the thread Mustard algae or sand.
If you tested FC after dusk last night (30 mins after last adds), did not run your SWG overnight, left your filter on and tested FC this...
S
sande005 replied to the thread Mustard algae or sand.
You didn't check CC - or at least log it. Is it .5 or less? That is one of the criteria, where all 3 need to be true.
The picture...
T
Tkkaring replied to the thread Treat or drain?.
Thanks Newdude. I put 8 lbs of stabilizer in yesterday and that brought my CYA up to 30. The rest of my readings are below. When my...
Donldson replied to the thread Heavy Algae not clearing.
Yes.
A pool that particular shade of green is going to take time. You can see considerable progress between picture 1 and 2, but it's...
T
Hi Everyone,
Last year, I read about instances where the rubber return jet winterization plug was inadvertently sucked into the piping...
Newdude replied to the thread Not sure if it's user error or a bad test kit.
You got industry advice one way or the other. We call it pool store advice as that where most people get it, but whether it was a...
O
oakridge replied to the thread Deep End Bench a goner? Big cracks.
Chems:
Salt 3200
TA 90
CH 350
PH 7.6
FC 4
CYA 60
O
Hi, I've been monitoring cracks developing on my deep end bench that seem to get worse from one season to the next. I just opened again...
S
I’ve never had this experience in 25 years. Changed to a mesh cover 2 years ago. Two days ago I opened the pool and it is dark green...
Tattooed Nurse replied to the thread Mustard algae or sand.
Performed the OCLT as you recommended. FC last night was 7 and 6 this morning. So I'm assuming it must be dirt.
B
Beth0277 replied to the thread Why does my chlorine keep going away.
Okay - overnight test results:
10 pm - 8.4
6 am - 5.8
This means algae, right?
S
sande005 replied to the thread New here, hoping for some solutions to a green pool..
In addition to the above, get the free PoolMath app for your phone. You enter your readings from your new test kit, and it does the...
B
Bperry replied to the thread Not sure if it's user error or a bad test kit.
granular chlorine (dichlor) also contains CYA. Was it calhypo or dichlor?