Recent content by Actersabe

When I open the pool for summer and take the cover off, the water is normally grey/brown/black. My first step is to SLAM during that opening process. Is it normal to SLAM after ending the winterization?

Sometimes when balancing the chemicals at the beginning of the season, I get lazy. Sure, I'll pour in enough chlorine to get the FC to shock level for the CYA. But then maybe I get busy and skip a day then pour in enoguh chlorine to get back to shock level and keep repeating this bad habit...

:D I thought I was the only one using the hold-my-breath method. I watched a crew resurface the plaster pool with diamond brite finish and it requires scrubbing/pouring muriatic acid. They had dozens of gallons flinging it all over the place. I think some of them had masks but I was still...

You've come to the right place Frozengritty! I struggled getting/keeping the pool clean until following the basic steps here and my problems were solved. Wouldn't the SLAM process eventually get all the algae in those hiding places? Any suggestions on a good scrubbing brush for a plaster...

I have high TA from my water source. This slowly causes PH to rise, especially if air is bubbling through the water or the pool is getting used. This slowly reduces the TA. I then periodically add muriatic acid to get the PH to balance. Eventually, the TA gets somewhere below 100 and the PH...

It's an old thread but for posterity I came across this post while trying to diagnose the exact same problem as the OP. In my case, the problem was "iron bacteria" that exists in my well water. https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/environment/water/wells/waterquality/ironbacteria.html...

I'm intrigued to try a deep clean of my sand filter in the spring: Deep Cleaning a Sand Filter ...but I haven't been able to find any tips on how to deal with all that water that will be overflowing out of the top of the sand filter tank. My filter is inside a structure and the overflow...

I have a couple old return jet eyeballs and I was looking online for replacements. What struck me was everything I found so far is plastic. Should I perhaps switch these metal ones out for plastic ones?