Recent content by Albromyle

Will a Coralife Deep Six Hydrometer work as part of testing pool salt levels? The reason I ask is because I've tried different ways of measuring my pool salt. One device says one thing, my display says another, the pool store nearby says another, it's all different.

Thanks for the responses, appreciate it. I'll check back later once I've gone over the Winterizing threads here and gathered more information.

I like my pool, and have used it before, but more recently, myself and others have just simply not used the pool in a while and I'd want to save money on the pool maintenance. How would I go about temporarily decommissioning the pool for about 6-12 months? I've looked at the "Pool Opening &...

Yes, the test was with FAS-DPD. Any other suggestions? :)

So I did some tests that were very similar to the recommended TF-100, mine being the Taylor K-2005. These are the results I got. FC: 6.0 PH: 7.8 TA: 150 CC: 0 CH: 500 CYA: 50 Anything of note within these tests that could be the culprit? I'm going to go off the bat and say that the CH is off...

Yea, the yellow is not a problem, I know hot to fix it, it's easily brushed off, and I know SLAMing the pool would fix that. . I've also already read the pool school, so I know SLAMing the pool would not work for gray-ish type of scaling. I'll see if I can post some test results soon. Thanks...

Would love any responses to this so I can fix the issue soon. Thanks.

Hello, I have some stains that I think might consist of calcium. I also know I have a small amount of yellow mustard algae, but my plan with that is to do a minor shock to the pool to fix that issue. My main concern however is the stained dark splotches that I have on my pool walls and floor. I...