Recent content by anhinga

Other suggestions The owl only works if you move it around every 6 hours. That's a real pain. Try trimming away any branches (aka perches) that hang over the pool. I'm not sure what makes your solar cover so attractive, but you can try offering them an area more attractive elsewhere on your...

Defective test strips!!! What a shock (no pun intended) -- I took a water sample to my neighborhood pool store and you guessed it, the chlorine is off the chart. Not only were my test strips defective, but BOTH sets of test strips, bought this year from two diff. sources -- were defective. So...

I was afraid of that. What are the issues to be concerned with when refilling, other than cost? What is the possibility of a cave-in? We've emptied the pool only twice in 17 years, both times for a new liner. Of course you're right; the "shock" is calcium hypochlorite, in the concentrations...

Both packages of test strips are brand new, from two different sources. I know the strips aren't as accurate as the test kit, but they're so darned convenient... I am taking a sample to the store this morning to test. We backwashed (again) at 6am before work; now I have to be late waiting for...

Opened our pool on Sunday to a real mess. Looked like egg drop soup clinging to the walls, floor, stairs, everything, in some places up to 3/4" thick. Added our usual 3 lb. 74% shock and 2 qt. algaecide, saw no FC reading. Added 4 more lbs. shock with no change. Used test strips from 2 diff...