Recent content by aqualicious

Hi, sorry, busy day yesterday. Yesterday was cloudy and rainy all day and I didn't need to add any chlorine. This morning: FC 4 CC 0 TA 140 CYA 30-40 ( I have a really hard time doing this test for some reason) PH 7.5 These are like little stains that don't disappear with the vacuum. I...

Well my second summer is coming to a close. It has been an awesome summer with our solar heat always keeping us in the 85-90, since the end of May even up to 95 degree temps for a couple nights. Sadly, we need to close our pool up next week as we are leaving for a month to visit hubby's family...

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There are these 2 logs that the kids have to balance on (hard but once they know how it's easy) that comes with 2 boppers. Great pool toy for boys.

We put small simple 1 - 1 1/2 foot border of rocks all around the pool and it looks really neat and tidy. I can't imagine how muddy it would get if you would leave grass and dirt all around. I also don't think you want weeds/grass growing roots under your pool.

waterloo mom, there seems to be a Leslie's pool store in Amherst buffalo. I don't know if they carry the specific test kit you need but they carry alot of taylor products including my kit. I wonder though if you'd need to double check their stock before going though? We go to Buffalo for...

There is something very cool about telling people......yeah I just put some acid in this morning and now I have to make lots of bubbles to make the pool better. I personally love the secret society MA outfit: shorts and tank top, sunglasses on (can never find safety glasses), gardening gloves...

I'm on my second day/cycle of lowering TA and then aerating the PH back up. I've got the eyeball pointing up, creating a big loud obnoxious splash fountain, but it works really good to raise my PH from 7.1 back up to 7.5 Hee hee I wonder if my neighbours think I've gone crazy and this is new...

Yeah...well it's 30 something degrees here and the pool got up to a balmy 77!!!!! I guess I was shocked at the 73 because yesterday when we took the cover off it was 64. Last year we were happy if the pool reached 75, the weather sucked so bad. We, canadians were in the pool all day! EH! My...

I feel like something really bad is about to happen. This is my first opening since we put the pool in last year. Things seem to have gone too perfect. In April I stuck my hand in the pool, under the cover, and took a sample, chlorine was still very high. <4 I stopped counting because I didn't...

Hi, I'm located in Southwestern Ontario. When we closed our pool for the first time last year I took the water down about 6 inches below the skimmer. When we took the cover off yesterday, the water was down another good foot. Is this normal? I can't see any obvious leaks right now. One...

Waterloo mom. The only place I could find the test kit or the regeants was Acapulco pools. I've asked everywhere....and I had asked the exact same question as you, last year. I went today to Acapulco pools on Victoria street to buy more regeants and they wouldn't sell to a "residential...

Sounds good! Thanks guys!

Hello all! Happy Spring! I opened my pool to sparkling water thanks to BBB. I was looking at my chemicals and noticed that my DPD powder (which is about 4/5th done) has gotten a black tinge to it. Has this gone bad?