Recent content by bfrazier

Funny! Just today I asked the local pool dealer about why they didn't carry 3" tablets without CYA. He said "without chlorine?" I said "No, without Cyanuric Acid." He said he thought they could special order them for me. Uh hu... So yeah, even 6 years later, we all have the same questions.

Good one! - - - Updated - - - And that is surely the best advice I've seen.

Those are two amazing pictures. Congratulations! I just have to ask, why didn't you drain it, clean it and refill it? Wouldn't that have been better/quicker/easier?

Great answers from lifetime members, moderators and TFP Experts... it is sort of amazing here. In my 54 years nowhere have I found such consistently awful advice from any business sector and such a great web site full of experts to refute the snake-oil sales. Thanks to all here at...

That was beautiful... resorting to the Material Safety Data Sheets, my hat is off to you! Now, I wonder if someone could debunk a whole lot of other products using this method. What exactly is "Maintenance Oxidizer" or "Burnout 73" or "Scale Inhibitor" or "Natural Clarifier" or "Algae All 60"...

I most certainly shouldn't what? Believe their BS I presume?

Hi folks! Returned home after a month to a sparkling pool, but with FC at 15 and CYA level at 150. (This was from using 4 pucks plus 1 gallon of bleach every 5 days for a month.) Thanks for your input. Guess I'll water the yard plants with pool water this year! Bo, have a tall one on me -...

Howdy friends! I get backup test results from the local pool store, Patio pools & Spa's of Tucson AZ. Maybe I shouldn't! They are recommending I use their product, Biogard "Balance pack 100" to raise my Total Alkalinity, but I use Arm & Hammer Baking Soda. The representative said "Oh this is...

Thanks Michael. I'll go back to minding my own business now! Good Luck!! :)

Thanks to everyone for their fine answers! I don't know how steadily 3" triclor pucks dispense their chlorine, or over what time period. They surely release more at the onset than when they are half size about 3-4 days later. Bo, are you accounting for the pucks releasing some chlorine on...

It's summer here in Tucson - time to go somewhere cooler for a month, but unlike a pet, the pool has to stay home. I don't want to complicate my friend's life who is willing to care for our "pool pet" with daily maintenance and I'm looking for any shortcuts I can find. My plan is to have them...

Just a curious bystander here, enjoying the site and this thread. A month has shown a world of progress on Michael's pool, but I just have to ask... wouldn't it have been faster, cheaper and especially easier to just empty it completely and refill? Am I missing the point? Thanks, Bob

Via e-mail I invited their representative to come have a look at our discussion. Maybe he will present his side. His name is Tom Baumstark of BuenoVerde/Lectro-Pure Products When I did clean my filter yesterday there was a ton of white flaky material in the filter... is that scaling...

Well, this is interesting. It seems there are big claims to what this does, from the Lecto-Pure website: A clean, green natural means to treat pool and spa water. Designed to reduce unsightly scale, control algae and bacteria, stabilize pH, improve the effectiveness of chlorine and other...

That's it!!! I'm going to ask them about a repair... my repair failed after just a few hours, and I don't want to cut a pipe and try making things worse.