Recent content by BigBri594

Had a bunch of kids here for a party on the 4th of July. After about 3 or 4 hours of kids in and out of the pool and running around the yard and concrete deck barefoot, several of the kids had at least one bleeding toe. While this has never been a problem before, my kids and their friends are...

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Normally when I open the air relief valve I hear a loud blowing noise that leads to a strong spray of water after a few seconds. This year when I opened and started everything up, i heard a very faint blowing sound that led to a just a slight dripping of water from the valve. Other than that...

Offered to help my neighbor, and I'd like to come through for the guy. Just want to make sure the results I'm seeing are normal or if I'm missing something. Pool is 18,000 gal with a sand filter. SWG but we have turned that off for the SLAM. Before I got involved, the guy opened to a green...

Thanks so much for your quick replies. Do I take the OTO test results as confirmation that the DPD powder is no good and to no longer test with it? That would be the only explanation for an orange OTO test and a DPD test that does not turn pink correct?

So now I'm completely baffled. I have dumped in a total of 5 gallons of 12.5% liquid chlorine and every test continues to show zero fc. After adding the DPD powder there has been zero pink so I have not even been bothering with the R-0871. This last test I decided to check for CC. I added 5...

I've been a pool owner for the past 5 years and through what I've learned on this site, I have always had perfect water. Today I opened to a cloudier than usual pool. My opening numbers were as follows: pH 8.2 FC 0.5 CC 3.5 TA 50 CYA 0 (or at least I filled the entire tube and could still...

Been using the TFP method for 3 years and have been having great results! Perfect water all the time! My calcium hardness had dropped a bit low and I wanted to give it a boost. I grabbed what I thought was my 25 lbs of calcium increaser and broadcast it over the entire pool. When I went to...

I guess it's tough to see in the picture. There are these white specs floating on the water about 1/4 inch diameter. I guess maybe it's pollen. Doesn't seem to go away no matter how much I run the filter. Maybe I'm just being too picky.

Pool has been open for about a week. All my levels are within the proper range and the water looks good. I have always had these "spots" floating around on the surface of the water. You can only see them if you look at just the right angle into the sun, which is the angle that this picture...

I have one pool return that I cannot remove the eyeball seat. The outer ring and eyeball come out no problem, but the threaded pipe that connects into the wall which holds the eyeball will not move. I tried the plastic removal tool but the plastic part that fits into the notches simply...

I have just resolved this issue and thought I would update this thread so others with the same problem may find some help. My air relief assembly on top of the filter was cracked, and since it was not holding pressure with the pump turned off, it was letting the filter drain back into the pool...

Still struggling with this problem and would really appreciate any help. When brushing the pool floor today, white clouds would form around the Brush so I am fairly certain that it is in fact DE getting into the pool. Here is my theory for why this is happening and maybe someone can tell me...

Definitely no puff of white when I turned on the pump. I do have a multiport valve. Before opening up the filter I removed the drain plug and let everything drain out. As it finished draining the color was milky white. And yes there was a DE remaining on the bottom of the filter. My filter...