Recent content by BlueKimba

The winters in Perth are very mild, so it isn't necessary to close the pool. Winter seems to be relatively easy, even for a first-time pool owner like me.

It turns out that these Spa Electric pool lights have a plastic cover over the lens, and they are notorious for developing algae under the plastic cover. It's easy to remove it for cleaning with a sharp-edged screwdriver, which I have now done. Thank you to this man for another one of those...

Interesting. What I tend to notice (and I am sensitive) is that it feels fine at first on leaving the pool, but I notice it later on my skin, with irritated eyes. This is especially so in public pools, even when I shower after swimming. I always suspected that some of the chlorine sits and...

Thanks for all the replies. I have a curved profile where the floor meets the wall, and there is a build up of what looked like grey dirt, but now I see signs of greenish algae growth there. I initially blamed the dirt on my first attempt at using a cheap robot (Aiper Scuba S1), which seemed...

Thanks for your comments. Hmmm, I recently bought (just) the FC/CC test kit from Clear Choice Labs. The other results below are from pool shop testing, so might not be as accurate. FC was higher yesterday, but I let it drop back a bit today (because I wanted to swim :). FC 2 CC 0 pH 7.3 TA 90...

I am preparing to SLAM my pool for the first time, due to (hopefully, green) algae that's been growing on surfaces for a couple of months now. The water is (and has been) clear enough during our recent summer, possibly due to the benefits of the UV light that is installed in my system. I was...