Recent content by brook

Jason, your imput makes me feel better, and that maybe it's really not mustard algae. It's never on the walls. It's mostly on the steps and in the shallow end on bottom.

Ivyleager. What kind, and how much bleach did you put in ? Did you ever drain any of your water? Brook

Jason and John, thanks for the info. I know a partial drain and refill would be the best solution. I live in Atlanta and we are having a severe water shortage, so I was trying to avoid that for as long as possible. My main reason for believing it is mustard algae is that when I brush it off it...

Here is some background info: I bought my house last May and became a pool owner for the first time. The day I moved in, I called a man who does pool maintenance to come over and give be some training on my pool. He deducted that the previous owner used tricolor as a sanitizer exclusively. My PH...

The lid on my pump basket is on so tight that I cannot get it off. My pump won't prime either. Any ideas on how to get the lid off?

What test kits do ya'll recommend for home use? I am using a "Pentair" test kit which has me compare my water with a color chart. The problem is that I am often unable to decide which color my water (FC) reads. On the chart that measures chlorine, the colors correspond to .6, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, and...