Recent content by Calleblanc77

My pool is about 8 months old and i constantly find my PH rising. I live in Houston, TX and the outside Temps are about 95 -100. I feel like my numbers are all in line but don't really know why it doesn't seem to want to stabilize. I thought it would stabilize by now as i would like to keep...

I did the suggestions above with Muriatic and water and it took it off my water line tile. Now i am seeing more and more of this coming from my grout above my water line tile and on the rock waterfall mortar and grout on the spa sillover tiles. None of it is on the waterline so i am doubting...

I can say i have alot less "skin looking flakes" in the pool today than i did 3 days ago before i brought the PH up from 1 to 7. I just did a Chlorine and PH check and CH was 5.6 and CC 0 and PH 7.6. The kids have only been in the pool a couple of times in the past 3 weeks and we just got the...

I have stopped using the chlorinator and have gone to bleach about a month ago. For a test kit I am using a Taylor 2006c Test Kit. - - - Updated - - - I have stopped using the chlorinator and have gone to bleach about a month ago for my Chlorine. For a test kit I am using a Taylor 2006c Test...

I have a lot of what looks like dead skin in my pool and the research I have done it seems to be white water mold or pink algae I would assume. I normally run about .5-1ppm FC and I recently let it get very low. I have shocked the pool to about 7ppm a couple days ago and I still see particles...

I will try it when the weather warms up and post my results. Thanks

What dilution rate should I use? I am assuming muriatic acid and water.

Can anyone tell me what this white stuff is on the very bottom and on both sides of my hot tub flagstone overflow and on the waterline tile directly below it. This is the only place it is on the entire pool. All my numbers are are of good value. I tried rubbing it with a pumice stone before I...

The manufacturer of the uv / ozone system recommends to keep it at .5-1ppm. I'll give it a try and see what happens. It has only been about 3 months but everything seems good so far and it has been staying under 2ppm. I am going to get away from the trichlor pucks and go liquid chlorine not...

Thanks for the responses. I was thinking that and hoping to hear the same responses you gave. I am hoping it will stabilize at some point but in the mean time I am having fun running the test myself and seeing the effects of adding chemicals to get the desired results I want and need. I will...

I am a 1st time new pool owner of about 2 months. I am experiencing my ph rising continuously. Is this normal and will it settle down eventually for this plaster pebblesheen pool? All my readings seem good. I have a waterfall which I hardly run and a spa spill over that spills over into the...

I was aware of the check valve issue. The pool builder just had to change mine out as the original one installed never held. He changed it out and it started holding. Your pool is about the same gallon size as mine. How much does one gallon of 12% bleach or chlorine raise your chlorine...

Thanks for the feedback as I am learning alot from this site but like I mentioned I am a first time pool owner and will probably stumble here or there till I get completely comfortable with everything but y'all's advice is very helpful. I may try to scale back the hours I am running my pool and...

Yes when the pump shuts off it returns to zero. With the cartridges clean and the pump on Max 3450rpm the pressure is about 20psi. Again the pool is new and we have only been in the spa twice and it was this past weekend. Do you see anything wrong with running the pump at what I consider a...