Recent content by DrHog

Well, I've settled into a fairly normal routine. I raised the CYA with stabilizer, and it now reads about 60. I just have a couple of minor questions: Will the CYA level stay pretty constant if I am using liquid chlorine? I am testing in early AM, and adding chemicals right after that...

I'm done with the Frog as a chlorinator. At most, I may use it with some trichlor tabs if I'm going to be away from the pool. I'm doing daily liquid chlorine or bleach right now and trying to get a handle on my daily consumption. Pool calculator called for 1 qt of 10% today. I used one Frog...

I notice in the Pool School that there are recommendation levels for vinyl, plaster, and fiberglass. I have an all tile pool with little 1" tiles comprising the entire surface of the pool, so there is a lot of grout. I'm assuming that I should use the recommendations for plaster. However, the...

The guy who built it didn't have any kids--the wet edge is very cool, but one "cannonball" floods the whole yard! I wish the mosaic tiles would show up in the picture. They are really unique.

Let's try this again...

The water analysis is in, and here is a partial list of what is in there: pH: 7.5 CYA: 23 TC: 1.3 FC: 1 Orig Total Alk: 79 Adj Total Alk: 72 Recommendations were to add 7 lbs. of Alkali UP and 1 lb. of stabilizer. The tech said I could use chlor tabs for awhile to bring up the CYA.

I just took a picture to share of the pool. It looks OK in pictures, but it's hard to see the shimmery mosaic tiles that cover the whole surface. I'm not sure of the long term maintenance issues with an all-tile pool, but it sure is nice to look at!

Thanks for the warm welcome. I was wary of the Froggy claims that 0.5 to 1.0 ppm chlorine would do the trick. I'm not even sure of the status of the mineral cartridge. The last owners had the pool serviced, and I could tell that the pool guy wasn't dropping the cash on Frog Pacs for chlorine...

Hi everyone! I found this site as I was surfing around for ways to take care of our new pool (we just moved into this home 3 weeks ago). I am not a new pool owner--I've had pools consistently for 15 years now, and I've always done my own maintenance (sometimes successfully, other times, not so...