Recent content by ejbrunner

My cartridge filter, with clean or new cartridges runs with a psi of 26. A few weeks ago the pressure changed over night (the pump is off at night) to 22 and the water flow over the waterfall spill way and in the pressure side cleaners was really fast. Then a few days later the pressure...

I noticed some black algae starting to grow around my pool lights. They are fiber optic lights and I believe they are cemented into the pool wall. If not, I'm not sure how to remove them. There is a slight crevasse around the light where it meets the wall and that is where the algae is...

I'm a new pool owner - bought the house last fall and most of the equipment is pretty old. This summer has been a learning process with water balancing and equipment maintenance, greatly aided by this forum. My filter cartridges need replacing. I have to clean them every week or two to keep...