Recent content by GoneFishing

I can't thank the folks here enough for their help with getting the water chemistry right for our rental house's pool! I must say that early on we didn't even want to swim in the pool because the maintenance person was dumping so many and so much chemicals in the water -- every single week -- it...

I'm amending one point in my missive above, though I followed TFP guidelines for adding muriatic acid (MA) Recommended Pool Chemicals - Trouble Free Pool, I could still see a "cloud" skim across the top of the pool water even with dipping the MA bottle into the pool before pouring. As someone...

Thanks CrystalRiver for your input! I'll modify the pH scale info. Pucks and stabilizer - I went with discussion here regarding CalHypo pucks without stabilizer, so hedged my definition with "often" just so I wouldn't get zinged on that one LOL However I'll copy your comment and put it in the...

Awww, kimkats, you're definitely a cool kitty ;) thanks for the kudos. I posted my 'cheat sheet' in the Just Getting Started forum section as If you want to really CYA it helps to learn the terms used in TFP posts ;-) and added to that your thread reference from above. Anyone with the knowledge...

If you're a pool-care "newbie" (a.k.a. "noob") like me, and you've found the Trouble Free Pool (TFP) site and forums, you've probably come here to solve a problem relating to pool care [however, if you're looking for a way to improve your skills at playing billiards, sorry but this is the wrong...

Thanks Psycho1122 for the CSI recommendation ;-), and thanks mguzzy for the salt/chlorine pool comment, very good point! I'm just getting ready to post my personal "cheat sheet" for TFP acronyms/initialisms in the hope that others who are new to this site and the Forums can quickly 'get with the...

An update on progress: When the great "team of thousands" here on TFP tell you that you can take excellent care of your pool on your own, believe it :) A very uncomfortable experience with after-swim skin issues from our rental's pool which was being managed by a mobile pool guy led me to...

Well, with thanks to advice from this Forum, did some "adjusting" to pool water including some replacement of water (couldn't do a half at one go, however was able to lower CYA to 70 down from 80-90, still working on this), and no use of trichlor tablets for several weeks. Muriatic acid brought...

Great thoughts, thanks. I talked w. pool store pro who confirmed my numbers via another water sample testing, and he told me they're not allowed to have commercial pools over 40 CYA/stabilizer, with this rental one being around 80 (or possibly above) from what I'm reading here it will make it a...