Recent content by jenings

Thank you for the insight everyone. I will try the bucket test and test for ammonia when I get home and let you know! The fertilizer comment has me browsing through the forum now though, since I have a gentleman's farm, but it is surrounded by active fields which are regularly sprayed via...

My water tested "trace metals" which makes me suspicious since AA and sequesterant both eliminate my stain problems pretty immediately. I've considered trucked water, but the fire company hauls it from the river which I think is more gross than what's in there already. I guess I can just plug...

First of all thank you to everyone who has pool problems! (and answers :-D ) :-D The pool store people make you feel like an uneducated jerk when you ask them anything.... Last year you helped me clear some nasty iron stains from my tea stained liner. Put in new sand and shut 'er down for...

Thanks for the advice. I am off to dig out my pool pump, order a better test kit, and mutter very nice things about the pool person who had me buy a huge, very expensive TUB of "water conditioner" to dump in my pool along with the "winterizer algicide" this past march! I am glad there are...

My pool looks like "end of day 2" only mine is end of day 146 and won't push past yuk. The pool store sold me a Pentair 78HR with extra droppers that weren't in the box and Aquacheck test strips. They told me to run all of the tests with the droppers, then run all of the dipsticks (why can't...

Hello all - I am new to this forum and am desperate for help. My pool has been just plain wrong all summer, and my fix-it bill is now at about $2100.00! Here is where I am at: FC = 0; CC = 0.3, TA = 100; PH = 7.2; Iron and Copper = 0, Calcium = 230ppm; CYA = 90, Phosphates = 2000ppm. I run an...