Recent content by joedeb

Muratic acid Hi, Do you mean it's not safe because of the chlorine level or because of the algae itself. Also, thanks for the lesson on the filter/pool drain/skimmer. We just thought it may suck the algae through the skimmer faster or with more force... We have learned more from you in a...

Hi, This may be a silly question but we still don't know much. While we are are experiencing this algae problem should we divert more pressure through the skimmer by partially closing the main drain. We have a lever for the skimmer and a lever for the main drain. We closed the main drain a...

CH Level Hi, The water doesn't seem hard at all. The pool surface is so oxidized that a pool guy said there probably was a calcium hardness problem. Is there a way to bring it down or is draining water the only way. Yesterday we went outside and it looked terrible again. Could barely see...

Forgot to mention the well pipe. You answered a question that has been bothering us for 2 years. There IS a pipe out there and I bet that what it is...At least it's there. It has rained constantly for a month so I don't know when this water will go down....bah...!!!

Thank you so much. Do you know how much it cost to get a 16 x 32 standard pool with the deep end for diving resurfaced nowadays? Since Katrina you can't get anything for a fair price around. Alas, if I could have only gotten a pool guy at first when I didn't know what I was doing, maybe I...

Muratic Oh...cya number was a typo I guess. It was over 100 when I started this process. I drained about 1/3 of the pool but were too chicken to drain it further as pool damage is very common here in Houma, LA. Water level in the ground is very high and they come out of the ground on...

cya level If my CYA level is 90 why do you think my pool company never mentioned it when I had my water tested? Seems like a glaring problem at that level. I sure don't trust them. Do you think I should be adding like 12 bottles of Clorox at a time and then more and more all day? It got...

Muratic acid Hi, When I said "experts" I meant "know it alls" who have had pools, etc. They were all in the pool and discussing different methods to shock it. One guy in charge of maintaining an olympic size pool but it had chlorine gas equipment...different ballgame there. I have been...

Hi, I have been working on an algae, cya problem for 2 weeks. I had a party Labor and all the "experts" who think they know everything said add muratic acid to the skimmer. Another said add soda ash. I know all theses things are relevant to a specific problem and will cause a different...

Thank you. I wish I had known about this forum 2 years ago. You can't imagine how much money we have spent throwing shock in there for no reason. You know, when I had my water tested by the pool company 2 weeks ago I didn't tell you how much the original cya was...they said it was normal but...

The kit I have is the hth that test 5 ways. It's not a strip and it only test they cya two times and you have to get more fluid, which is not available at my stores. Do you know where to get a test kit that tests chlorine levels above what mine tests? I need something more advanced I guess...

Hi, You probably didn't see my previous posts. I have been doing this for over a week and have put in so many bottles of bleach that it's pitiful. I have done exactly everything that has been said, even drained the pool halfway to reduce cya. I already discarded the magic bullet thing. I...

Now my pool looks somewhat cloudy. I can see the drain well but not "clearly". I put in Borax yesterday and shocked it hard...now the chlorine level is about normal but still in there. Before it would absolutely disappear overnight. I guess we have to keep putting it in. Do you think the...

Thank you all so much. We really learned a lot from all of you. The pool is clear and blue again but the garbage man probably thinks we are bleach fiends because of all the empty containers!! Just let me get through Labor Day weekend without some kind of pool horror!!! Thanks again, Debbie...