Recent content by judge smails

thanks. I wasn't planning on doing anything over the winter so I'm glad I asked.

this is my first year closing a pool so I am having a pool store blow out the lines and go through the process while I keep an eye on what they're doing so I can do it in the future. couple quick questions because I don't like to take what the pool store says at face value: 1. they want me to...

should I do anything about it or will it go away eventually? talked to my builder yesterday and he mentioned efflourescence (sp?). even after googling this, I'm not sure what it is exactly. my last test results: FC - 7 CC - 0 Ph 7.5 - 7.8 (this goes up to 7.8, I add MA, goes down to not...

Hello everyone. I had a quick question regarding some streaks I can see on the bottom of my pool (now that it is crystal clear and I can see the bottom). This is a new plaster pool. I've attached a picture that shows the streaks. I believe they are from the trowel the plaster people used...

just wanted to update this and tell everyone thanks for the responses. my pool is back to clear and hopefully will be from here on out. I think I identified the problem after doing a lot of reading from this site. the likely culprit: my solar cover. there have been numerous occassions it...

so my FC was 16 last night and 14 this morning. but it stormed pretty good again and added at least an inch of water to the pool. will this effect the OCLT? I bumped it back up to 16-17 before I left for work.

haven't heard that. hopefully someone can let us know

yes but without the powder I've had use my remaining powder sparsely and tested only once a day at night. I'd bump it to 16 and the next day it'd be down to 11-12 and I'd bump it back up. I'm sure its fallen below shock level at times but the high FC was still turning the cloudy green to...

got my powder and will have good test results tonight. by the time I get home, I'm expecting the pool to be pretty clear. might shock it one more night if not. so whats the verdict on Algae Preventors? will they stop this sort of thing from happening again? I'm going to bump up my FC to...

here is what I had tonight: FC - 6 - 8 CC - ?? TA - 100 Ph - 7.5 CYA - 40 the details on my chlorine test are in the link. I won't have more powder until tomorrow. a guy at the pool store I called looking for powder said that I could add 50/50 distilled water/pool water, add 5 drops and get...

it rained all night and filled up my pool. I backwashed to lower the water level. water was a little cloudy but the solar cover was on and I had to go to work so I don't exactly remember how bad it was. It didn't raise any alarms at that time but maybe it should have. anyway, it rained again...

My new pool has been opened for less than 2 months. In that time, we've had two substantial storms and, after each storm, my pool has turned a greenish tint and cloudy. Both times I believe I had adequate chlorine levels (I test every day and it has never been below) but it didn't stop the...

FC was 8.5 at 9:00 pm tonight. I put in 96 oz of 12.5% chlorine to bring it up to 16 overnight. We had a pool full of swimmers today. The pool turned mostly blue as the day wore on but still cloudy enough that you couldn't see the bottom of the deep end. Hopefully. tomorrow will be better...

I checked it again yesterday so I knew what my proper shock levels were. it was still hanging at 40