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Well took a peek below my saftey cover to see what my water looked like. It appears with the warmer weather algae is beginning to show. My opening is scheduled for 2 weeks from now. Do I try to add bleach or an algae preventer and mix the best I can or just let it go and wait until opening...

Fiberglass pool We put in a water world fiberglass pool this year and love it. (www.waterworldpools.com) We got the 14x32 freeform. For the options that you mentioned water world pool would come in at approx $20,000 and that is a pool that is made by them..delivered and installed. I...

Filled my 9500 gallon pool here in NJ. It costs us $5 per 1,000 gallons. So quick math = $47.50....a water deliver truck with "clean" water wanted $900!!!

Well I had originally planned on 7 hours a day. 5 daytime hours and 2 in the middle of the night. I then realized that the timer switch for some reason was not kicking on the pump at night...guess it wasnt screwed in correctly. That was about 2 months into having the pool and water stays very...

Thanks to everyone who chimed in to my post. I will try to recap and reply to some of the insights. As for pool circulation the pool has not had an algae issue with the pump running at five hours with SWG. The first time I did get algae it was because I used ascorbic acid to remove metal...

Gonefishin, Boy look at all those little friends I had in my pool...and they were all UNINVITED! Thanks for taking a look at that...I guess the sample made it there safe. Very interesting pictures. So what do I do with my solar cover? With the chlorine high put the cover back on? How do...

What can I say....You all were right. It was algae! I tried to be stubborn and run pump for 24 hours thinking it couldnt be algae since I had no chlorine loss but sure enough it was. I guess the SWG was creating enough to keep it stable. It pushed up the chlorine to 23 for 48hours now and it...

Just tested my cys this morning....it is 40. My FC with the SWG running an extra 4 hours yesterday is now up to 7.5 which held overnight. Running filter for 24 without adding chlorine and see what happens as an experiment before adding more Chlorine. I guess we will see what happens. Thanks...

nothing is slimy....no chlorine loss and when you wiff you hand close to it it wisps away. I have sent a sample to Gonefishin' today. That will also help figure out what it is. Lovely color isnt it?

Hello, First thought I had algae last week to find out it is only debris from trees, air and whatever. I have had the solar cover on for almost two weeks trying to maintain as much heat as possible in our 50 degree nights. Well I guess that isnt going to work because this morning this is what...

UPDATE.....This morning (9am) my FC is 5.5 with CC= less than .5. So that is a drop of 1.5 FC with pump off since 5pm yesterday...so 16 hours with no pump on. I went to take a sample (to send Gonefishin' to test) slowly into the water...when I got close to the yellowish/green stuff it just...

Just got home and checked my Chlorine after bumping up my SWG this morning by about 10%. At 5pm my FC=7 CC = 0. The 'stuff' is still there. Let me know about the sample....I am eager to brush that stuff off...lol. Also does leaving the cover on have something to do with it? Thanks. Ls

Brushes off VERY easily...with even a finger.

Hello all, Last few days in NJ weather has been beautiful but cooler. I have had the solar cover on for 4 straight days. I check my water each morning and with SWG all has been well. My numbers have stayed consistent. Here are my numbers this morning. FC = 4 CC = .5 CYA = 40 (bumping up as...

Just wondered if anyone thinks I should remove the pump and take inside for the winter. Have heard it will prolong the life of the pump. My neighbors have an inground pool and theirs is 7 years left outside with no issues. I am in central NJ and the winters can be mild or harsh. Thanks for...