Recent content by meestahmarc

Thank you. Very helpful.

Hi, I'm trying to find the sweet spot for my liquid chlorine pump and considering sometimes I might be away for up to 2 weeks at a time. So this is what I'm trying to better understand (mainly using liquid chlorine 12.5%) 1. Is it bad if I overchlorinate the pool, aside from wasting money...

I have the TFP kit, but will admit have not used it. Until last year was using ColorQ 7, but that thing is so flaky and annoying. Got the pool company this year bc I was away with my sick mom. Not at the pool for weeks on end. So the pool guy at least kept it good enough, but not like I have...

For 5 years I've maintained my pool myself. Decent success, typical setbacks here and there, but generally ok. This year used a pool guy, mainly bc I was away taking care of my sick mom. I also didn't want to leave the pool shut, so got a pool company who my friend uses. So here's the...

yeah... so I'm not nuts...

Hi, pools closed and it's cold out here in north NJ. so I've owned my pool 5 years,. for some reason, and I have no idea why, I have this fear of leaving my sump pump in the pool to automatically drain as needed. Is this nonsense? It's a simple Everbilt black pump. Will it stain my 3 year old...

thanks. I'll try the dry acid. Finally called my pool construction guy, asked him about it and sent photos. will see what he says. That stain eliminator product I believe is similar to Bioguard Erase. I bet it's just very expensive ascorbic acid. Unfortunately, it didn't remove these stains...

a few better photos without the reflection.

also, this was the metal erase treatment I used. this brand was suggested to me, and I believe it is a good quality brand, although I had never heard of it before this. I looked now and it does say copper stain remover. I'm stumped. https://www.poolgeek.com/products/durachlor-stain-eliminator

Hi Mark, I very rarely use the trichlor pucks. I prefer liquid chlorine and have one of those fancy 15 gallon drums with the adjustable rate pump. So this year I've just used about 6 pucks in all over the past 4 weeks (right at the beginning when I opened the pool). Previous years also avoided...

yes, I have a pool heater (rarely used, but maybe that doesn't matter or makes it worse).

Hi Mark, I do not believe so, but I'm humbled by my previous misdiagnosis. I've used only algaecide 50 and 60. typically using Omni 60, but also use a cheaper 50 that my father in law gives me. I don't have those bottles anymore. Do you think I should try a copper remover? Also, I was not...