Recent content by midge

Because the pool store said to :wink:. Just kidding. Had a bunch of kids in the pool last night, the temps today are quite high and thunderstorms are supposed to start rolling in overnight. I used an Aquarius testing kit this morning and the chlorine showed between 0.5 & 1.0. Wish I could...

Sorry, didn't explain myself very well. In doing research about chlorine turning water green, I came upon the answer I've pasted below at wiki.answers.com (I know, I know - not a reliable source, but the only answer I found that had a simple suggestion that I knew wouldn't harm my pool's...

Morning & thanks for the info. I totally agree about the metals in the water, but still can't figure out why neither the pool store or water store tested positive for copper or iron. In talking further to the guy at the water store, he suggested that it was possible that due to possible...

Thanks for replying so quickly. Just had the water tested. I didn't ask them for any advice because we've found that all they seem to be interested in is selling expensive chemicals. In all the years we've been here we've only used liquid chlorine, granular chlorine and, very rarely, a bit of...

Hi. New to the forum. Checked back a few pages and don't see my problem addressed. We have a 24ft, 48" deep, round AG pool. It has a vinyl liner and a sand filter. The pool, liner & filter are approximately 13 years old. We've been in the house 6 years so we replaced our filter sand last...