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I think he has this, so it should stand up on its own http://www.walmart.com/ip/Intex-14-x-48-Ultra-Frame-Swimming-Pool/19336117

Awesome, thanks! One other thing, is this special pool antifreeze I would need to get from a pool store or is there grocery store equivalent stuff I can buy or that too? :)

So its my first year as a pool owner... below my skimmer is a valve that has a hose going to the filter and one going into the ground that connects with a drain in the middle of the pool. So while I can remove the other hoses, the drain I can't. Just wondering how to winterize this part, as I...

Will do, yea I guess that could be bad if the basket broke and the rock was smaller.

No, mine, if looking from the top, is round with a flat spot that aligns with the skimmer, so it only seats property in one orientation, but this strangely only would prevent it from spinning in a circle, and does nothing to keep it from bobbing up and down. Ah well, I'll try with a small rock :)

This is my filter, can't seem to find one on it.

Is that the unscrewable cap thats on the side near the bottom of the filter?

Anyone have any ideas about this? Whenever I turn the pump off and back on, I think the pressure change when it turns off makes the basket pump out of place in the skimmer. I have been considering getting a timer to turn the pool filter on and off at regular intervals but it kinda negates that...

I did this too since I had an old 2.85L jug, and am used to adding the required amount of 6% bleach. But I already have a 30 lb container of 48% cal hypo I wanna pass (first time homeowner and pool owner, bought cal hypo at start of season before discovering bbb) so from the pool calc I figured...

What do you guys think the optimal times would be for runtime? For example for a 12 hr run time during daytime (ex 8am - 8pm)? or nighttime (ex 8pm - 8am)? What do you think would be best, if it matters.

CYA is 30 and FC 5

Just curious what it means if I get a ph reading of 7.6 but after about 4-5 min in the tube its showing as 8.2?

Re: fast rising pH, pump run time or metals in water the cau Still keeping the pH in check, though it is requiring daily addition of MA. If it's rising fast even with a TA of 60, does that mean it's too low and making it unstable, or would lowering to say 40 keep it from rising? Or do you...

Re: fast rising pH, pump run time or metals in water the cau Got me a big jug of MA and am keeping an eye on it. Should I be pushing it down to 7.2 every time, or seeing how it seems to climb so fast should I perhaps shoot for 7.6 whenever it hits 7.8 -8? Also being a vinyl pool, shouldn't the...

So I've been putting this up here and still not sure if its normal for ph to raise past 8 every day or two.... This morning ph was 8, FC 3, TA 60 CYA 30. Up to now I've been running the pump 24hrs a day so maybe this could make the ph rise so fast? Also I remember the pool store person showing...