Recent content by TwoBananas

My pump is very old, it was here when I bought the house last year. Seems like it’s been here quite a while. 2HP single speed. Worked great all last season and fine so far this year (other than being very expensive to run). It’s making this not-so-nice noise as of today. Any guesses as to what...

Brand new pool owner this year and I have a lot of algae settled at the bottom. I was advised to vacuum to waste. I’ve never done this and have no idea which of these levers needs to be moved. I know it’s a long shot but the previous pool owner is unreachable Anyone have a guess based on...

My chlorine loss is zero. I’ve had this blue cloud that I was convinced was algae for over a month (hence the desperation use of cal hypo twice), but I’m not losing any chlorine. Like a point every few days. CYA and pH stable. Can’t tell what’s going on.

FC 7 CC 0.5 pH 7.7 TA 130 CH 250 CYA 40 Unfortunately, I did not get to scoop any out as I didn’t see this until after I turned the filter on and it all kicked back into the water. Didn’t expect such a fast reply! If it is Calcium, how the heck do I get it out without spreading it around...

Hello! Due to his forum, my pool is clear for the first time. I can see the bottom. However, after turning the pump off for 24 hours (I set the timer wrong and it didn’t kick back on), I came out this morning to find this powder all around the edges. The pool was hazy before the filter was off...

Hello, My Jandy CL460 pump is leaking very very slowly. As in a drop every few seconds form the outlet pipe at the bottom. Would this affect the pressure gauge in a big way? I’m wondering if the filter is not working correctly since the filter is struggling to clean the pool. But the leak is...