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Yes, the full canister was exposed under the deck and as far as I can tell the water level remained close to the same when the water was off. This all happened within a day or two after the pool was first filled. No leaks were found. This one is going to end up being one of the great unsolved...

Hi all, We just recently had a pool built. A few days after filling it and the equipment start up, I noticed that the ground behind the auto leveler was saturated right by the deck and then wet for several feet behind it. My assumption was an auto level plumbing problem and I called the pool...

Day 5: Great progress has been made: I can even see the drain! There is some staining around the drain they in not handled by brushing and it has been there since I got the house. Any tips on getting rid of it?

Here is day 3: And here is today, day 4 - quite a bit of progress has been made:

Yes, I bumped it around midnight to make sure, was 12.5 when I checked it this morning and been bumped since. I had hoped for more, but I can see progress - I can see some of the pebbles on the floor of the shallow end again. I decided to run my robot and it has been picking up little tree seeds...

Thanks for the replies. Just for kicks I took a water sample to the local pool store where they have a BioGuard computer tester, and the results were almost identical. They show CYA at 29, so it has indeed dropped a lot, I was expecting a huge water change, so that is great news! Just did...

Hello! I'm a fairly new pool owner and due to some halfhearted off season maintenance , I've managed to get an algae bloom. I think I've got most of the leaves and junk off the bottom, but it's hard to tell for sure. Here are my stats: CYA - 28 +/- Did the test twice and it is at what I'm...

Hello everyone, I've been fighting a suction leak that our pool inspector managed to miss since we got our house about a month ago. After trying to troubleshoot it myself and having a service guy out to troubleshoot and replace the above ground plumbing, the problem persists. I've got a leak...

I agree with the others, your numbers will be much more accurate. We recently bought a house with a pool and the pool store told me that my CYA was 60 when in reality it is more like 160.

Thanks guys! I'll have have to try them again for more than 5 seconds and see what happens.

Sorry, not a great pic - but they are linked to the diverter valve on the return side, opposite the regular jets.

I'm still learning my plumbing. Can someone tell me what these are for? The two ports are on the return side and appear to be linked to the pvc in the deck. Thanks!

Here is a quick video. when I turned on the pump this morning it stayed full for about 15 mins before starting to suck air. [youtube:1vy3dhu1]8tFxgHGkB1M[/youtube:1vy3dhu1]

Well, I think I may have got the filter squared away, but it will have to wait till morning for a closer leak inspection. I still have not been able to locate the air leak. I cleaned the surfaces and replaced/lubed the o-ring on the pump basket, the old o-ring didn't look too bad but now I...