Recent content by Utahtabby

Re: A couple of tips I thought everybody knew. Anybody got some Replace your 'noodles' every year because they disintegrate from age and leave foam fuzzies floating throughout your pool. A locking deck box near the pool is a good Christmas, etc., gift to keep those chemicals safe from...

I have the 15"x42" metal frame Intex pool, wish I had gotten a bigger one. Our pump is average, not great. We always have dirt on the bottom of the pool, even after swimming around and fluffing it up. Our pool gets alot of use from neighborhood teenagers. It might be cleaner if we let grass...

Roly-polys (also called pill bugs or medicine bugs) eat only decaying vegetation (including wet rotting wood or landscape timbers), so make sure all that kind of stuff is far away from your pool. They are NOT insects but related to lobsters etc and prefer dampness. They eat up stuff you don't...

I'm not an expert but I heard that bleach, as it ages, eventually disintegrates into plain water, which might explain the clear color and lack of typical bleach smell. Bleach I have stored more than a year is always like that, so now I only buy it 'fresh' as needed. If this 'water' thing is...

I have an infamous Intex pool, I walk out to it daily and swish a test strip, add bleach if necessary every day. It has a solar cover and a skimmer I added to keep out leaves but if I have a minute I will use a leaf screen on a pole to swish out any bugs that flew in around the edges. The test...

I have had one of the walmart intex pools for three years now. Yes they are an adventure. When I lived on a farm our well water would have dirt in it, I am wondering if your filter is not working well. My intex filter barely sucks --ha ha -- anyway make sure you seat the paper filter cartridge...

thanks everyone... now I am getting closer to understanding! :-D Tabby

"With CYA of 80 you need to keep your FC level fairly high, 6 to 10, to keep your water safe and clear. " So is it safe to swim at FC 6 to 10? Because the yellow OTO testing tube says 1.5 to 3.0 is "safe" which implies any higher is not. How high of a FC is dangerous and what would it do to...

Hi I need advice. This is my second year of pool ownership and I have learned a lot already, but need to learn a lot MORE. I thought anything above Free Chlorine 3.0 was bad to swim in. This is my pool adventure for this year. We filled it up in May; it was great. At end of June, the lady...