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With automation you'll want to stick with Pentair. If you're happy with the IC30 being plenty oversized for you, look at them online to consider if you feel the warranty is worth the pool guy upcharge. I'm hardcore on team nope. I can even lose and I've saved 100X whatever broke by...

Fill the vial as directed. (Probably 10ml) Drop in stir bar after. Press button Be amazed. I couldn't wait and tried to see the magic in my garage as soon as the package came. I had it apart trying to fix it when I thought 'well, lemme go try it with pool water' and I facepalmed...

Those places don't account for the high CH fill water in large chunks of the country. Those levels will be near impossible there

That's the beauty of the VS pump. You dial it down as slow as you need. The lower you need it, the more energy savings. Though, now that you point it out, the filter is pretty small. Lol. My pvc plumbing holds it in place. With flex plumbing or vibrations with PVC, I'd use...

I snow/safety fenced mine to protect the cover from the dogs. I used cement filled buckets for the patio and staked the grass sides.

Did you stare? Your brain lies if you stare. It has to be a quick glance. Like. Lightning quick. I look away, then back and call it that instant yes/no. You can also pour back and forth as many times as you need for best of 3, best of 7, Man i hate this test. :laughblue:

Hey 53 and Welcome!!! With reliable testing you are full ahead. Read up and ask away if you need tips or clarification. :)

Some folks have had success with 3/4 or 1 inch foam rope under the perimeter. It was more for leaves but a barrier is a barrier. The Home stores have reels of it pretty cheap. Here's 600ft for $81 at TSC.

I do not. I have a SWG to add the proper daily FC for me. Running it a little on the hot side for my CYA allows me wiggle room when unexpected FC loss events happen such as a big storm or a particularly high UV loss day. It's not completely hands off, but its usually great with...

Unfortunately, you'll have to pick one to spend all your time and money on. You can't afford both. 😁

If its above the pool water height it'll drain back into the pool to the top pip by opening the air release valve. Then you can take the top half off and some water can stay in the bottom. The hula hoop gasket may need lube or replacing. Clean the groove it sits in on both halves if...

I'd go leaf blower at enough distance to get rid of the ants without tossing the wiring too much.

That wasn't James's point. The point was that if its more important that the neighbor makes his pool shallower, then light placement takes a back seat. Unless they are incompetent and you should step in. If not, this is just like pool care. The neighbor doesn't want to know...

Hey Calhoon and Welcome !!! Why are you testing your copper ? Is it staining ? The options are to replace with copper free water, or use sequesterents to try to keep it in solution. They generally work until you misdose, or miss a dose. Click the links below...

Hey Paul and Welcome. :wave: Whatever you do, do one method and stick with it. If you mix and match you foul up even the few ways that work. It may even make the ways that don't work worse than simply not working. You need to To do so you need Then get a grip on the

OK so you started there, more or less filled back up with rain and then leaked it all out. The only question is when the bulge happened. It may have happened from being too low at closing, then leaked any rain as it entered the pool, or you picked up a foot+ before losing it when...

Yup. When you put *anything* away right, its much easier to unpack and go. (y)

How old is all that ? Pool water didn't touch anything in your pics with any kind of frequency so its not the pools fault, just the good old fashioned elements.

The valve would allow you to fine tune the suction so you'd be more likely to find the sweet spot that the skimmer pulls well, without sucking air. Maybe that's 75% flow, maybe its 39%. You can't adjust the plugs, they are either in or out. With an equal sized T, it pulls from both...

Get the TFpro salt from tftestkits.net. its the hands down best value. If you can read the bottle to grab the right one, and count drops, you can do the tests. They are stupid easy. Then come tell us the #s, and we'll tell you what to do. You can print that out. Little...

Use your thumbs to block off above and below and only see one at a time. Darker than 7.2. (Higher) More peach and less pink than 7.5 (lower) So split the difference whichever way you feel it leans between the two. I'd go that its closer to matching 7.5, so 7.4.

Nope. It'll be a high 7 eventually, and there's nothing wrong with the 7.2. All 7s are equally ok.

Ok how about this one then. If algae can grow, so can the bacteria and ickies. If you hinder the algae growth it may be visually more pleasing but just as unsanitary. The industry has shelves upon shelves devoted to stopping algae, when being sanitary does it all by iitself. Your...

Again. That's really for small filters and yours is likely adequate to not need to be pulled. You can also try it as is and decide to pull them if they're clogging. But either way, whatever is in the pool needs to be filtered whether it's dead or alive and you'll have to pay the piper.

Big pools make it much easier because only Circupool (core55 and RJ60+) and Pentair (IC plus 60) make them big enough for you. If you have or will want automation, you'll need to stick to that brand with a smaller cell. (The others all top out at 40k) It'll need to run proportionately...

Are you only pressing the left button? Mine doesn't work if I turn it on and then press the light button. It's basically 2 seperate buttons. On. And on with light. I got used to only using the left button.

The 'cide' part of the name implies it kills algae, but it's preventative and cant overcome algae's exponential growth cycles. Using it after algae happens is like closing the fence gate after the neighborhood dogs got in your yard. It's too late and locking them in there kinda makes it...