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We bought our home outside of Fort Wort Texas 4 years ago and our pools filtration also is using a 2HP and our pool is just under 15k gallons. We run it 5-6 hours/day and the pool is beautiful which is why I have not changed but I would like to re-build out plumbing and diverter valve this...

Old thread but one that people no doubt will add to over the seasons. Tonight I was barbecuing out back and decided between flips of the burgers this would be a good time to clean the skimmers. I opened the skimmer top and before I saw what was there I reached in and knocked this guy off in...

I have been wondering when my pump was going to go and it looks like today was the day. I have several questions that I need help with. Pump size - we bought this house three years ago and the pump has a 2HP pump on it. Did a very good job cleaning the pool. The pool is just under 15,000...

I have been in Fort Worth for three winters and our pool is just covered in the winter. I do change my pump times to late evening early morning filtration because that is the time freeze guard most likely will run so why waste electricity during the day. I also stop the boost pump and robot...

Daily for me but occasionally the level is fine and a day gets skipped. Tabs when on vacation as long as my CYA is around 50.

And a big help she has been

Before we purchased our home in Fort Wort Texas we looked at several homes (all with pools) and one had a Pergola over half of the pool to give a little relief from the sun and it looked real nice. They had Wisteria growing up the sides and a spray bar was on top spraying water down (my guess...

Just curious if all 4 tests were done from the same water collection or independent collections?

I started BBB last June and have not had to shock since. I do maintain chlorine/bleach and filtering through the winter.

So this is what we did this year and I am happy with it. We bought 2 each 2' x 20' Sun Grabber panels here and simply installed them by laying them on the patio close to the pool. It gets sun from 10AM to 6PM. I will only leave them there till we stay warm at night. In 5 days we have raised...

Re: How to lower TA Until we moved I kept large salt water aquariums and to keep them successfully you need a powerful protein skimmer. There are many designs that work well but they all rely on producing a lot of bubbles. I have had high speed jet type skimmers and venturi style. There is an...

It's April 26th tonight we get the winners :whoot:

I'm going to Home Depot today, that is awesome. Thanks for the post.

We have the Hayward 1080 vented skimmer baskets (that came with the house and pool) and one has developed a crack where the vented portion attaches to the basket. I need to replace it and having never had a standard basket are these vented baskets worth the extra money?

It's always been the Catfish

Re: Portable Magnetic Stirrer from Apollo Pools FPM I am getting ready to place my refill order and was thinking of getting one of these from Dave. Did you get yours yet? Report? Thanks in advance.

Outstanding thank you very much. Right in front of my eyes but never saw that. I really do love the convenience of the app version by the way, so handy. :goodjob:

Ah you are correct (for the online version) but that is not how the iPhone app is. It simply says"To raise CYA by xx in xx,xxx gallons, add xxx oz of liquid stabilizer. Thanks I will use the online version.

I use the iPhone app for the Pool Calc but I noticed the online is the same, but it only give measurements for Liquid Stabilizer. I am in a location that Leslies is my only choice and they only sell powered. Am I missing something in Pool Calc for dosage?

Thanks so much Jason. I can easily tap off of my pump as I already have a hose connector and adjustable valve. It would be easy to control.

I am located in Texas where heating the pool is not a problem but I would like to stretch the season by 3 weeks or so beginning and end. I should also say that we have a lot of sun. These panels are only $225 and to me it seems worth it. I understand this will not be the most efficient not...

What pool store are you getting that at?

Yea definitely not dumb. I was always curious myself, thanks for asking.

That's what I was thinking, :bowdown:

Last year when the pool hit 70º we did our first swim. That was last year with the new house and poll and all. Well the pool just hit 70º yesterday but I don't have that same desire to take the plunge so I was wondering what your first plunge temp is?

Whats AA?

That box has not changed in a long time, nice to see the change. I topped off our Borax this weekend bringing it back to 50ppm and noticed the same thing.

Anyone us a digital pH meter for their pool? I had Reef Aquariums for 15 years and used a PinPoint and was thinking of buying one for my pool. The Pinpoint is very accurate and of course easy to read.

I maintain 50ppm Borates in my pool and occasionally see those spiders in my pool too.

I am in Fort Worth and get my Bleach from Costco and my bottle says 6% and using the Pool Calc app on my iPhone the bleach works fine bringing the numbers up.