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As a former pediatric nurse who now stays at home I have to ask....do your children have "swimmers ear" which is an inflamation/infection in the ear canal or an actual inner ear infection. If it is an inner ear infection it is probably not caused by the pool as it is behind the eardrum and...

I admit we got pool stored on the pool frog. Since we were at almost the upper limits of the SWG with almost 40K gallons they suggested that to add some more chlorine if need be. And being total new pool ownesr we fell for it. UGH!! I am going to go out right now and adjust the dial to 0...

I am planning to add borates to about 50ppm to help with my acid usage. According to the pool calc. I need about 140 lbs of borax and 70 lbs of acid!! Can I do this in intervals through the span of about a month or 2 or should I do it all at once? If I do it in intervals is there a certain...

I *think* the plumbing is so that the heater is last in line, then straight from the heater to the returns. That makes more sense why it may have cut off the way you explained it. My filter psi has always been about 18, I think I posted on that last season. Is ther a reason why some are so...

Our Hayward Heat Pump went off last night and was flashing an LS error code. According to my book that means low/no flow. I have my Polaris 280 on a timer to come on from 3am-7am every morning. Last night was the only night we had a problem. The low was in the lower 60's so it was not temp...

I did not routinely dose algecide last season. But we only had from early Sept to Late October before closing. PB left 2 full bottles of Algecide at opening and I can't decide if I need to use this routinely. They did put a full bottle in at opening. It is Pool Season Algae Control 60. I...

Thanks everyone. I am going to finish my newly opened 10 lb tub of dry acid then switch to muriatic acid. I did recheck my TA this morning and it was down to 120, my pH was up to about 7.7 so I put in about 6 cups of acid to bring it down. I did 4 cups, then retested 2 hours later and it was...

Thanks everyone. I am going to finish my newly opened 10 lb tub of dry acid then switch to muriatic acid. I did recheck my TA this morning and it was down to 120, my pH was up to about 7.7 so I put in about 6 cups of acid to bring it down. I did 4 cups, then retested 2 hours later and it was...

I, too, have the TF kit and find the Taylor daily chlorine test very hard to differentiate between. I don't even use the chlorine part now, just the pH side. I just use the TF drop test for the chlorine. I want to keep a very accurate record so I don't start getting any problems and I just...

My TA is still on the high side at about 130 as of about 4 days ago. I am running my slide and 3 deck jets to aerate it and help bring it down. We turned on the heater today and the kids will be in it daily and I hope the slide and jets running will help bring it down along with the acid...

We have a SWG and I have to add about 3-4 cups of dry acid each week, usually 2 cups about 2 times a week. I don't add it all at once. I let the pH get up to about 7.8 then drop it to about 7.4. I was reading some other threads about dry acid adding sulfates. What is the result of sulfates in...

I really hope so!! I am kind of freaking about the idea of high CYA. I know this is horrible but I am not sure what chemicals the PB used to close it, or open it for that matter. I am assuming they did not add CYA since they suggested that I add that. If they used a chlorine shock pack to...

The water was slightly cloudy upon opening but you could still see the main drain's on the bottom. We have a solid safety cover. We opened it last Wed. and I did a full test. The temp was around 62-63, the water was slightly cloudy. CYA measured 80. The water cleared up by Thursday...

I saw in another post the JasonLion referenced temperature having an affect on CYA readings. How does that work? Upon closing last October, my pool was heated to 90 degrees and the CYA was at about 65. At opening last week the CYA is reading about 80. We have not turned on the heat pump yet...

We have one, but it is a solid one. We had a pump on top to drain off the water as it rained, it automatically came on when it sensed water pressure on the cover. We opened the pool and it was a bit cloudy, but you could still see the main drain. Then 36 hours later I had crystal clear water.

I did another full water test yesterday. I checked the CL/CYA chart in the stickies and it says I should have a target FC of about 9, min ~6. The pool calculator says for SWG FC of 3 is OK. Which should I shoot for? I don't use algecide so really want to prevent an outbreak. Though PB did...

As in the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser? I just looked at the cleaner I got and the only thing I can see is it has phosphorus acid in it..but is supposedly pH neutral. But, it is not doing a good job.

We just opened the pool for the first time Wedesday. There is a slight brown line at the water line on my white fiberglass steps in the shallow end and the swim out in the deep end. I got some kind of thick blue cleaner from the pool store but it is not doing much. I am afraid it is from our...

We had our pool installed last September. We closed it at the end of October. We had a solid safety cover on it and the water was in very good shape yesterday when the PB opened it. We paid them to do it as hubby does not want to have to mess with the massive cover. They cleaned it and...

I talked with the pool builder and he said it was such a "light brush finish" that it should be fine to seal. he did advise if we sealed it we would have to redo it about every 3 years. He referred me to the local concrete place that has all the tints, additives like sand for traction and...

It is a broom finish. So is it not necessary to seal it? I was under the impression that we did need to. Are those kinds not normally sealed? Thanks so much for the help. We moved to AL from Morrisville, NC 4 years ago. We still miss the Raleigh area but man, oh man was it expensive there!!

We had our pool finished in Sept of 07. We swam in it until late Oct then closed it with a solid safety cover. We are planning to open it late March and seal the concrete. We have a 28x43x18 True L with radius corners. We added lots of extra concrete. There is 12 feet of concrete along the...

I run my pump 24/7. Can't convince the hubby to let me turn it off any.

I smelled chlorine in my pool Saturday night. I know that is not normal. So I tested it Sunday morning withy my TF kit. Got FC of 11.5 and CC of 1.5. I have never had any CC. I use the SWCG and no one has been swimming in about 2 weeks, we turned off the heat pump. I check levels once a...

I don't know why I keep taking my water to the pool store, but we had to go to town and it was on the way so I took it. Their numbers are: FC 3.7 TC 3.9 CH 240 TA 90 pH 7.7 CYA 68 I came home and used my TF test it and got different numbers. I am more trusting of my kit...is that right... My...

Which Salt Chlorine Generator (scg) do you have? Goldline Turbo Cell Aqua Rote Which size cell did you select? Not sure, it goes up to 40,000 gallons though. Why did you selection that system? We, too, got the all Totally Hayward system What features are most important to you? The...

Well my steps and swim out are not dirty, especially now that they are done with building it. Red dirt was all over!! I just scrub them weekly to prevent any kind of build up that could occur. I don't want them to get a build up that I can't get off and them end up staining. They are so...

PB left some Pool Perfect here. For my pool it says to use 5 caps a week. Is this just a useless additive or will it reall help with the lines and such? I do scrub the swim out and steps each week with cleaner and a brush. I do the top of the liner with my brish once every 2 weeks.

Thanks so much!! I *think* that is what I was thinking would happen but it was all so confusing. So should I wait about a week to test CYA again before adding the other 4 pounds. I am just afraid of getting it too high. I would like to keep it as low as I can but still work the SWG efficiently.