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    Issues with my Intex Salt Water System

    Hello, My Intex salt water generator keep flashing low salt. I have tested and its in the correct range. We have cleaned with vinegar and it is still flashing. I dont know what else to do. I looked online and you cant find a new one or if so its 4x the cost. I cant do that. If we cant fix it we...
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    Intex Sand Filter

    Our Intex sand filter quit working. We had an extra from when we purchased a new pool last year. Its a smaller filter but it came with the pool so should work. Problem is we cant find the basket that attaches to the filter. Can't use the other basket because it doesn't fit. I have looked...
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    Bubbles

    I woke up to this - looks like soapy bubbles. I did add some bleach last night as my FC was a bit low. Any thoughts?
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    Question on PH and TA

    I just purchased the Taylor 2006. This is all new to me. I am a little confused on the PH and TA. Below are my results. I am not sure if i should bring up my PH first or work on lowering TA FC - 1 I believe I need to add some bleach PH - 7.0 TA - 160 - I just purchased some muratic acid CH -...
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    Pentair Propane Heater

    We are looking at purchasing a Pentair Mastertemp 125 heater for pool. We have an Intex 18x48 salt water pool. We also just ordered a sand filter. Anyhow I called a local pool store that was listed as a dealer and she said they can order but that there are no fittings that work with that heater...
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    Heaters

    Hello, We have an Intex 18ft x 48in above ground pool salt water pool. We purchased a solar heater which worked quite well in the heat of summer but we are looking at an additional heater. We live in Minnesota and would like to extend the use just a bit. We are looking at electric or propane -...
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    Pool Newbie Turning slightly green

    There may be a thread already but I was having dreams last night that my pool turned into a swamp so want to catch this before it gets too bad. It is getting a green hue to it. We have a 18'x48' Intex salt water. I dont have the good test strips but this is the it says. PH - 7.2 FC 5 cya 180...
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    Newbie TA Question

    Hello! So glad I found this website. We just set up our pool and have been to the pool store too many times. Every time is more confusing. I have a 18x48 Intex vinyl pools with salt water system. The only thing I am having trouble with is total alkalinity. It is reading about 180 even after...