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Just saw an ad for "oxygen sanitation" for pools. Claims to eliminate the need for chlorine and associated chems... Thoughts? Maybe for small AG pools?

I need to clean my cartridge filter and then I was going to add CYA for the season. Since CYA works by getting stuck in the filter, could you just add it mixed in a bucket of water to the open filter housing?? Anyone try this? Am I crazy? I need to do around 5lbs of CYA...

Hey guys, I have a Pentair robot cleaner (Kreepy Krauly Prowler 920) that came with my new pool. It works great, except that it gets stuck on the main drains in the deep end. A little tug on the line will do the trick, but I cant let it work overnight, unsupervised. My builder even sent me...

Hey guys! I have a 20k pebble-tec pool that has been running all winter in GA. To deal with the low temp and no SWG, I used chlorine tablets in a floating dispenser that I attached to our pool rope (which I don't use during swim season). Anyway, the chlorine levels have started to drop as the...

Hello everyone! I have a few questions on what to do for closing a pool in the south. I live in South Atlanta, so we do get a few weeks of freezing weather, even dipping into single digits. I have a shockcrete pool with a spa waterfall that is always on for water circulation. All equipment...

Hey guys, so my hardness is 170 and I think its time to raise it to 230. My question is what do you guys use? I see that Calcium Chloride is the active chemical in most hardness UP products; snow ice melt bags have the same chemical (and much cheaper). What is the general consensus to using...

Hello all! I have a 22k PebbleSheen pool that is brand new. We opened it in April 2018, and added salt in May (waited the 30 days as per PBI). I keep the pentair intellichlor at 50% and get FC readings around 2.6-2.8. It seems that every time I test, I need to lower my PH. Usually need two...

I have a brand new pool...opened for just over a month and I'd like to get some opinions on the process of adding Phos-Free + Pool Perfect. How are you guys adding it to your pools? I have a pebblesheen 20k gallon, salt-water pool. The bottle says to add the entire thing...but my pool...

Hello all! I am a new pool owner, with a 18x36 PebbleSheen, salt-water pool. The pool company provided a Pentair Kreepy Krauly Prowler 920 with the pool. The cleaner works great, except that it gets stuck on the raised drain covers in the deep end. I have to pull on the cord to get it off...

Hey guys, glad to have found this forum! I have a 18x36 PebbleSheen, salt-water pool. Completed filling about a month ago, so the pool is super new. I'm doing the maintenance myself, so I'd like to learn as much as I can about the chemical aspect of keeping the water safe to swim. So far so...