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Good morning - We decided to add another aquatic element to our backyard setup by installing a waterfall feature in the front, near the front door. The basin capacity is roughly 75 gallons with an 18" emitter installed about five feet above. I'll be using an Aspen pump placed at the bottom of...

Good afternoon everyone - I was wondering if anyone had any experiences doing an acoustic treatment surrounding a pool pump in an effort to make the system run more quietly. Would love thoughts from anyone who has tried this. Thanks! Lonnybass

Greetings all- I am continuing to rebalance my pool after doing a citric acid treatment last month. Generally speaking, things are balanced out and in good shape. However, I'm struggling to bring down my TA level to where it needs to be. Here are my latest test results: Free chlorine...

Three weeks ago, I broke down my DE filter and did a full cleaning of the grids. In the last 10 days or so, I noticed that my pump performance had deteriorated significantly. When I opened it up today, I was greeted with the horror show below. I'm kind of shocked - especially considering that...

Several weeks ago I used citric acid to remove copper stains in my pool. The treatment appears to have worked really well, but I am still burning up chlorine like crazy. Is there anything that will neutralize the remaining citric acid so that I can return to my usual chlorine consumption rate...

Hello everyone - I am planning to do a copper stain treatment on my pool when my water temperature rises above the 65 degree mark. I took over the pool about seven months ago and used some Clorox products (including blue clarifier) for the few month or two, before I joined TFP and figured out...

Good morning, I am hoping to get some guidance on some staining or mottling that is ONLY in my hot tub, and not seen in my pool. I have tried using the Jack's Magic test kit and results were inconclusive. Since taking over the pool I have gotten my water levels balanced, so I wonder if what I...

My pool has what appears to be traces of recurring mustard algae along the stairs and some of the shade areas of the walls. Brushing seems to help significantly, but the yellow does reappear. Is it possible to have mustard algae and still have a combined chlorine result of zero? (From time to...

The crew is on top of the house now, attaching mounting stanchions for the solar array. I'm interested in any guidance around recalibrating my Intelliflo VS pump to handle the new setup and need to move water to the roof. Any other considerations would be appreciated. Thanks! LW

My neighbor and I recently had reverse osmosis done on our pools. I have a Taylor Test Kit, he goes to Leslie’s with a sample. This morning he asked me to take a look at his test results. The Leslie’s printout showed his FC at 7.5, and gave him a printout with an explanation of elevated...

Good afternoon - Today my pool is undergoing reverse osmosis for high TDS and calcium buildup in our water here in lovely San Diego. Given that the levels will need to be raised across the board, I am hoping to get some guidance on procedures and workflow as I get things back to where they...

Hello team- I am assessing my test results, and what my next steps should be: FC 9.0 CC .05 pH 7.4 TA 120 CYA 70 Everything appears to be relatively constant and stable since my test last week EXCEPT for my TA, which has climbed up from 100. Last night following the test, I added muriatic...

Greetings, Several months ago we moved into a new house in San Diego. The pool had been "maintained" by a pool guy who, for all intents and purposes, simply showed up once a week and dumped in a gallon of liquid chlorine. My first order of business was to break down and inspect the DE filter...

Good morning, I am quickly learning the ropes of my new pool and waterfall spa setup. As I dig into the systems, I've noticed a few quirks that I'd like to understand better, and I'm curious about a few general setups items as well (here in San Diego it appears that no two pool contractors...