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Hello all! I have this problem where my pool gets cloudy after heavy rains. I have a screened in pool and three gigantic oak trees whose limbs extend over the pool. I intend to have them cut back, but the door to my fence isn't wide enough for the arborists to drive their cherry picker back...

Current test results: FC 4 pH 7.6 TA 70 CH 375 CYA 20 CSI -0.02 Temp 76 My CYA is getting pretty low and I don’t have any on hand to add to the pool. I am limiting my trips outside the house and was wondering if it’s a bad idea to use tabs for a while to gradually raise the level up. I have...

I’ve had a speedstir since last summer and have used it daily since then. In the last month or so the bean tends to get stuck on one side of the vial and just shakes there and I have to repeatedly shake and tap the vial to get it to finally spin in the middle. Today I couldn‘t even get it to...

Hello everyone! I'm doing a water exchange to bring my CH and CYA levels down a bit. I think I have a good grasp on the process but wanted to share a photo of my setup to ensure I'm doing it correctly. Fill water hose is on the right going into the bucket on the steps. The submersible pump is on...

Hello all, Last night, my wife told me that her eyes burned when she swam in the pool. She also had a cut on her leg that burned. I've been pretty busy at work and haven't been able to jump in and experience it for myself. This is the first time I've had a report of discomfort in the pool and...

Hello! I'm a relatively new member to the forum and have been maintaining a high CYA pool as described here in my introduction post: First time posting My pool is still amazing (thank you!), but I'm encountering some results that I can't fully explain. As I stated in my intro post, my strategy...

Hello everyone, Last fall, I bought a house with a pool and became a first time pool owner! I knew nothing at all about pools and as we were moving in, the pool looked great so I didn't pay much attention to it at first. Perhaps 3 days or so after we moved in, I started to see green stuff...