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Hello, I just moved to a new house with a pool that has pop ups and QuickSkim, my previous pool had a pool cleaner vaccuum and a skimmer and it was easy to clean. This new pool is a completely different system for me and it would be great to get some direction on how to take care of it: Some...

Hello all, I am currently helping a friend maintaining her pool, I can only go once a week and do the maintenance. On of the things that I have not been able to figure out yet is how to setup her Pentair equipment so that when I add chemicals I run her pump so that it comes off in 3 hours so...

Hello all, I have a few questions that I need advice on. I just started helping out a friend of mine take care of her pool. She told me that she has not had had service since early December and now it is mid-late January. I checked her chemical levels, which I detail below. The chlorine...

Hello, I am wondering if I need to empty my pool because of my high levels of calcium and CYA. If so how do I go about emptying the pool? Do I need to take any precautions? I am also thinking of cleaning the calcium spots/stains in the process. Any recommendations on how to do that as well...

Has anybody seen black spots in their cleaner? I am wondering if it is black algae, I don't see it anywhere else in the pool, at least not in visible areas, just in the pleated seal of the cleaner. I can't even scratch it off. FC: 5 CC: 0 pH: 7.7 TA: 125 CH: 1150 CYA: 140

I have a Hayward W560 in line leaf canister that I installed in between my Xtreme suction cleaner and hose rotator. When I install the canister everything is under water so that there is no air in the hose or canister but as soon as I turn on the pump I see air bubbles getting into the...

Hello all, I am using 10% liquid chlorine for sanitation and I add it every week and since my pH (7.8) and TA (125) is higher than I would like I also add 14.5% muriatic acid to bring those down. I thought that I would only had to add acid once and when my pH and TA levels were to a desirable...

I live in the Phoenix metro area and I wonder how other owners in this or similar areas keep their pools sanitized, mainly between liquid chlorine and trichlor tabs. The service company that I was using to maintain my pool only used trichlor and it seems that a lot of people that I talk to in...

Hello all, My name is Jorge and I just joined tfp and I'm excited to get to mantain my pool. A pool company has been doing it for 3 months but decided to do the maintenance myself. I live in Phoenix, AZ and it seems that keeping the pool clear and sanitized requires some tweaking due to the...