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Hello TFP'ers! In recent days I've noticed that when my system fires up in the morning, there seems to be air in the system: the pump struggles a bit while priming, a surge of air gets pumped into the water, then things normalize and everything looks and sounds normal for the remainder of the...

Thanks to you kind folks at TFP, I've been maintaining my own (Los Angeles) pool for a number of years now. My water's crystal clear, always balanced to TFP-recommended levels, however I've found that during the hottest summer months here in Los Angeles, I've needed to add, once weekly, a...

I have a 16,000-galloon in-ground pool, and during the summer months here in Los Angeles, I find that I need to add 48 ounces of chlorine daily in order to maintain around 4 ppm of free chlorine/total chlorine. (Which translates to over two gallons of 10% sodium hypochlorite every week.) My...

Hello! I just got great advice in the "Pumps, Filters, and Plumbing" forum, helping me perform my very first pool repair on my very own, so I thought I'd come back for seconds. We've had our pool for about four years, and before I took ownership of its maintenance (guided by the all the wisdom...

Thanks to all of you at TFP, two years ago I took ownership of maintaining my own pool, and the water's never been better. All the information and wisdom shared here is much appreciated. I have what I hope is a quick and easy question. Our Hayward vacuum-lock safety wall fitting (a.k.a., pool...

We had our very first 16,000-gallon in-ground chlorine pool constructed about two years ago (I'm still very much a pool n00b), and we've happily run an AquaNaut 200 suction-cleaner in the pool since Day 1. Historically, the AquaNaut would very, very occasionally climb all the way to the top of...