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Hi all, Just wondering what the consensus is on SWG runtimes and reducing PH rise. I've read enough on this forum to know that the operation of a SWG inevitably means PH rise and reducing runtime (and elevated CYA) is the goal. My question... is it the chlorine output setting or the actual...

Hi All, Not sure how I'll go explaining this, but here goes... Short story is, my pump isn't pumping water. I first noticed this morning when it didn't come on at its scheduled start time. When I went down to check what was wrong, I saw the SWG had a "no flow" error and had turned the pump...

Hi all, It's probably a bit hard to tell from this pic, but I'm just wondering if anyone can have a guess at what might have caused this stain... animal, mineral, vegetable? I have 3 of them now and my best guess is it might be either bat droppings or maybe a small leaf or seed pod that sat on...

Hi all, I'm thinking this is just a normal consequence of not having a tile band (see pics), but thought I'd better check it's not something more sinister. This look mainly happens as the tide goes out and as you can see it's mainly limited to directly below a mortar join in the coping. If I...

Hi all, Here are my latest test results and also my goals for where I'd like them to be. I'd love to hear from the gurus to make sure I'm on the right track. FC - 4 (generally sitting between 3-4) CC - 0 pH - 7.5 TA - 60 CH - 280 CYA - 35 Clarity... like bottled water! I'd like to get my CH...

Howdy all, One for the Aussies here... does anyone know whether or not the pool chemicals that Bunnings sells are any good? I have heard many people say their salt is rubbish, so I'm not going there. I'm mainly talking about balancing chems like calcium, stabiliser, acid and buffer. The...

Hi all, Just after opinions about the factors that could cause a CH variance between 2 test kits (both Taylor) using the same water. I've just started testing my CH with my new K-2006 kit and coincidentally found a pool shop near where I live that also uses the exact same Taylor drop tests to...

Hi all, How carefully do you all check and balance your water during a long period of heavy rain? It's been raining in my area for a good week or more and during that time I've seen my chemicals literally go down the drain. My salt levels seem to be just hanging in there and all other stats...

Hi all, When we purchased our pool it came with initial chems including a mineral blend called Aqua Therepe (previously named Mineral Max) made by Astral Pool - http://www.astralpool.com.au/products/acqua-therepe. This completely replaces plain pool salt at the normal concentration (4000ppm...

Hi all, Just wondering if there's a "correct" pool water level for a skimmer to work most efficiently? I have an auto leveller and after a recent downpour filled the pool to the brim, I plugged the overflow so I could watch carefully how it's slowly levelling out (the auto-leveller is about 5...

Hi all, Just finished building our first pool and keen to learn all the ins and outs of pool water chemistry. The pool has only been filled since mid November 2011 (about 6 weeks) so I believe it's going though a period of rapid change (or so I've been told). Keen to hear some opinions on the...