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can you save stabilizer in a sock to reuse later? I pulled the sock out and it still has some stabilizer in it.

Good day all, below are my current test results. Where should I bring my CH up to? Last year I remember bringing it up and someone had mentioned I shouldn’t have brought it up so much. FC 2.5 TA 60 CYA 40 PH 7.5 CH 175 CSI -0.82 Temp 49 I’m sure it’s colder below the surface.

Good day all, I’ve closed the pool a little over two weeks ago and in doing a checkup on my water the chlorine is zero. Temp 60. So I go about adding chlorine to the water? In all my 17 yrs I’ve never checked the water after closing and this year I thought I’d keep an eye on it to avoid it from...

Good morning all, Is it necessary to clean the cya mixing bottle and if so how would one go about it? I think the inside of the bottle is sort of chalky or has a residue on it. Would I be able to pour some liquid chlorine in there an let it sit a bit?

Good day all, So my subscription renews June 12. Yesterday I tried using pool math and it said premium subscription required. I pressed subscribe and I was back in. This morning same thing pops up. Why isn’t it subscribing me? On my iPhone under my Apple ID under subscriptions pool math is...

Hey all thought this may be of help to some. I was looking like crazy for a spout to pour liquid chlorine out of the 2.5 & 5 gallon carboys. I found these and I noticed they are made by the same company that makes the yellow caps that already come on the carboys Rieke. I don’t know how long...

So I added 50 Lbs of Peladow and brushed to dissolve it and I noticed after 2 hrs my pressure on the filter has gone up from 16 to 20psi. Is that normal after adding salt? Is it from the salt? I would assume that whatever went in has already dissolved. I need to increase my cya and I don’t...

Good afternoon all, So upon feeling my walls they feel a bit slippery to the touch and when I pass my hand over them with some force there’s this powdery dust that comes off. I’ve been brushing everyday since opening so I was a bit puzzled and I thought algae? But I then took my smaller all...

I’ve seen several different answers to this question, I’ve been backwashing after my gauge goes up by 10 psi. My clean psi range is 13 psi and I wait for the gauge to hit 23 psi to backwash but I’ve read on a thread here that you should backwash once the psi goes up by 3-4 psi?

Good evening all, I’ve been slamming since April 15th now on my 25th gallon of Liquid Chlorine. 🧐 Water is clear but I’m not past my overnight FC test and my CC remains at 1. When I started on Apr 15th the water was murky it had already turned on me prior to start up though she cleared up in 3...

I noticed some pitting/missing plaster on my steps. What could cause this?

Good day all! Time to start the pool. Quick question before I slam should I bring my cya up? I got no reading at all when I did the test and I was at 20 so cya is 0. I’m going to bring the PH down prior to slam. FC 0 CC 0 PH 8.0 TA 80 CH 250 CYA 0 Temp 68 CSI 0.24

Hey all, still not time for me to open until maybe end of next month. Meanwhile water is looking like the photo attached. You can see the floor drain on the shallow side some but on the deep side it’s not visible. Should I do anything to the water or let it be until start up. Also when I’m...

Hey guys, I just sprayed the perimeter of my home with Bifentrhin for these darn lantern flys. Some of them were sprayed on and ofcourse these things are all over an jumping and some got in the pool. I usually find 30+ in my skimmer. Though now that some of them had gotten this insecticide on...

Is it normal to still get some calcium spots in the pool or should I tweak my calcium levels? You’ll have to zoom in on the photo to catch them. Didn’t want to take the phone down too deep 🫣

Hey all so yesterday I did a backwash and started adding DE to my filter for the first time. This morning I came to the pump and it was already time to backwash again so I did then I added DE again. After I did that I noticed small tiny bubbles in the look glass of the filter and I thought weird...

Hey all so I’m planning to remove my light fixture to inspect and clean behind the niche if needed. I think my gfci breaker goes out to the pool deck that is for the pump and the light there isn’t a separate breaker for each so if I turned the breaker off pulled the light out and left it on the...

I found 3 of these guys in the pool (that I can see), should I be doing a SLAM because of them or the 1 cup of dawn is good enough?

Hey all I’ve noticed these rust looking spots on the plaster a year or so ago but it seems as though more are popping up. Could this be a cause of some Milogranite fertilizer pellets falling in the water when I fertilize my yard since there is iron in the product. I do spread cautiously to avoid...

Good evening, I just did an evening brushing of my walls and turned the light on and found it to be a bit cloudy near the light. Is this normal? Could this be stirred up plaster dust from brushing? Daily FC loss seems to be consistent and I don’t see any drops overnight that would make me...

Good afternoon, I had a TA of 100 & PH always drifting upward so I lowered my PH to 7.2 with MA and now I turned both my returns upwards to bring the PH back up though my returns don’t really break through the water you can just sort of tell the water is being pushed upward kind of like a slow...

Hey all, I wanted to check and see if I was loosing water to normal evaporation or if it maybe a leak in the pool. I did the 24hr bucket test and ended up with a little more than an 1/8” of water loss. Both the water line in the pool and the bucket reduced equally. The system was running for...

Hey guys, Yesterday I added some stabilizer to the water as well as 71 oz of liquid chlorine. Today I noticed the water a bit cloudy, FC at 2 pressure up on the filter about 3 psi. So I did a backwash, cleaned out the skimmers an filter basket and brushed the walls which was 2 weeks overdue...

Good afternoon all, I’ve always tested my chlorine with the DPD TEST VS the K1000 test is it based on one’s personal preference or should I be testing my chlorine with the K1000? I only use that kit to test my PH.

Good day, I recently bought new reagents, I’m not sure if the readings are off because of one of two things. I noticed the bottle R-0011L Seems a bit thick is that normal should it be more fluid like? Also R-0012 The droplets that come from the tip seem smaller compared to previous bottle. Is...

Would I need to do another SLAM being that 3 days ago my chlorine level went to zero. I did a motor replacement over the weekend and ran into other issues that left me without testing/ filtration for 2 days. As of yesterday I was back up and running at 7pm. Water is nice and clear. Tested...

I just replaced my pool pump started her back up and there is a lot of air bubbles coming through any idea what it could be?

I have a century pump that suddenly started making this buzzing sound. Anyway I can post a short video here? I noticed it from one day to the next we had temps that went down to 24 degrees overnight and ofcourse that afternoon I had finally set the pump timer on its schedule not realizing the...

Good afternoon all, When I first moved in this pool had push in eyeballs on the two returns. I tried replacing with new screw in’s since the pipe seems to be threaded but they did not fit. Pool store said they didn’t know why if they were standard and didn’t have anything smaller. This is an...

Good day all, So I’m finalizing my closing on my pool and upon blowing out my returns got some minuscule debris that came out of the mains. Is this normal? Assuming this debris sat on the bottom of the main drains an weren’t sucked in to make it to the filter?