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Ok what would you do?? I have a polaris 9650iQ SPORT purchased in 2019. It worked for three seasons and died. It had no power to it at all when put in the water and turned on. I replaced it, and stored it in my garage for a year, thinking I would repair and keep as a backup if it was cost...

Hi PoolGeniuses, Religious follower of the TFP methods here. I test at home almost daily with Taylor Kit. I maintain my Chlorine levels per TFP chart (where is the old chart? I liked being able to see the whole table - the updated page is too fancy for me). Every so often, I go into...

Hi all, I have an almost full gallon of 20% Baume muriatic acid that I want to get rid of. I don't have a safe place to store it, and if I leave it outside it will be buried in snow this winter (I'm in MA). I'm also worried my kids will find it. Can I neutralize it with Baking Soda? Can...

My 30k gallon pebble-tec pool has nice clear water but I am constantly doing the dance between minimum FC levels, ph balance, and metal staining. I use Borates and the pH seems to hold steady at 7.6-7.7 (best I can tell - I find the Taylor color matching to be tricky, wish there was a better...

Hi all, I am having the pool closed Monday 11/1. 30k gallons, pebble tech, SWG. I am trying to optimize the chemistry before closing in hopes of keeping my pebble tech safe through a long, cold New England winter. The pool company will add algaecide and 4# of dichlor quick shock at the...

Hi all, I have a 3 year old Pebble Tec Pool and have been waiting all season for my pool guy to do a Jacks treatment on what I believe are Iron Stains. He is clearly not coming, so I think I need to do an AA treatment myself and then get the water rebalanced before closing in a few weeks (I'm...

Help -:) I have kept my water balanced, SWG running at 55%, Chlorine at ~4 and CYA ~70. I do have some Iron staining which I have not dealt with yet but am planning to treat. I had not been shocking the pool, since I thought with salt and minimal amounts of combined chlorine when tested, that...

Does anyone know what is in ProTeam Metal Magic Spot Chalk? I have some brown staining on my SWG PebbleTec pool... pool guy told me it was organic (from acorns), but no amount of shocking burns it off, and rubbing a chlorine puck on it does nothing. The ProTeam Metal Magic chalk rubbed on the...

Hi all, newbie here. 30k gallon PebbleTec Salt water pool with raised beam and spa on top which has spillover into pool. I have constantly rising pH and it seems that having the spillway flowing 24-7 is part of the problem. I have a variable speed pump, which runs on high during day and low...