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Hello. I have a Hayward pH probe attached to my chlorinator. It is similar to sense and dispense, but fully integrated with the chlorinator. Anyway, the Hayward manual says to clean the pH probe with a toothbrush and toothpaste. I doubt this method is appropriate, but I'm no expert. Has...

We've had a soggy summer so far... This is the third time my pool has overflowed due to rain. I'm done dumping all my pool chemicals down the drain so my solar cover is off now and the water can't evaporate fast enough.

Hi. I have my waterfall and spa jets running from a second pump, independent of the filtration equipment. There is no other filtration on the water feature plumbing other than the pump strainer basket. The thing is, I recently found some gravel blocking two of the spa jets, so I purchased and...

Hello. I'm new to maintaining a pool and have pulled out my chlorination cell for the first time to inspect it. Surprisingly I have found a plastic like deposit all over the plates on the intake side. Has anybody ever seen this before? Is this a pool chemistry problem? As far as I can tell this...

Hello tfpers I'm at a loss as to how I can keep my waterline clean. The nearby trees are constantly dropping their parts and all the flowers and pollen clinging to the walls are staining the grout. Scrubbing with a brush does loosen some of it but the flowers and pollen are too fine for the...

Hi, I'm perplexed as to where all the salt in my pool is coming from. The pool builder put 7 X 20kg bags of salt in my pool in July. In early August I measured the levels using my test kit at 4600. Today I measured the levels using my test kit at 6000! HCl is really all that's gone into the...

Hello, I have an unused pressure cleaner pipe in my pool, and it just occurred to me that this is a potential algae bomb just waiting to happen. Currently the pool end of the pipe is open and the equipment end is capped. What should I do with this pipe to ensure it doesn't become an algae...

Hello. I'm very new to managing a pool and this is my first attempt at using a quality test kit. I'm a bit surprised with the results actually.. I received my clear choice labs test kit and gave it a go today. (Up untill today I have been using my 4in1 twice a week and pool shop fortnightly.)...

Hello, my name is Charles. My new pool was recently completed, and I've been trying to get my head around balancing the water myself but there is a lot of conflicting advice around. I have decided to go with the recommendations of tfp.