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It seems like every time I empty, clean and refill my spa, it starts out great but no matter what I do I end up with really hight PH (about 8.0) and really low alkalinity (about 30). I am always confused as to what to do to remedy this problem.

I have had my pool a couple of years but have never seen anything quite like what I saw today. I've had my pool covered for a couple of days with my solar cover on and the creepy crawly inside (but not running). Today when I took the cover off there's a weird "greasy" looking white film...

I had trouble at the end of last year with keeping my Free Chlorine level up. On Monday my FC was almost nothing and my TC was 2. I put in all the bleach I had in my house on Monday evening. Since then, my FC has been around 4.7 and my TC has been 4.5. During this time I've had my...

Right now I'm having trouble keeping my FC up. My TC is at 2 and my free chlorine is near 0. I may not be able to shock to bring up my levels for a couple of days. What, if any, are the consequences of swimming in a pool with low or no free chlorine??

I have been dealing with my salt water chlorine generator problems since last season. It didn't seem to be generating enough chlorine all season long. I originally had a small algae problem and had to shock my pool to get rid of it. All of my chemicals seem perfect right now and the chlorine...

I was dealing with an algae problem since I couldn't hold my FC overnight. I shocked for almost a week to try to hold it overnight and thought it was taken care of. Apparently it wasn't because once again the FC won't hold overnight. But I just used an AA treatment 4 days ago and was told I...

I have a SWG but for the last couple of years I can't seem to keep the FC level up just by running the chlorinator. I was wondering how many hours people run theirs? I have 3 boys who swim almost every day for at least a couple of hours so I supplement w/bleach. But I'm going on vacation next...

I'm having the same problem as skillset with stains appearing FREQUENTLY in my fiberglass pool. I added AA a couple of weeks ago to get rid of a really bad stain after having to shock my pool. One week ago the stain re-appeared so I added a whole bottle of metal-free which made the stain...

Alright, my FC was .5 and my TC/CC was 3 this morning so for the first time ever, I've shocked my pool. Now, I've been told that the FC has to "hold" until morning. Does that mean it has to stay at shock numbers (I've got it up to about 15 right now)?? If so, how long will it take to go down...

OK, I had my water tested at Leslie's because I've had trouble keeping my Free Chlorine level up. Jasonlion said my CYA was non existent and that's why the FC wouldn't hold. I added 4 lbs of CYA 4 days ago and have been adding bleach every night but still can't get the FC over .5. By the way...

OK, my free chlorine is at 0 because my CYA was at 0. So on Thursday I added 4 lbs of conditioner and was told it could take up to a week to fully dissolve and show on a test. In the meantime, my free chlorine is still registering at close to 0. Should I continue to add bleach on a daily...

I added ascorbic acid to my fiberglass pool a couple of weeks ago and got rid of all my stains but can't seem to get my free chlorine level up! I thought I had a handle on it with bleach and raising my chlorinator to 100% but I came back from being gone for the weekend and my level is back down...

I had no idea where to put this topic but the birds on my solar cover and around my pool are driving me crazy! I constantly have birds around and on my pool and bird droppings all over my cover and concrete. Does anybody know of any tried and true suggestions for keeping the birds away??

I have had a fiberglass pool with salt system and chlorinator for about 3 years now. The first year I had no problems whatsoever. Then I started getting stains on my pool which quickly disappear when I add ascorbic acid. My problem is that it happens about once a month and I don't know why...