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Currently, I have a Pentair Kreepy Krauley (a suction-side cleaner with the large, circular seal on the bottom). And I can't stand it. It has never worked right, even after I added an in-line basket to catch debris. Either it hits a pile of debris and stops (making it worthless), or it gets...

Feeling a little miffed and looking from advice from a forum and people I've come to trust implicitly with these matters... I just had my mom's pool professionally power-washed and refilled over the past weekend. This included cleaning the filter and re-charging it with DE. The same guys...

My plaster pool was completely resurfaced and refilled 3 summers ago (2011). In that time I switched to the BBB method and while this worked and looked good for 2 summers, it's falling apart now. My CH level has consistently gone up and nothing brings it down... not even overflows of rain...

I can't figure out what's going on with my pool. I switched to the BBB method 2 summers ago and generally, it has worked for me. But I find I'm spending a lot on bleach because my pool water drops to around 0 FC after a bleach slam the day before. And of course, because it won't hold an FC...

Last week, my pool pump, which is a Pentair WFE-24, lost pressure from one day to the next. Usually, my DE filter reads about 12 PSI and there is sufficient flow to keep the water moving and operate the pool vacuum. But upon start-up the next day, the pressure was close to 0. The water still...

I just adopted the BBB method and am loving it so far. My question is for continuous bleaching, especially if away from home for a while, could one use the bleach tabs sold in most stores that you drop in a toilet? And just to be clear, I'm not talking about the blue (dye) ones, just the pure...

Hello, Love this forum so far and the invaluable information it has provided, as well as the unending help from other pool owners/users. I have an old Apollo VA-38 DE filter with brand new grids (38 sq. ft.), a new o-ring, and a new pressure gauge. When there is no DE on the grids, the...

I just started the BBB method on my pool and am in the final stages of algae removal (the pool is now a very light but cloudy green, which is to be expected). I am totally prepared to be patient and let my DE filter do the heavy lifting as far as reducing my cloudiness. But what I want to know...

First time posting and love this board/forum so far. I need similar help with my CYA. My pool is 20k gallons and was resurfaced 2 years ago, which (of course) required a refill. Now, 2 years later, the CYA is already at 330 (per a test done at Leslies a week ago). I knew there was a problem with...