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I am trying to raise my pool's chlorine to 10ppm. I have no chlorine or CYA in my water. I've added 37 oz of 10% chlorinating liquid to my swampy 2900 gallon pool. I've let it circurlate for several minutes and my chlorine reading was FC 2.5 and CC 3.5. I took another reading 15 mins later and...

This is the second season with our small Intex pool. My husband closed it up last fall before I got it prepared for closing. We opened it today and it's a green, smelly swamp!! What do I need to do first? Here are my numbers: FC 0 TA 50 Salt 1200 Ph 6.8 CYA 0 Should I add CYA when I add...

Small Saltwater Pool, are my numbers looking good? I was a little concerned about the pH. Should I be? My numbers are mostly the same 98% of the time. FC 9 CC 0 TC 9 TA 70 pH 7.8 Salt 2400 Calcium 50 - I normally don't check this, did it for fun today CYA 70 Temp 88

Pool water looks beautiful! Temp 82 degrees. Should I increase my salt and TA? pH 7.5 -7.8 FC 6 CC .5 TC 6.5 TA 30 Salt 2200 CYA 70 We've had to let out 5-6" of water due to all the rain we've had. More expected today. High 80's - low 90's this week.

Do I need to raise TA, lower pH, and cut my salt generator running hours down? FC 6.5 CC .5 TC 7 pH 7.5 -7.8 TA 70 CYA 80 Salt 2800

This is a new 2900 gall, pool set up. Salt and CYA were added yesterday, so the SWG is not operating yet. I am using 10% bleach for chlorine. Today's numbers: 2000 Salt 6.8 - 7.2 PH 0 Chlorine 50 Cal Hard 40 TA 50 CYA I have...

Help!! My new Intex vinyl pool is covered in black ashes from last night's campfire! What would be the best and safest way to remove the little black spots?

I've been a member of tfp for a long time, but I've been absent here for maybe 9 years after we took down our 17 year old pool and moved. Now we are living on a different piece of property and we're installing a small rectangle Intex pool for our autistic grandson who thinks he is a fish...

This is not my pool. My niece closed on a home last week that has a neglected inground pool. The pool was cleaned up 6 weeks ago, just to look good for the listing. Now it's a smelly mess! I took my test kit over and there is no CYA or Chlorine in the pool at all!! The PH is pushing 8, but I...

I have never heard this but, can you lose CYA during pool closing and opening, and have bacteria convert the remaining CYA to ammonia so your pool won't hold chlorine?? Or that phosphates are eating up the chlorine?? I know someone who has been told both of these things. Is either one true?

Please tell me I haven't messed up. I added borax to my pool using the pool calculator and I also added muriatic acid accordingly. That was 48 hours ago and my ph is still off the chart!!! I am wondering now if my MA was the correct %. I bought it at Lowe's and no where on the jug did I see a %...

Our sand filter sounds like it has air in it. What should we be checking, or trying to do, to get it out??

Is it ok to use expired baking soda in the pool? I wanted to stock up on some while it is on sale.

My 2 speed pump died. I bought a Hayward Power-Flo Matrix from Doheny's that was advertised as a 'discounted' item. It was also advertised as a 2 speed pump. It came today and it was only a single speed pump. My recourse is to send it back and pay more for a 2 speed pump, or just keep this one...

My husband took our motor off to replace the bearings that were screeching to high heaven but the shaft was rusted and it broke!!! Is that part not suppose to be made of something that doesn't rust??? Now my beautiful sparkling clear pool is sitting with no pump and we are going to have 80...

We have a really bad algae bloom in our pool in the middle of winter!! We've had temperatures so cold that my husband disconnected the lines from the filter and the pump to keep them from freezing, so there has not been any bleach added to it for a couple of months. And of course we removed the...

Is there ever a time when calcium needs to be added to a pool with a vinyl liner? First off, this is not a question for my pool. I am having a discussion :rant: with my son-in-law who said the 'give me all your money for any non-neccessary chemical I can sell you' pool store :hammer: person...

Can I order more R0014?

We do not cover our pool during the winter, but because of the extremely cold weather we had, we did drain all of our equipment instead of running the pump. Now our weather has been very mild and the pool water was starting to look dull, so we have started the pump running again, but not the...

I need to raise my FC to shock level and lower my PH. My darling husband just put the bleach in before I could stop him, so now I need to know how long do I have to wait to add the acid to lower the ph?

After about 6" of rain and 2 backwashings, my numbers today are: FC 3 CC 0 TC 3 Ph 7.8 TA 70 CYA 50 Salt 3000 I know I need to lower the ph and raise the CYA, but should I also raise the TA? The Pool Calculator says 60-80 is ok, but my SWG recommends 80-120.

Our Aquatrol is one year old. After start up, the low salt light, no flow light, and inspect cell lights were on. :roll: We added salt, inspected the cell (which looked spotless!), and did the reset like explained in the care manual, but the lights keep coming back on! :hammer: Does anyone...

I feel that my CYA is on the low side. My SWG info recommends 60-80 for CYA. Should I raise it? My FC is holding at 3, day and night. And also, my PH is a tad high. It is between 7.5-7.8. Here are my numbers. FC 3 CC 0 TA 70 (SWG recommends 80-120) CYA 55 PH 7.5-7.8 (SWG recommends 7.2-7.6)...

Has anyone done this and would it be ok to do? My daughter just bought a house with a small inground pool (15000-15300 gal) and would like to put a SWG on it. We have an ABG pool (15300) with an aquatrol that does a great job. It is cheaper than an aquarite, and with just buying the house, she...

This forum has been wonderful in helping me to get my pool changed to the BBB method, so now I need help for my daughter who just bought a house in sunny Florida and it came with a pool that has had pool store chemicals in it. I brought my test kit with me to her house and tested the water and...

I have a quick question... I went to the pool calculator and put in my numbers and it told me what to to add to get my water balanced, but is it better to post my numbers here for the experts to see before I add anything to my water? FC 1 CC .5 PH 7.35 TA 50 CYA 70 Temp 60-65 Water is clear...

My pool is up to 60 degrees, but I know it will fall after today because our weather is going to chilly again. Here are my readings: FC 0 CC 0 pH 7.2 TA 50 CYA - not sure because I am out of test chem (it has been ordered) Salt 2710 Water is bright and clear. I am not going to turn my SWG on...

I hope everyone has had a nice winter! We had 6 inches of snow last weekend, and 70-80s this weekend! My water temp went from 50 degrees to 60 degrees, but we are getting a cool down tomorrow so I know that will fall like a rock! Anyway, can I use the chemicals I have left from last season or...

I haven't been on in a while, but I wanted to let every one know my triplet grandsons were born :party: Sept 3 at 28 weeks which made them 3 months premature and I have been tied up with my grand-quads :hammer: , so I have not even been in my pool for weeks and now it's time to close it :cry: ...

I need to check my salt level, but I am out of strips. I threw the container away along time ago, now I can't remember what brand I used! It was a strip that you put in an inch of water, waited a few minutes and then checked to see how high the streak went on the scale, then you would compare...