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    Salt water pool

    Hello I’m not a new pool owner but am new to a salt water pool. This site helped me tremendously on a chlorine pool so I am back with advise needed for a salt water pool. I am having a new liner put in my pool and am converting it to a salt water pool. My pool is 18 x 32 oval By the way. I know...
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    Ph issues

    I’m having problems with PH And cannot get it to come up. On my Taylor test kit it stays at the bottom of the color chart what looks like to me a 7 or lower. Last summer I replaced the sand in my filter. After studying my issue every time I put soda ash in the pool it gets caught in the filter...
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    CYA problems I need advice

    I'm having problems with my CYA in my pool. I thought I had figured it out last year reading your posts. At the end of the season when I closed my pool I drained it way down. Over e course of the winter (we had which was a rainy season) I drained it 2 more times. When I opened it up the CYA was...
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    Problems with the Taylor K-2006

    I purchased a Taylor K-2006 pool testing kit and I'm having problems with testing the free chlorine. I add the DPD powder to turn the pool water pink and then when I add theFAS-DPD titrating reagent is supposed to turn it clear. When I do this it makes it a dark red. I'm following the directions...
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    Cloudy pool cannot clear up.

    I opened up my pool around the first of may and I can't seem to get it clear. I have had 2 different algae break outs. I've shocked it and had to put in algaecide 2 different times to finally kill it. I have put 2 bottles of clarifier and it still does not clear. I'm testing daily and my last...