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    Scaling caused by high CYA???

    2 year old in-ground gunnite pool with diamond brite quartz. Lots of scaling. Cracks were repaired on bottom of pool 2 years ago and they are still bright blue while the rest of the pool isn't, making the repair very noticeable. Builder's rep (and diamond brite rep) came over and said its a...
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    Quartz Finish in Polaris Bag

    I have a polaris 360 and noticed several pieces of quartz finish, about 1/8" chips, about 10-12 chips, inside my polaris bag today. It looks like a few of the tail-sweep-wear-rings are worn down pretty good. Could that be causing the tail to snag on something and rip up the quartz? Pool is 2...
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    Is it ok to use 8.5% Walmart bleach in pool?

    Split from Is sodium hydroxide in bleach normal/ok to use in pool? Zea3 Wal Mart Bleach is now 8.25% Sodium hypochlorite. Still okay to use? (121oz jugs / just shy of a gal.) Is it okay to use sodium hpochlorite (liquid bleach) and calcium hypoclorite (Leslie's Power powder plus 73%) at the...
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    Added Algaecide ?

    As Home Simpson would say ... "D'oh" I listened to the kid at Leslie's who, when I told him my water was turning a little green, advised a copper algaeside, and I already added it to my gunnite, chlorine 25,000 gal pool. My wife and kids and I all have brown hair. We have a tahoe blue quartz...