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I run two indoor pools at a gym. We have been having strong odors coming from the drainage channels that run between the pool deck and pools. I've been spraying a mix of bleach and water into the drains 2-3 times per week but the odors return withing a day or two. Does anyone have any...

I run 3 small pools at a fitness center and we recently discovered drain fly larvae (little black worm like things) living in standing water under benches on the pool deck. Any suggestions on the best method to eradicate these things? Our members are extremely demanding when it comes to...

I run a two pools and a hot tub at a fitness center. The spa had foam issues about 4 years ago so we turned off the air blowers and now just run water jets. Since the air blowers were turned off, foaming has not been an issue until about 3 weeks ago it suddenly started foaming badly and I am at...

I have a bizarre leak seeping from the side of the filter of the Spa I operate. The filter is a Neptune-Benson model # 36CCFG-2. I have sent pictures to the company that installed it and I am waiting to hear back from them to see if they have any idea what is going on but I am curious if anyone...

Every time I try to breakpoint shock one of the pools I run (a 27,000 gal therapy pool), it seems the combined chlorine goes up not down after I shock it! This is the process I use to shock the pool: 1. Backwash the filters 2. use powdered Pulsar shock adding enough to bring the free chlorine...

I run two gunite pools at the gym I work at and I am planning on draining and cleaning them at the beginning of August. Last year when we drained them, we did muriatic acid wash for each pool. However, my general manager says that at the last place he worked (which also has gunite pools) they...

I am having a couple problems with my Lamotte ColorQ tester: First, I just got new Calcium hardness reagents and my readings on all three pools I run have tripled! With the first set of calcium hardness reagents, the results were always close to the same as the results I got with my old Taylor...