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Since last season, I've had debris issue on the Autopilot SWG filter. At the season end, I found a crack on top of manifold when I opened it. I purchased a new one (from Amazon Pentair e-store) and replaced it, hoping this season the problem could be resolved. Unfortunately, the debris issue is...

I want to bring up the CH level. Can I use calcium chloride from the big box store? A lot of them are for Ice melting. Can I use them? or which brand of product I better use? thank you.

I have an impression that CH is not important at all for Vinyl Liner. I just don't know if this is a valid statement. My pool has very low CH, and the local pool shop warned me to bring up the CH. I just want to make sure which is correct. thank you.

I don't use Clorine, but Salt Chlorine generator. Is it gonna do the same thing, or pour some extra liquid chlorine to help clean it. thank you.

I do have some sunscreen issue after kids played. I checked online. people suggest use some Enzyme product to dissolve the organic product. Do you think this is useful? Sounds like it can help clean the scum on the perimeter of the pool as well. Is that true? if so, any suggested product or...

After kids playing water with UV sunblock cream on, part of the water becomes white, and some white stuff floating on the surface as well. Is this normal? what should I do to get rid of it? should we avoid using sunblock cream when playing in the pool? thank you.

There is no metal in there. I went to the local pool store to test the water once (just to double check my test result and confirm). and there is no metal in there. The water is one year new. (I changed the all liner last year. ) since then, never used any copper based products. Setauket is...

The kit I use is Taylor K-2006. I trust this kit, since I've been using this for several years. Actually you remind me something. the night before last, I changed from "filter" to "recirculation", since otherwise the flow will be blocked overnight. (I had this experience the 1st night of...

This is the 4th day of SLAM. From yesterday night to today, no change in water color. still green. CYA is almost 30. FC barely changed 12.5 to 12. CC is unchanged 0.5. Plus there are some milky stuff on the surface of the water, please see the picture I attached. Can you please let me...

This is the 2nd day of SLAM. CYA < 30ppm (I think it is about 20ppm). FC dropped from 12ppm yesterday night to 8ppm early in the morning. Kept pump running in medium speed overnight on "recirculation". Water color is still light green with a little bit foam on the surface. What I am gonna...

I opened the pool for 1 1/2 days, and have been SLAMing it. The water turns from dark green to light green now, with some foam on the surface. Now my question is that I do have to do backwash almost every 3 hours (keeping the pump run at highest RPM.) In other words, every 3 hours, the PSI...

Thank you guys for your quick response. Within this 1 1/2 days I used 6 bags of 1lb pool shock ( I know my CYA is low, so I want to add some in the meantime.) and 10g of liquid chlorine. Yes. It is pretty much like the link picture shows. I actually did vacuum bottom as well to get rid of...

I opened the pool yesterday morning and have been doing SLAM for almost 1 1/2 days. However there are a lot of disgusting foam on the pool surface. btw, the water color is still a little bit light green. Can you please let me know why there are foam and how to get rid of them? (seems like the...

Thank you Guys for your quick response. A1. it is 9-foot deep on one side and 3 1/2 deep on the other side, and slope in between. So I estimate it is like 30K to 32K gallons of water. does it make sense? A2. Yes. I do have boost on. (I actually don't quite know what it is for exactly. Since I...

I opened the pool in the morning. Everything went smoothly, except for tiny air bubbles coming out of the return lines. and as long as I opened the filter top valve (twist the pressure meter) there are more or less air released from it. Btw, so far I don't notice any significant leaking yet and...

People ever told me that the water would be clear when I open in summer if it is SWCG. However I don't see any difference between SWCG and how it used to be before. It is a swamp when I opened yesterday. I just wonder if that's true that the water should be clear if it is SW, or did I miss...

ok. A more general question regarding this, will the color of the water affect the PH reading by using R-0004 of K-2006? If yes, how can I do the PH test in this case? If not, maybe my K-2006 kit needs to be replaced.

I tried to open my pool today. As people suggest, I tried to use my Taylor K-2006 to do chemical test. However the water is light yellow/light green (full of algea I think). It makes my PH test look like pretty low (acid). btw, my Taylor K-2006 is two-year old, however I always store it in my...

I am a first time salt pool owner, I used to have a regular pool. I just wonder if there is any difference to open a salt pool. Do I still need to shock it? Should I switch on the salt chlorinator before I adjust all the chemical level or after? thank you very much.

Sorry, I just modified my signature to SWG. I changed to SWG in this season and forgot to update my profile. Plus I replace the old Vinyl liner with a new one at the beginning of the season. I will modify the signature.

hi guys, Since last season, I started testing my pool using Taylor. However currently right before I try to close my pool, I found out the result from Taylor kit differs a lot with what the pool-store tested. (It used to match pretty good.) The reagent is R-0004 for PH testing. (The reagent...

Catanzaro & John, Thank you so much for your advice.

Great. I will simply follow your advice. It makes me more confident now. Last question if you don't mind. The skimmer cover "to the pool" that you mentioned is kind of confusing me. I have only one top cover for each skimmer. I use that to access the pipeline or the skimmer basket during the...

Thank you Catanzaro. Yes, you are right. I am worrying about how to protect the skimmer basket from cracking. Do you think a regular foam pool noodles will do the work? or has to be vinyl pool noodles? Any suggested pool noddles webpage? (I think it is kind of too late to buy from stores. I...

Catanzaro, Yes. I am in long island. I didn't know the ice could lift up the skimmer cover as John mentioned. So I think to skrew the skimmer cover would be necessary, instead of just put a brick on. I actually thought of using another way that people suggested, an empty plastic bottle ( like...

I tried to use teflon tape on gizmo, however no matter how hard I screw it in. I still can see bubbles coming out of it when I tried to blew it out. Is this ok? oh it has to be air tight so that it is safe enough for the winter? btw, are the skimmer screws standard size? what the size it...

hi, What I did this year for closing the inground pool was a little bit different than last year. Instead of screw the gizzmo in the skimmer pipe, I used the rubber plug to cap all the skimmer pipes from inside the skimmer after blowing out all the water inside the skimmer lines. Then simply...

Catanzaro, One thing I don't quite understand. Why would I see small air bubbles if the valve is leaking? What I thought was, the air in the "air lock" will leak from the suction side of the pump (if I don't plug that end.) and the water will get in and replace the air and fill the whole pipe...