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So DH just accidentally poured liquid chlorine into the muriatic acid dispenser. He saw the cloud and ran. He realized what he did and put a ventilator and dropped a hose in the dispenser then put the lid on. Now we have no idea what to do. There is about 1 gallon of muriatic acid, 1/4 gallon...

We have been pool owners for 2 years now and have always shut down our pool for the winter. However, we recently did a major landscape renovation and don't want to look out our kitchen window and see a dirty, leaf filled pool or a pool cover. Therefore, this year we are going to run it through...

We noticed a bit of cloudiness in the water as well as a slight green cloud when we brushed so we decided to SLAM. We switched over to a SWCG this summer and this is our first time doing a SLAM with it. I turned off the SWCG and SLAMed with 10% liquid chlorine. Did the overnight test and the...

My husband spent the day yesterday replacing the sand in our sand filter. Once completed, we backwashed and rinsed and then let it rip. However, we were surprised to see the pressure gauge running at 24-25 psi. It's important to note that we did have to also replace the pressure gauge as the...

I currently use the Tatylor K – 1000 test, which came in my TF-100 kit, to test my pH. Is there a more exact test available where I can count drops??? I find it very difficult to match the colors when the shades of pink aren't even close to the test shades. Thanks!

I am curious if Vitamin C removes copper stains or if it only removes iron stains? This spring we successfully removed all stains from our pool using Vitamin C. It was gleaming white. Unfortunately, we didn't completely understand how things worked regarding them still being in the water...

Hello all! I'm curious how you handle maintaining your pool while on vacation for a week? How do you ensure chlorine levels stay up and you don't have an algae outbreak or something else? If I filled the "floating duck" with chlorine tabs, how much would I see my CYA increase? We are at 40 for...

We found cracks in gunite which were obviously patched in the past by the previous owners. We knew we were on borrowed time with our pool as it is 30 years old and has never been refinished! Ideally, we would like to patch to get us through the rest of the summer and then look at resurfacing...

I am starting to get nervous about the amount of water we are adding to the pool. We add pretty much every day but at least every other day. We do live in the Atlanta area and have been experiencing 85-95 degree weather so it could be evaporation but it still seems like a lot. Just curious...

We got the R-7065 test in the mail today. I was excited to get it because I wanted to ensure we have been doing the CYA test correctly. Now that we have done it we are confused. My husband and I both did the test separately. In fact, I did not tell him it was water set to 50. He thought he...

Just went to clean the cartridges in my new Dolphin Triton Plus (which I do NOT recommend) and noticed they were green. They are usually brown when they need cleaning from the dirt and debris but this time they were blatantly green. And as I rinsed them the water ran off green. My husband...

I am working on getting my CYA up from 20 to 40. I have following the advice of the boards and put it in an old sock and submerged it in my skimmer. It's been 24 hours. Three questions. 1. How long should it take until the sock is empty? I was shocked to find it is still full after 24 hours. 2...

I noticed something today that I would like to get clarification on. On the Recommended Levels document, on this site, a plaster pool shows Alkalinity should be 70-90+. I have been shooting for 80. However, I just noticed in my TF-100 kit it recommends 100-120. I know Alkalinity and Ph are...

I am so beyond frustrated with this pool. Last year we started getting unsightly stains on our white gunite pool. They got worse all summer. The man who opens and closes are pool explained it was metal stains and that we would need to do the treatment when our pool was closed and our chlorine...

Hey guys! I have a new Dolphin Triton Plus. When we first got it we didn't have much trouble with it getting stuck on our VGB main drain. However, for the last few weeks, it gets stuck multiple times during a cycle. I found the following FAQ article that addresses this...

We drained the pool...again. And we now have a CYA of 50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! However, in doing so we seriously tweaked the rest of our chemicals. FC - 3.5 CC - .5 PH - 7.2-7.5 CH - 155 TA - 50 CYA - 50 Pool math recommends the following: 38 ounces of 10% bleach 187 ounces of CH 56 oz...

We are using Pool Math to bring our chlorine up but I am concerned I am not using it right? For our CYA and pool size it says our goal FC level is 6. This morning we were at 0 TC and it said to add 92 ounces of 10% Liquid Chlorine to get to 6. We did but it only got us up to 1. So we entered...

I just got the TF-100 testing kit. When testing Alkalinity is says to "add R-0009 one drop at a time, swirling between each drop. Wipe the tip of the bottle after every drop with a damp cloth." I am curious why this is done as it is not specified in any other test and how important it is to...

I am at Wal Mart and have found they have Pool Essentials Chlorinating Liquid for $2.50 a bottle. How do I know what is considered too old. This all was bottled on March 24 of this year. I assume that is ok but I also assumed trusting the pool store would be ok... ? Thanks!

We just purchased a solar cover for our pool after mice destroyed the one we stored for the winter in my mom's shed. We have a free form pool so I purchased a rectangular shaped cover and plan to trim. We laid it out over the pool for three days and then did a "rough" trim. I could have...

I am ready to pull my hair out. We are going into our third season as pool owners. We have a 12,000 gallon in ground gunite pool. Last year we noticed this awful staining on our pool. We called the guy who opens and closes our pools and he explained it was likely a metal and we couldn't do...