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Good to know about the chemicals. Thank you! Ill do some more thinking about the water level. I do have control over the water source whether bottom drain or skimmers.

Good Morning TFP! After a beautiful summer in our new to us pool (thanks to everyone here) alas it is now too cold to swim in my opinion :cool: As evidenced below, we have a gunite pool and I don't plan to cover it for winter. Im doing daily cleanup for leaves and debris ( and would continue...

230PM- FC tested at 24. Sunny day out. Had both pumps running all morning. Main pump was running all night. Here is the pool as it stands. Most bubbles have gone away. You can see what the waterfalls are creating but it dissipates. Not really sure how to capture and remove it. It isn't foam...

Lol yall are reaallllllllll funny! Its a Mountain Dew morning for sure :sleep: Well, yes my clothes are extremely clean this morning haha and the whole backyard smells like as someone quoted "pine trees and summer breezes". A little update: I turned the waterfalls on this morning and the foam...

230AM Update: All surface foam appears to be out. Method: Wife with net on pole/scooping out skimmer. Me in pool with water hose. Shut off all pump valves except for skimmer. Spray surface foam with water hose to direct it to skimmer and rake it out as it collects. Got pH back to 7.5 then...

Thank you! been scooping foam since I first noticed! drained about 500 gal and am pumping in some fresh. Adding bleach now too...is it really gonna take two weeks to fix this??

Perhaps the dumbest moment of my life. Went to add 10 pounds of baking soda to the pool to bring the TA up...got home, opened the box, dumped it in.... its ARM AND HAMMER...LAUNDRY DETERGENT. NOT BAKING SODA. What the heck should I do? Its in there, all 10 pounds. HELP!

All went well with y'alls suggestions! Pool tested at 7.8 pH after a hard rain. Id call it a success!

Not babbling to me! Im listening for any and all ideas! I appreciate your time to respond. I think Im gonna get a pool electrician ( if there is such a thing to come take a look, Im just in the deep end so to speak starting out).

Good Morning TFP! Just made my first small donation. Thank you all very much for all you do for us newbs! So Im in west TN, and its been HOT, like index's of 105+, ambient temps of 95 for about the last three weeks. Pool has been doing amazing at self regulating, I've been testing weekly, life...

Pegged 89 last night with no heater yet this year in Memphis, TN. CLOSE TO BATHWATER! Ran the waterfalls last night and got it to 88. H.I. was 113 yesterday.

Great idea! Stealing this for the wife. Thanks!

thats always fun to be able to brag on homemade!

While all good ideas and I can appreciate where they are going, I feel that this is too much for things that aren't broken at this time. I see what you mean about these systems only having four relay circuits. Im thinking main pump, fountain pump, polaris pump, and SWG. I don't feel the need to...

So in response, I figured out that my two main pumps were 1 hp each and the polaris pump was 3/4 hp. Regardless, I think considering all my equipment is functioning correctly, that my money is most wisely spent on getting my pump times automated. Having said all that, what can I do along that...

Good Evening, We have a 35,000 gal pool. Features are main filter pump ( on manual switch- 1 hp motor-wired at 220) Waterfall pump with separate filter ( on manual switch- 1 hp motor-wired at 220) Polaris 380 Cleaner ( on separate switch-3/4 hp motor-wired at 220) Aquapure Apure1400 SWCG (...

Jus ta little update...pool has been doing great! FC down to about 4.5 now, PH 7.6 and TA is level. Went for our first swim! Felt great! No issues and all signs of algae gone! Thank you to all who helped!

Update: After two days of non stop running and only adding some muriatic acid, I got the following test results tonight. SWCG has been set to 50% the whole time. I turned it down to 30% tonight. Atmospheric Temps have been lower this week with no rain and in the 60-78 range. Water looks great...

Black and white! Love it! Will do!

Interesting! Ok! Thanks for the link. For a second I was like dang is that algae??? But then I thought there's no way that could be that much algae floating around preying on my unavailability and the 9 FC water haha! Ok so if thats normal, and I've maintained a 9+ FC for 7 days ( 14+ for about...

Ok so I just got home and ran a test. Pool was unattended from Friday night till now (Sunday 8PM). Water levels receded about two inches due to Polaris tail streaming water into landscaping (doh). Anyway, FC tested at 9PPM, CC tested at less than .5PPM. Water appears clear and ok from what I...

Well thanks all! I appreciate the compliments! We like it too :D And sorry for the delay, had to make a last minute 8 hour drive to see my parents and new nephew! Two points of clarity: I would say the CYA is right at 30PPM. I probably should have avoided the less than statement. I do have...

ok results are in ( I followed the directions as close as possible!) 14 PPM FC 1 PPM CC 7.65 pH (false reading?) 9 PPM TA 230 PPM CH <30 PPM CYA Since Wednesday I have only filtered, brushed, and added 1 gal of chlorine late Wednesday. Even ran the waterfalls last night for an hour. Pics of...

Man this forum is hopping! Didn't test anything today at pool store ( got home too late). Kit arrives tomorrow. Brushed pool this evening. Chlorine still tests high on test strip. Did add 1 gallon of liquid chlorine 7.86%. Happy to report that all spots are now gone from all the flagstone and...

Yes everything ya'll are saying makes sense! Thank you so much for not running us all off for asking dumb questions. Ill get my sig updated too. Ok so Im going to maintain a holding pattern of brushing and cleaning until test kit comes Friday. Will update then. Thank you all!

Question: What is wrong with using the "algae control" that they sold me? ( can't return it anyway) I don't believe it contains any metals per the MSDS. I brought up the calculator and it makes good sense however I get this when I plug in all my test results with only a desire to lower pH to...

Ok test kit is on the way. Im gonna go get one more free test just to see what they say is going on with it this evening. I will hold off adding anything else. What should I use to get the pH down? Is there like a secret list of household ingredients people use???

Like the rest of us schlubs, I'm new to the pool game. I have tried to do my research. Ill keep it short and sweet: Problem- green algae spots formed sometime between Monday night and Tuesday evening on some horizontal flag stone surfaces ( mostly on shallow areas). Freaked out. Didn't want to...