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Hi All, We had an 21' round AGP installed 6 years ago and we've had leaking from the in-wall skimmer. This is going to be my 3rd skimmer replacement in 6 years. Does anyone else have this type of skimmer installed on their pools? Most skimmers I see online is where the red border is at. But...

The E70 is the newer model. The E70 has different colors, water temperature sensor, and in/out of water sensor. Otherwise, its mostly the M600.

The only thing I wished they added to the above ground robots was the anti-tangle cord. Adding a dolphin anti-tangle cord will set you back another $300.

Hi all, I'm getting mixed responses when asking about what Dolphin cleaner can be used in an above ground pool. I was reading that some use the Dolphin Nautilus CC Plus on their hard sided AGP. But then I talked to a Dolphin repair shop and they recommend staying with just a floor cleaner like...

Hi Everyone, i was wondering if there is a difference between the LaMotte DPD 1A, DPD 1B, DPD 3 vs the Taylor’s R-0001, R-0002, and R-0003? I used the LaMotte and Taylor reagents on the Color Q Pro 7 and the produced similar results. The only difference is that the Color Q uses a spectrometer...

Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone has used flex core PVC Schedule 40 for their above ground pool? Is a pool plumbing a pressure application? I was excited to hard plumb my AGP and it was going great. I was cutting the PVC pipe with a ratchet cutter and it was going well until I started...

Couple of questions: 1) Do we really need to use Polyquat 60 Algaecide? or can we leave it out? Consequence? 2) When to add the Algaecide? Before or after TC at shock level? Thanks in advance!

Thanks for clarifying the procedure everyone!!

Hi Everyone, I've been testing my pool water fairly regularly and wanted to know if I should stop my TA test when the water turns to pink or red? My Ta has been 100 when it turns pink, 110 when it turns red. Which should I use?

Thanks Divin Dave. According to PoolMath at my given level of TA and Borate, I should add 79 oz of Borax to raise my PH to 7.5. Do I just spread the Borax in the pool?

Hi Everyone, It's been raining here in Chicago and I've had my solar cover on and left my Frog (getting rid of this when my heater gets installed) on at 4. I tested my water today and my results were from My ColorQ Pro 7 were FC 9.85, TCL 9.85, Ph 7.0, Alk 96, CH 124, and CYA 22. My Br level is...

I haven't added the CYA yet. It's at 22 right now. I've opened the dichlor and used it to increase the cya to the current level.

I bought a 25lb bucket of dichlor before i fiund this site. Can i use that to raise my FC and CYA. Once i get my CYA to 20-30 then use liquid chlorine?

Duh. Thanks @Donldson

Hi all, I'm using a ColorQ Pro 7 and wanted to know of CC is the same as TCL? I'm thinking it is. I took a second water test today and my numbers are: fc 1.16 tcl=cc=1.38 ph 7.2 ta 138 ch 148 cya 18 I was reading in Pool School that I should keep tcl=cc=0.5. Since this is a new pool and...

I could empty the frog and just use itt when i go out of town or something. Dow you think a SWG is worth it?

Thanks @MarianParoo. It's my first pool and it's been 3 weeks since it was filled. As for chrlorine, I'm using the pool frog system. I have it set to 4. For CYA, I should put it in a sock and keep it by the skimmer? My water is clear.

Hi Everyone, I did my first water test using the LaMotte ColorQ7. Here's my first numbers: test now target resolve fcl/tcl 1.87/2.03 1 none ph 7.2 7.5 25 oz weight washing soda aly 142 90 none ch 132 300 add 197 oz calcium chloride cya 16 40 33 oz of...

Hi Everyone, Here's what I have: - Waterway Clearwater II with 1 1/2" MPT x 1 1/2" Male Smooth Hose adapter - Rheem R266 with 2" x 2 1/2" water connections - Skimmer and return are 1 1/2" The plan is to install a heater bypass and hard plumb all the connections. Should I use 1 1/2" or 2" Sched...

Hi Everyone, I bought a Rheem/Raypak 266k Btu from American Sale with $200 coupon. I thought it was a great deal until i looked at inyopools.com. The exact same heater is $300 lower with free shipping and no sales tax and the cupro-nickel for $72 more. Has anyone bought their heaters online...

The check valve will be between the heater and the frog. So it'll go something like pool -> pump -> filter -> heater -> check valve -> frog -> return to pool.

Hi Everyone, I've narrowed down my heater choice to a Rheem heater. I have a 21' round AGP (~10k gallons) and deciding between the 206k BTU or the 266k BTU heater. There's currently only a $100 difference to get the 266kBTU one. Do you think the 266k BTU an overkill? Also, is it more common...

Hi Everyone, Mike here from Illinois. First time pool owner. Just installed a 21' round. Looking to get a heater installed before opening the pool on Memorial Day.