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    I could use some help.

    Still looking for a hand on this. I have shocked the pool way past what is needed to compensate for CYA, which is 20, PH is 7.4, salt 3250, took the chlorine to 15 ppm. Have added a full bottle of metal free from Leslie's pool supply. My pool is not big, so 32 oz should do the trick based on the...
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    I could use some help.

    Hail all and well met. I recently read the thread on cleaning up the pool with ascorbic acid. I took my 4 jandy filter cartridges, about 3 feet tall and about 10 inches each in circumference, and put them in a tall bucket with some serious vitamin C. They were brown and red, and after the...
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    ascorbic acid vs stains results

    Thanks for the reply Bama. I am in the process of running the full treatment now. Its amazing how quickly it cleaned up the pool.
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    ascorbic acid vs stains results

    Hi all, recently started to notice that all my plastic plastic parts in our pool and our polaris were taking on a dull yellow/brown discoloration. Most notable on the skimmer baskets and baskets in the main pump and water feature pump. So I took the water to a lab, not a pool store and found...
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    White buildup on tile at water line, help!

    Hi all, I noticed last week a little white line along the water line in the pool figured it was calcium? So I didnt add water for a week and let the water get down a bit. The white really became noticeable on the tile once it dried out. Any ideas what this is? I tried using muriatic acid and...
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    Drain Cover Recall!

    Here are some links I found with photos/model numbers to help see if your drain covers are in the recall. I didn't want to swim down and unscrew one without having an idea first. Sure enough mine are in the recall. cpsc.gov site with sample photos...
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    Pump making odd noise! (video attached)

    Well warranty came and took a look at the pump, it was definitely bad bearings. Just wanted to update in case anyone else has pump noise like this in the future. Now apparently its smooth and quiet again.
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    What is this tool? Pressure washer disc sander

    You are looking for a "water feed" sander. http://www.amazon.com/Water-Feed-Orbita ... B004JKRX5C
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    Pump making odd noise! (video attached)

    I found this youtube of someone with a similar problem. I have hearing problems, but I "think" this sounds close to the same. Can someone listen to it and give me some feedback? His issue was bearings, does that sound right ? Thanks much for the help.
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    Pump making odd noise! (video attached)

    Bama, no air in the pump basket. I have 3 returns (2 skimmers, deep end drains, hot tub drain). My pressure is on track, its normally 14 psi when the filter is clean and thats where I am sitting now.
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    Pump making odd noise! (video attached)

    Hi all, a few weeks ago I noticed my 1 year old pump is making an odd pulsating sound and seems to be getting louder as days go by. It is a 2 hp jandy pump. The water seems to be pumping fairly smoothly still and the pressure gauge pulses ever so slightly. The pump next to it is for the...
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    New to Site - Cloudy Water

    Your pool looks much like mine did in this post, notice the green cast to the water. looking-for-assistance-on-a-green-pool-t29391.html My CYA was too high as well, after draining some water and lowering the CYA, the shock worked very quickly. Once the water was blue but still cloudy, I used...
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    Can algae affect a salinity reading ?

    HI all, I recently went through a round of algae, during which my salt cell salinty read 3300-3400 ppm, while in reality it was 2200-2400 ppm. Now, that the algae has cleared my cell is reading now 2600 ppm, could the algae have caused that ?
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    Looking for assistance on a green pool

    Well I must say thanks to all here at TFP that assisted me in my first algae break out. Last night I refilled the pool, got the cya down to 30 ppm, and hit it with a heavy dose of chlorine based on chemgeeks cya chart created for the Algae section. I stayed up all night and kept checking the...
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    Looking for assistance on a green pool

    Thanks for the reply I tried that, no luck water comes up from the deep end drains and the float, well just floats up. There has to be another way to configure that skimmer for a more locked down water flow, I wonder if my setup guy just didnt leave the parts necessary ?
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    Looking for assistance on a green pool

    I will try the eraser for sure thats a great idea. I have a couple more questions if you will tolerate me :cry: I am in the process of draining, and having some problems. I have 2 skimmers: one in the shallow end plumbed all by itself to the pump. I have one in the deep end that is plumbed...
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    Looking for assistance on a green pool

    I am in the process of draining some water and getting that CYA down. I have noticed I do not see any accumulations on walls, steps or other surfaces. Is this a sign that this may not be algae in nature? Right now my water still looks like the photo above, slightly cloudy with a green cast to...
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    Looking for assistance on a green pool

    Jason, thanks much for the reply. I have used 2 bags from Walmart that were cya based, and 2 from my local pool supply called leslies that were CH based. I was thinking about draining some water and filling fresh tomorrow. My cya before I added the 2 bags of shock was 33, now its 100+ like...
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    Looking for assistance on a green pool

    I could really use some help. I currently have a 10k gallon green pool. (photo attached) Normally its very blue and looks great. This all started Friday night, had high ph 8.1, and almost no chlorine, So i turned up the Jandy salt cell and added some acid to bring it down. By Sat morning...
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    Privacy Screen / Waterwall

    I can vouch for water features raising PH, my wife runs all of ours almost daily and it seems I am constantly buying muriatic acid from the home depot.
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    older fox pool coping question

    I am guessing by your pic that you have pretty much the same type pool I grew up with. Does the coping you have look like this? [attachment=0:3i46re3o]Coping_Retail06.jpg[/attachment:3i46re3o] [attachment=1:3i46re3o]Xbrace.jpg[/attachment:3i46re3o] If so, I can tell you will need to have...