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I'm commonly seeing settlement at the bottom of my pool, mostly on the shallow end and side of pool that has the returns. For a while, I thought it was just organic matter that was blown into the pool and settled. So my question is: does this look like a) settled organic matter, b) alge, c)...

I had to open the pool late due to repairs to plaster in the shallow end. There was a lot of organic material in the deep end that wasn't emptied, very green (and frog city). I used fair amount of algaecide before I learned that was a mistake. The pool is now full and i can finally vac to waste...

I have an inground where the bottom drain feeds into the bottom of the skimmer bucket and then combines with skimmer water to a single line to the pump. Sadly, this gives me no control over bottom vs skimmer. I was curious to see how well the bottom drain worked, so I covered the pool-side of...

I can hear a crackling sound (perhaps air and water intermixing) from the multiport. Possibly from spider gasket? How do I tell if mine is serviceable?

I've been adding salt to my pool for 5 years now, and don't recall this kind of reaction when adding it. I added three, 45lb bags. For more details, my pool opened half-drained from a leak. So I had to re-add (through city and some help from rain water) 10,000 gallons. Naturally, all my...

To revive this thread with the same issue (as I don't see a final solution yet): I ran out of 0013 (it's now on order), so I took a sample to Leslies and they measured CYA at 0. I added 7lbs of stabilizer to the skimmer (premixing with water in bucket). The next trip Leslies's six days later...

I noticed in the pool school that recommend FC for SWG-pool is about 4+ (CYA 70+). I was under the impression that home pools should be FC 2 to 4. I keep mine barely at FC 2 (CC typically .5 at most). If the water stays clear, is that bad? Does the pool school recommend FC 4+ for safety or water...

Is lower pressure from the bottom drain expected if it feeds into the skimmer? I took off the cover, and couldn't feel much pressure when pressing my palm against the side-facing drain pipe. Maybe this is just enough to do the job without a safety risk, but wanted to confirm if I should look...