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No I didn't turn anything off except the electrical to the pump. I called the pool store and the guy told me to put fresh water in the filter basket, even with it mostly full of hot water, cover and try backwash with all valves open. This worked. So at least the filter is running again. I...

My pump has been off for an hour now, the pressure is almost 35 dpi and the water is not going out of the filter basket area like it normally does when the pump is off and the lid off. Something must be clogged, right? Could that be connected to the water loss issue?

I don't think the skimmer could have been sucking air. The water is only down 2 1/4 inches..the skimmer has lots and lots of water in it. I can always hear when it sucks air..it is loud. When I found nothing coming out thru the jets, there was no water moving at all..it was boiling in the...

I turned on the pump again, nearly 3 hours ago, just went out to check it and found that there was nothing coming out of the jets..and the pump sounded funny. I turned it off, removed the cover on the filter basket and found the water was boiling hot! What in the WORLD is going on? I will...

I turned the pump off overnight and lost 3/4 inch of water (exactly) in 12 hours. Does that tell me more about what to do next? Thank you Ike for your directions. I am wondering too if we didn't connect something right or left something off since this is our first year to open the pool...

I will leave the pump off tonight and let you know in the morning. Thanks!

I received my TF-100 test kit on Friday (thanks for getting it here so fast!) and here are my results: FC 3 CC 0 TC 3 pH 7.5 T/A 140 (was 160 two days ago, so it is coming down!) CH 250 CYA <20 Temp 82 I put stabilizer in the skimmer last Tuesday, 5 days ago, it was completely gone out of the...

Yeah that makes sense that the CYA should have been closer to zero. We took all the water out and power washed it. Aerate, okay I can do that, no problem. Will check out the other ideas too, thanks so much!

Dang..should have asked before I added the pH minus. Should I add some pH plus to bring it back up? I think my target is really 7.2 because my T/A is a little high.

Thanks that helps so much! I got the CYA in an old sock and sort of curved it around the side and top of the skimmer basket so that debris can still get in there. I guess I will have to check it often to make sure it doesn't get clogged. I think this is helping keep that white cloudy stuff...

I am learning to correctly care for my pool..in the past we have relied on the pool store to do it..but they never really taught us..so I am thrilled to find this wonderful forum! We just drained and refilled our pool with well water. I poured most of a huge jug of bleach (182 oz) into the...

Testing for metals: we have had it tested in the past and it always tested high.

The pool is still filling, shallow end has about 4 inches of water in it. Tested at the deep end as far as I could reach, maybe 10-12 in down. ph 7.2 TA 230 Heading to the Pool Calculator now to see how much CYA I need. Thank you so much for your help!

Hi I am Missy from Ozark, MO. This is our 7th season to have our 30 some-odd year old cement pool..and the first year not to have the pool guys take care of opening it. We decided it would save a whole lot to just go buy the chemicals we usually use and then have the pool guys tell us what to...