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Hi I've developed this white haze around the tile. I haven't tested with muriatic acid to see if it's calcium but I assume it is? I can go over it with dilute MA but I am concerned that it will remove the grout. Would love to hear any tips or recommendations! Thanks

I was going to ask a SLAM question too so will tack it on here. I have SLAMed in the past but usually mid season and it takes about 4-5 days. This year, I am SLAMing after opening and I am up to well over a week with a CC of 1.5 still. The water is so clear but I know the criteria. I am well...

Hi As the title says, I added my DE before remembering to switch the filter back to filter mode and all DE went into the pool. I brushed and filtered and then backwashed and added DE the right way. Won't make that error again. I had read here that there is no need to take apart the filter...

So, all season I was never able to budge a ring of scale from my pool left over from the previous winter (Scaling - does it help to add additional chemicals beyond controlling chemistry?). I have drained the pool below the ring for the winter closing. I thought of taking a sponge and wiping...

Hi I have an aquarite/goldrite panel and a t-15 cell. I recently replaced the old cell with the same model, brand name and brand new - not generic. Something has been going on and I hope that someone recognizes the issue. :confused: The unit stops putting out chlorine, and I reset it, and...

I never paid much attention to run time but I would like to. I have a sta-rite filter, system:3 S8D110. It does not seem to be variable speed. Looking on the filter, it shows a max flow rate of 106 Gal/min and a filtration area of 53 sqft for a filtration rate of 2 gpm/sqft. I assume flow...

earlier this year I had to SLAM and I will stand up and confess. I failed the 3rd piece by not checking the OCLT. CC was 0.5 and the water was clear. I think that set me up for this need to slam again. I came back from a week vacation and it was a bit cloudy - so I knew I had a demand since...

I am not sure what is happening here, and my pool folks haven't a clue. My skimmers are newish, so I only have a season or so with them. I can feel suction in the skimmers, and there is good water and debris flow into them. The issue is that the basket doesn't fill with leaves - the leaves...

I have been slamming for about 9 days now. The pool on opening was a murky, brown mess. The CC has gone from 2 to 1.5 and hasn't budged in a while. I am keeping it at shock levels. Using the TF test kit I have a DE filter that doesn't need to be backwashed, pressure above starting...

I live in Philly and I have a reasonably new, dark pebbletec finish. I didn't see any way that over the winter I can control my pool chemistry, and this year I have opened the pool to some hazy bathtub ring like scaling on the walls. Haze, not patches of splotchy chunks. Needless to say, my...

I renovated my pool completely last summer. Pebbletec, new bluestone deck. Previously it was plaster wall and concrete deck. This year, I immediately started noticing the water level dropping fast. Previously, in my 6 years of ownership, I never had any issues with having to fill the pool...

This is the first year I am going periodically check pH and FC levels every few weeks, as I am trying to be nice to my new, dark pebbletec finish. I assume that it would be ok to broadcast MA and liquid Cl through my meyco mesh safety cover (not solid), and then rinse it with the hose from my...

I have always closed my pool in the winter and not done much with it. I drain the pool below the returns and plug the lines. The main pump is shut down. I have a new, dark pebble tec finish and was told that if I kept a small recirculation pump half suspended in the pool (attached to string...

Had our pool totally revnovated. Pebble tec finish went on yesterday. They then filled the pool and started my equipment --- and then added chlorine. This morning, I went to check chemistry (since it is new fill water) and looked up start up sheet for pebble tec. Very adamant (on all sites...

I thought I had posted on this before but I guess I never did. I have always atributed this issue to calcium and I scrape it off but I am not sure anymore. Maybe someone here can help me eradicate it. It's hard to get a picture but little white splotches appear on the plaster. This happens...

I'm having a vacuum issue all of a sudden this year and I am not sure why - perhaps because I don't know how the system actually works. The vacuum line is in the pool wall with a dedicated port/line. Each year the folks who open my pool warn me to close it saying it's dangerous, system no longer...

My pool is closed from Sept to memorial day. When it's open, I am great about taking care of it and keeping things humming. When the pool closes and the lines and closed and pump/filter winterized, I have a monthly winter pool service. Well after 3 winters, I am quesitoning whether I need it...

This year I ditched the normal doses of algaecide in favor of the maintenance I learned in here. the water is clear and the chemistry is balanced. I check on the FC frequently to keep my SWG on target. What I noticed today is grey slippery slime on the pool walls, mainly near the tile line...

Thanks to the forum my chemistry is finally bangin' :goodjob: Todays chemistry: FC 8 pH 7.3-4 TA 70 CH 200 CYA 80 Temp 82 Based on the pool calculator, the csi -0.79 "Corrosion of plaster likely". Not until it gets to more than -0.30 does it say "balanced". This is not what I have heard...

I have successfully lowered my TA from 130 to now between 70-80. I will get it squarely to 70 in the next couple of days and want to add borates. My CYA is high enough now (about 70) that I am running the SWG less so the constant pH rises are likely to be slower, esp with the TA down more...

I had a CC level of 1.0 and shocked the pool down to a level of 0.0 2 days later, with the help of rain, FC drifted down to 9.5 and I have a CC of 0.5 already today. No heavy swimming since the shock. Does this suggest algae, is it the rain, something else .... or is this normal? I don't...

I am trying to stabilize my upward pH swings. I know the TA reduction process can take a while but assuming I can drop to 7.2 with MA and aerate up to 7.4 daily and repeat, what time frame am I looking at? Currently TA 130 and holding. Any educated guess? This week I have added acid 3x but...

Already getting great advice here. I am in my new place for the 3rd summer and now finally have the attention to spend toward understanding my pool. All the advice from the pool builder and local supply stores are contradictory so I am happy to be here. I have some work to do (pH issues...

I am adjusting my pool management based on the information I am finding in here, particularly from pool school and the pool calculator. Here is my question based on what manuals and labels are telling me: 1. Based on my current CYA level, pool calculator suggests 4-8 ppm of FC with shock level...

I took ownership of a pool when we moved in 3 summers ago and I am finally getting serious about learning the ropes. When we moved in the sellers told us to bypass the whole house water softener when filling the pool. They said the pool builder told them the soft water would leech minerals/etc...