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    Summer has arrived.

    Went for the first swim of the season today. Air temp. 96 Water temp. 72. Yea we have smog, traffic and crazy people but I still love L.A. 8)
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    D.E. Amount by volume

    My Pentair SMBW 4060 Fitler calls for 6.0 pounds by weight of D.E. I do not have a scale to weight the D.E. Can anyone tell me how much in volume that would be.
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    IntelliChlor SWG Salt Level Reading

    I have a IntelliChlor IC20 SWG on my pool that is reading the salt level at being between 2500-2900ppm. My own test using the AquaCheck test strip is reading 3280ppm. I even took a sample to the pool store to get a 2nd test to verify. The owners manual say's "The cell will continue to produce...
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    White Stain at Water Line

    Since I had to remove 42% of the water to get my CH level corrected I figured it would be a good time to remove the water line stain. I started out w/ a 4:1 mixture of muriatic acid and water in a sprayer. It would not remove it. 2:1 NOTHING. 100% NOTHING. I have tried using a brush and a...
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    Lowering CH

    Can anyone tell me approx. how many gallons of water I would need to replace in a 12,000 gal. pool to lower my CH from 460 to 300? Thanks. Don
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    TF-100 arrived and the results are in. Help

    I want to first say what an awsome test kit. Very easy to use. Here are the results: Water Temp. 54 F Chlorine: 0 w/ the basic kit pH: 7.3 T/A: 50 CH: 500 CYA: 48 SALT: 4490 Should I do the test for FC, CC, & TC when the basic test shows 0? I had no idea the salt level was so high. The SWG...
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    Stinkyfish

    Hello everyone and Happy New Year. Don't let the name scare you. I like to fish and I also have a saltwater aquairium at home. I'm tired of getting getting told I need something new to put in my pool everytime I go to the pool store. I ordered the TF test kit and it should arrive soon. Thank you...