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Hello, Starting a couple days ago, green algae has started appearing in the deep end (shaded). They brush off easy but come back in different spots. It is only a few square inches at a time. Any ideas what may be the cause? Pump runs 8 hrs a day, and I use 8 oz daily of 73% cal hypo as the...

Hello, This is more of a general question and any additional help would be much appreciated. I have a polaris 380 that I run for ~2-3 hours a day. Lately, the tail has not been sweeping, hampering the cleaner's performance. It also does circles for what seems like most of the run time. Could...

Hello, I have a 2 hp ao smith centurion pump and would like to replace with vs as it currently uses about $100 worth of electricity every month. How do I go about doing this? I don't want the warranty cut short by purchasing it online, but would rather not have a pool store do it, seems...

Hello, Can low calcium make staining easier? My neighbor has a oak tree and sometimes acorns drop into the bottom and leave small brown stains. These esaily come out over a week or with calhypo. Anyways, will a CH of 150 or less cause this? FC 3.5 CC 3.5 TA 90 CH 132 (I am going to add 10 lbs...

Does or has anyone here use(d) bleach and trichlor tabs together instead of one or the other? Jay

Does anyone know the chlorine % of Walmart "top job" and/or HEB Hill Country Fare bleach? This is the $1/96 oz jugs. I think it is 2.5 or lower because I have been using 1 container a day in my pool and I am having trouble maintaining free chlorine. HEB sells 8.25% for $2.64/1gal and I plan on...

Hello, I have had nothing but endless problems after switching to bleach from trichlor. About 2 days after switching, I started to have trouble maintaining chlorine. Everythung else is fine, but my stabilizer has gone from 96 down to 40 in the past 2 months. Last week, it rained and flooded the...

Hello, I was considering an automatic chlorinator(inline), the kind you put the tricolor tabs into. Anyways, based on my setup, where should I put it? In the picture to the right, there was a heater there at one time, but it was removed. There is two pipes (not shown), coming out of the ground...

Hello, I am a new pool owner and my pool has a Polaris p380. Anyways, it will not sit flat, and it turns on its side constantly. I have tried adjusting the jet on the back and the sweep hose screw(my sweep hose is also not sweeping, maybe that is related). I will take the hose and set it upright...