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I did have a leak that was making my test results out of wack. I looked all over the pool a thousand times and couldn't find it until the other night my boyfriend found a little bit of water leaking out of the pump. He tightened it and now we are leak free. I think I will be needing to close...

So I think I have a pin hole somewhere in my pool because I have been losing a good amount of water over a few day period and I have looked the pool up and down and I can't find it but since I have noticed the water disappearing I have been having to put new water in to keep it above the skimmer...

I'm looking at the expiration dates on my test kits and most of them are March and May of 2020. Are these supplies good for any period of time after their expiration date or should I buy new ones before I even open my pool next year?

So last night I tested my FC and CC and my CC was .5 and tonight it's 1. I know it's supposed to be .5 but can it be 1 and there not be any problems or does it mean he it's anything over .5 there's a problem?

So the weekend before last I was out of town and then came home only to get sick and needless to say my poor pool got neglected and this part Saturday I finally started feeling better and realized just how much. It was getting cloudy and had some dead leaves in it, a couple spots of green stuff...

When testing CYA it says to add water uhl you can't see the dot anymore. Well is it until you can't see the dot at all or just until it's cloudy and you can't see it clearly?

Sooooooo the pool I had last year had a skimmer which was great since there are alot of leaves around my pool. Well when buying my new pool this year I guess I didn't pay much attention to what I was buying and I got a pool without a skimmer so now I have two problems. I don't know how to get...

I know you can't add muriatic acid with other chemicals so I'm wondering how long after adding MA do you need to wait to add other chemicals? And also not counting MA can you add other chemicals at the same time like bleach and stabilizer? If not how long should you wait between those two? Thanks

So how long after adding chemicals can you retest too see if everything is within normal range or not?

So I just put up my brand new pool a week ago and added a gallon of bleach this morning (which I knew would make the chlorine really high but nobody will be in it for at least a week so figured that would be okay) and turned on the pump so I could test everything later today. Well I just tested...

Sooooo if you have read any of my posts over the last year you probably know that my swimming pool is surrounded by trees and I have found with them getting in my pool daily for a long time. Anyway I got a new pool last week and I decided that with that new pool I would get a cover too that way...

Okay last year there was a page on here that you could put in what your test results were and what your goal results were and it would tell you how much of something you need to add to reach your goal. I can't find that page now. Is it still available? I have seen where there is a new app you...

Soooooo since my old pool was old and NASTY and I had some extra money I just decided to get a new pool but since I've never done that before I was wondering do you have to SLAM a brand new pool or what all do you need to do.

So I have a couple questions. I'm thinking about getting a new pool and I am wondering which one everyone thinks is better. The metal frame ones or the easy set up ones? Also wanted opinions on pool heaters. Sadly my pool is near some trees and it doesn't get very much sunlight during the...

So somehow my pool cover came off a little bit during the winter and now my pool is SUPER nasty. I'm currently draining ALL the water out and then I'm going to tackle scrubbing it clean. I'm wondering what is the best thing to scrub it with. There is nasty black and green slim on the sides of...

Hi.....haven't posted for awhile because sadly here in WV it's winter time but I'm thinking about buying a new pump and sand filter for the new swimming year and just had a few questions. I'm VERY new to the owning a pool world, last year being the first year and I asked alot of questions and...

Last year we just put a big tarp over the pool and then tied it down so it couldn't move which worked fine but the only problem I found was that this spring when we went to open it there was alot of water, leaves and etc laying on top of the pool cover and as some of you know who have read my...

Sadly seeing that my pool doesn't get much sun during the day it normally has to be pretty hot out for the water to be tolerable to go swimming so since it's been getting a little cooler in the mornings and only in the low 80's it's probably going to be pool closing time soon so I thought I...

I'm not sure but I might have mentioned some where before about my PSI being pretty low and wondering if that was normal or not but I'm not sure if I did or not so figured I would ask. The pressure gauge we have on it (sand filter) has a 0 and a 5 and then 3 marks between them and it's usually...

I normally only check FC and PH regularly and usually only have to add chlorine. My PH was normally running around 7.6-7.8 and sometimes 7.4. Well the other day I added a little extra and got it down to 7.2 and my TA had been around 170-200 well tonight I checked and PH was up to 7.6 so I...

Was wondering how long you should leave pump running and should you do that at night or during the day or does it matter? Wondered if should be running when people are in the pool or if that matters either.

I have finally succeeded in getting a clean clear balanced pool. Only question I have right now is can you add bleach and muriatic acid at the same time or should there be some length of time between adding them? Thanks :D

So every since I replaced water and got all things in check and a crystal clear pool I have only been testing chlorine and ph until today I decided to test them all. First time in probably a week and a half or so. And I think my CYA went up a little. Was 60 and now I think it's between 65 and...

Was wondering where everyone gets there refill/replacement reagents for a Taylor K-2006C test kit? I checked on the Taylor website and they're not too bad priced but who doesn't want to save money if you can so thought I would get some suggestions from people who have had to buy them before...

My daughter just got one of those little 10X30 quick set up pools from a yard sale a couple weeks ago and did good with it for about a week but then they had to go out of town and when they came back the water was green....she was asking me what chemicals she needed to put in it to fix it and I...

Just thought of something I noticed earlier and thought I would ask. Anyone that has read any of my posts know that I've been fighting a cloudy pool. Just got new kit and working on trying to get water balanced. But earlier tonight I noticed some white spots on the bottom of the pool (vinyl...

I have an above ground vinyl pool. It's either a 15X42 or a 16X42 and I'm new to the whole testing thing...got good kit, did first test Sunday and CYA was above 100...but thinking I did it wrong (wasn't in the sunlight and my eye sight is horrible) so I've been waiting for the rain to go away...

Got my new test kit (K-2006C) Saturday and did first test on Sunday....below are the results of that test. My first question is since none of my tests are showing in the range they should be (or at least I don't think they are) which test would you suggest that I retest first and then in what...

Is it normal to have a sand filter with a normal PSI reading of 3 or 4? I've seen lots of people talking about way higher normals and to backwash when it reaches a certain amount over that but mine never goes anywhere close to those numbers......

Well I just got my test kit (K-2006C) today and tonight was reading the instruction and I am overwhelmed with where to even begin....I don't feel like the instruction book gives you enough detail on how to do the tests. Maybe I'll take another look at it in the morning but I don't know if I'll...