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Well i could not find any damage at all and i think the connections were either really tight or glued together cause i could not get them apart with a "reasonable" amount of force. The sand i took out was not the same as what i put in. The grains were kinda layered from pretty big gravel at...

I did do a search before i decided to post. I have been getting a slow, constant sand acumulation under my return jet. Probably a cup or so every 3-4 days. I found a few threads that point to laterals in my filter. The guy at the pool store confirmed that either the laterals were damaged or...

Well its been a few weeks now. The water is in the upper 70's. Balanced and nice & clear. Thanks for the help. Thanks to you guys and everyone else on the board, i went from having no experience to operating a clean and healthy swimmin pool in 2 weeks and for under $100. Well i havent gotten...

Added a full box of 20 mule team borax last night and got the PH to 7.6 and its holding there. The pool calculator said that it would take 3 times as much. So now my total alkalinity is still at 60 so if i add baking sodato correct that, my Ph will probably go off again. I supose i will just...

Another question. My system has a gizmo on it for trichlor pucks. Instead of buying stabiliser, should i use the pucks untill my CYA comes up to where it should be? Or would that take forever?

The 4 1/2 gallons of bleach i dumped in last night made a big difference. The water is now a little milky but i can see the bottom of the deep end. I came home from work and the ups guy had been here. Probably no suprise to you guys but the test stripswere just not acurate except for the PH...

Well i closed on this house last november and the pool was closed when i moved in. It wasopen and beautiful the first time i came to see the house. This is my first time maintaining a pool and its a big one. Its 20'x40' 3' deep at the shallow end and 10' at the deep end. I figure around 39,000...

Thanks for the input. I had already figured i wouldnt use the tablet gizmo because of them raising the stabiliser levels in the pool that cant be removed. (water bills get higher every quarter) That seems to be the overwhelming opinion in all the posts i have read sofar. The pool is 20x40. 3'...

Hello. I just bought a house last fall that has a swimming pool. I love swimming but have never maintained a pool before. I have been reading up on chemistry and testing and that all seems like more of a science then an art. (i like clear rules to follow). I might be ok there, we will find out...