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My pool for the most part has been very clean and clear thanks to following the TFP way, however I have noticed that whenever I open the cover, there is a film on the surface of the water that looks like it could be algae (or something else?). I tried to capture it in some pictures. It goes away...

I have recently started having an issue where the breaker that feeds my main pump and my SWGC (through a relay on my AquaLink automation) keeps getting tripped at random times. I haven’t been able to identify a particular event that triggers it. I did just recently replace my single sleep pump...

I just put in a pool last summer, and love everything about it except that the pool pump is about 6 feet from the patio where we want to sit and relax. I am looking for the best long term solution to make my poolside experience more enjoyable (with maybe some other benefits). One solution...

I have an autocover, and noticed recently that when I open it, there is a film over parts of the water. It clears pretty quickly (goes into the skimmers), but comes back every time I close/open the cover. Seems like maybe something on the bottom of the cover. I have also noticed a faint...

I am having a tough time maintaining a consistent FC level with my SWG. At issue is that I have an autocover that may remain closed for days at a time (I have little kids, so don’t want to leave it open when not in use), but then some times it will be open all day for a couple of days. Every...

Is it normal to have to add a gallon of MA a week just to keep ph in check? I am trying to keep my PH between 7.2 and 7.4, but every three days or so it climbs up above 7.8, prompting me to add another couple quarts of MA. My TA is also stubbornly high — I have been unable to get it below 100...

I'm a new pool owner/maintainer. My pool was plastered/filled last winter, but they closed it without adding the salt, so I just opened it a couple of weeks ago. They had originally just cleaned it, shocked it, and balanced it, and threw in some chlorine tabs to make it swimmable for the...

My pool was installed over the winter here in New York, so after the brushing phase, they closed it without adding any of the salt, and said they would do it when they opened it this spring. They came out at the beginning of last week and opened it and cleaned it, but because they were “busy”...

I just put in my pool/spa recently, and before closing it up for the winter, the installer said it was fine to fire up the spa. Since it is getting freezing here overnight, I have the automation set up with freeze protection, to keep everything flowing. Now that there is water in the spa jet...

Hi all, I’m new here, but I’m sure I’ll be back often, as we just put in a new pool. My pool builder plastered the pool on Thursday (Nov 29th), and I guess because of the temperature, filled it on Friday (the 29th). Everything I have read here and elsewhere about start up stresses the...