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Hi everyone, I have been struggling with my pool all season and can't get it clear. I suspect that my filter is leaking and the cloudiness is a result of sand particles suspended in the water. A couple times I have add floc and everything settles on the bottom and the water is crystal clear...

Tried getting an early start on the opening this year. My pool had lost nearly 4/5 of the water of winter through a disconnected pipe. I know its bad for an above ground pool to be empty for long but the structure seemed fine. So last weekend we drained the remaining water, grabbed a brush, used...

Hi everyone... Good to be back on the Forum...weather is getting nice in NJ and I'm a week or two away from opening my pool. At the end of the pool season, I managed to run my pump dry and burnt the motor. I am now looking to get a new motor and was hoping for some suggestions. I have an above...

Hey all. Had a family party then a few days later the wife and I went on vacation (8 days) to Jamaica. Had a couple of pucks in the pool to maintain, but clearly it wasn't enough. Came back to a swamp. Got back on July 6th...been fighting with my pool since. bleached heavily, got it back to a...

Hello. Just had a quick question regarding chlorine levels. I used a test kit to see my CYA is around 40-50, which gives me a minimum chlorine level of 4 ppm with a target of 6 ppm. I could swear that I've read somewhere (might've been on the leslie's test kit) that you shouldn't enter the...

Hi all. I'm on the verge of closing a pool for the first time. I have a 37' round AG pool about 4.5' deep. I plan on boosting chlorine (clorox) and adding some algecide and then draining the water below the skimmer lines. My pool also has a drain on the bottom that gets fed to the filter. I'm...

Hi all. Had a quick question as far as pump timers, but first wanted to say thanks for the website and it really is a life saver. I openned my pool (bought a house in March with an AG 27x4. It took me all of three weeks to get the water clean and its nearly perfect (tiny bit cloudy) and coming...