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I just received a new MX6 to replace a prior vacuum that was pretty beat up. I hooked it up exactly as instructed and exactly like the prior vacuum. Filters are clean, no debris, each section of the hose has suction, but there is absolutely NO wheel movement Unless I turn the RPM’s up well over...

Yes, I believe there is an inlet valve up top. If I ever wanted non-softened water, the external spigots are not connected to it. And yes, 20ppm is correct, i think I wrote 200 because I was reading about someone else’s calcium issue and saw 200 🙄 So the 40% of water I couldent drain must have...

Hi there, Attached is the softener set up. Using a 25ml water sample, after 20 drops of R0010 and 5 drops of R0011L, the sample was purple. After 2 drops of R-0012, it was blue. As I already assumed, calcium is within 200-250

Hi there, thanks for responding. I replenished the water softener with salt and ran a regeneration right before I re filled the pool. There’s a water spigot connected to the softener in the garage that I used to refill and in testing the water right from the faucet, the calcium is now very low...

Hi all, my calcium levels were off the charts high, so I drained my fiberglass pool about 60% and replaced it with water directly from a full house water softener. When doing a test of the home water (by itself) all levels are normal; the calcium is about 200. but after refilling the pool, the...

Funny it's mentioned, but I DO have a whole-house water treatment system. The original fill (in 2019) came from the water spigot outside (which is NOT treated water) but my partial refill back in April was from the water softener. Unfortunately, I think the salt ran out as it was filling...

Hi Pat! Thanks for responding. - You've hinted to a couple test numbers that caught my eye. The low pH along with a heater being one of them. I'm wondering if the staining might be copper from the heater element? It's possible, but this staining issue didn't really start until I had the pool...

I thought that the presence of chlorine only weakened the effectiveness of the AA, not the other way around...? i started keeping a pool chemical test ‘diary’ to see if there were any similarities when the staining appears (it’s random) and Ironically enough, no, the PH has remained pretty...

Hi all. I’ve been following any and all protocols to remove and sequester iron staining but it still (randomly) re-appears. All levels have remained pretty much within normal range (except For calcium- I did a stick test on the house water, it’s over 500 ). I’m no pedologist, but I think I’ve...

Ohhhhkaaayy, I’ll give it another AA treatment but the fact that this staining came back SO quickly and much worse than before a refill really concerns me.... :-(

This may or may not be of any importance, but there are no trees, leaves, grass or basically anything green around here. But there are crazy winds and a lot of desert dust flying around. It’s So bad today that the dish satellite has been cutting out all day. I’m afraid to see what the pool will...

Thanks for the reply. Vitamin C does remove it, yes. The use of Jacks is because the metal staining started back in Feb. I’ve given it Two Ascorbic treatments since then. My numbers have been fairly consistent/ normal (even CYA) since install last year except for occasional low chlorine. Pool...

Hiya! my Pool was drained 50% last Friday the 8th by a professional due to very high CYA/ Phosphate levels and metal staining . He came back that night and tested: FC= 4 TC= 5 PH= 6.7 ALK = 80 CYA= 50 CH= over 800. Not much we can do about the calcium in the water here, I guess. Added 8 oz. PH...

Do you have an Ace or True Value Hardware? I found chlorine there

In calling a very popular 30+ year local pool company and discussing my high CYA levels & needing to partially drain, he said 1) there’s no need to do that 2) the idea that you need a bunch of (store bought) pool chemicals other than chlorine is a ploy for companies to make money- especially...

Sorry for butting In, but I’m going to need to partially drain also- CYA and Calcium levels off the charts. Can you drain and refill at the same time? I believe my pump has a spigot for draining via a standard garden hose. Also, is it beneficial to use water from a home water purification...

I doubt it, I'm the only one living here and the staining started around February, so I hadn't even been in it. Magic Eraser doesn't remove it, it's definitely metal staining- ascorbic acid is the only thing that can take it off. I'd rather use baking soda, bleach or borax, believe me, but at...

Aiight, pics of my equipment, the pool stain and the Bio Guard products, which are basically Muriatic Acid and Borax (which is still sold out everywhere). Sorry, there's not much room to squeeze in & take a good pic of the equipment, let me know if details are missing. THanks.

...still waiting for the Taylor test kit to arrive, and I'll get pics posted on Wed. I do have a little 3 in one kit and today the chlorine was at 5 and the PH was 7.4 or so. Which is strange because the test strips showed much lower numbers. Argh! Hi Maddie, thanks for chiming in. I think I...

Thanks for the quick response. How funny, I used to live in Texas! I loved it there. A couple verifications to your points: -There shouldn’t be erosion of anything- the pool and all of its equipment are barely a year old. Am I correct? Im thinking that water doesn’t pass through the heater...

*Sigh* So I’ve had my new fiberglass pool for about a year. A couple months ago I noticed wall staining ( below the water line). After hours of reading and youtubing and determining it was metal staining, I gave it an ascorbic acid treatment about 2 weeks ago, followed by Jacks Magic Blue...

Thanks for responding. I keep hearing about people running their filters 23 hrs a day but that seems excessive for my teeny pool. The waterfall is run off of the same pump, and it does not run unless I turn it on manually. I believe it acts as the ‘filter’ when it’s on instead of the typical...