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Hi everyone, I have a cannister of "Aquarius Spa Shock Chlorine Free Shock Treatment for Spa Water". Can anyone tell me what this stuff actually is? As usual, the product description says all kinds of things about what it does ("Concentrated spa shock treatment sanitizes spa", "Oxidizes and...

Hey guys, Need to know if I'm worrying about nothing. A couple of weeks ago I felt a sharp point in our liner. It looks like a small stone working it's way through the vinyl. I called our PB's service department several times and they're refusing to return my phone calls. Finally I got...

Hey crew, I had a different company do our pool opening this year and I found this part which was usually in our filter housing. Is it of vital importance or can it remain uninstalled until I do my next cartridge cleaning? m.

Hey guys, Canadian Tire just started their annual sale on liquid chlorine - $3.79 for 3.6 litres (just under a gallon) instead of the usual $4.79. I'd like to stock up but I've seen numerous posts talking about how liquid chlorine loses its strength rather quickly. But just how quickly? I...

Hey experts! I'm wondering what the field thinks about the use of BioGuard Stow Away for cleaning my winter cover before storing it for the summer. For our first two years of pool ownership the pool builder came out to do the opening and one step they did was to scrub our winter cover with...

Hey experts, I need to edify myself on alkalinity and how it affects one's pool. Here's my understanding: "Alkalinity is a measure of your water's ability to resist changes in pH. Higher alkalinity tends to draw one's pH upward, low alkalinity tends to draw one's pH downward. The ideal...

Hey guys, We're under siege! Last August we had tonnes of tiny black bugs around our pool. Our landscaping wasn't done though so we attributed it to a certain nasty weed that had taken over and seemed to attract them. This year the landscaping is done, the weeds are gone, but we still...

I have a question about how much actual chlorine is being added by various products. The query came about when someone on a FB page talked about how much cheaper Cal Hypo is than liquid chlorine. For instance, my local Canadian Tire has 18 kg of granular CalHypo - "Available chlorine content...

I took this back in April before the pool was opened and before we completed the landscaping but I've not yet seen any pool add ons that I like better! m.

Basically what the thread title says. I'm so done with my Prowler 820 and its "Hey, let's stop approaching the mud in the deep end and go back and do the shallow end I've done 17 times" approach to pool cleaning. I got talked out of upgrading to a remote control unit by my pool builder and...

Basically what the thread title says. When I was switching over to the TFP approach I wanted to know what I had been putting in my water, especially since the pool store test this spring showed that I had 0.3 (unspecified units) of copper and a report of "Copper from products? - Yes" notation...

Hi crew! I was straightening out my garage a bit this afternoon and found a bucket of Dazzle Performance Plus. I have no idea what it is or why I have it. No ingredients listed, of course. I've Googled all over the place and can't find out what this stuff is. The description on Amazon and...

Hey crew. Have a question on using the K-1000 for day to day FC measurement. Since my CYA is up there around 60 my recommended FC levels are between 5 and 9. The K-1000 maxes out at 5 ppm for FC. I suppose I can use it to make sure that I'm hitting that 5 ppm minimum but can I use fewer...

Hi guys, I'm in the process of SLAMing my pool and I was wondering about my pH level. It started out at 7.3 when I started SLAMing. I know that the K-1000 isn't accurate in high FC situations but I was wondering if

Hi guys, Here's the issue. My water clarity has been declining. General cloudiness and, where I could once clearly see from the steps all away across to the light under the diving board, I can now barely make out said light. At night, with the light on, it's like there's a lot of dander...

Hey guys! I think I'm having trouble with my Kreepy Krauly Prowler 820. It shuts down after doing a fraction of the pool with the 'filter full' light coming on. However the filters are pretty darn clean. Last year I could run the thing with the filters a lot fuller than it's shutting down at...

Hi crew, Newish pool owner here just starting our second season. Our pool build bridged the winter of 2018-19 so we weren't swimming until June last year. First year went well using the pool store's instructions. Our first years worth of chemicals were free and my clarity was largely good...