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Just added some Clorox stabilizer via a sock in the skimmer. By squeezing the sock frequently, it seemed to dissolve out of the sock pretty quickly within an hour or two. Do I still need to run the pump all night or is the stabilizer through the system enough to be safe for it to run on its...

Preparing to clean the screens and beams of my lanai cage here in central Florida in the next month or so. Any advice on what to use chemically that's safe for the pool, yet efficient for the cage?

So, here in Central Florida it tends to rain just about everyday for less than an hour. Lately, we have been getting lots and lots of rain, and for those unfamiliar with Florida rain, it's heavy! My pool does not to seem to have any sort of auto-drain feature, which I am completely shocked at...

Recently put in an Aladdin b38 floating weir with a new skimmer basket (Without weir door flap) and had a couple of questions. The weir fits right in the basket too it seems. It bobs up and down quite a bit, more so with swimmers. I assume that’s fine? Also, the basket I got floats up when the...

? I don't know how to tackle this. Not an expert on plumbing whatsoever. Any advice for this one? Can I just seal it with some epoxy or silicone? Not sure what to buy. See pictures. Can take more if need be. Just above my pump.

Test results post Dorian: FC: 5 pH: 7.6 TA: 80 CH: 250 CYA: 20 Had to drain a little pool water in anticipation of the waters from Dorian. Refilled, brushed and vacuumed and these are my results. Pool math tells me that my TA should be 80, which it is. My CH should be between 250 and 350...

Hello! As I'm becoming more and more familiar with my equipment, I've got just a couple of things I can't figure out. Can anyone help with what this is? It seems to be a spring loaded little door. I was on another thread discussing why my pool keeps filling up after every rain (have to drain...

I've been using these refillable bleach jugs from Leslie's where I live. They're $5.50 to refill 2.5 gallons and I thought it was quite a good deal. The guy at Leslie's said it's 12%, which leads me to my question. Check out the picture on the jug. Is it indeed 12%, or 10.5%? Obviously it will...

Hello folks! After refilling to bring my CYA level down, here are my first results after a couple of days through the filter. FC: 7.5 CC: 1.5 pH: 7.8 TA: 140 CH: 275 CYA: 35 Any advice and guidance is greatly appreciated it. My FC does not seem to be coming down. I added 1.5 quarts of 12%...

Trying to learn everything I can to set myself up here. This is my pump, but I cannot figure out the GPM and how much electricity it is using. More importantly, the GPM, so I can figure out how long to run my pump per day. marathon electric pool pump Model 5kc38sn6084ax Having a hard time...

So my pool guy is gone and I've decided to takeover. Read through pool school and am ready to take this leap. My current CYA level is about 100. I'm having a partial drain this Friday to get this level down and will fill with city hose water. Pool is about 12k gallons. The pool tech is going to...

Hello! I took the leap and am taking on my first pool by myself at my new residence. I have vigorously read through many of the pool school articles, which have been an insane amount of help! Super glad this site exists. With that being said, I had a couple of questions regarding my filter...