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Hey guys, I had the pool half drained over the weekend (was exchanging water to get rid of iron from bad salt) and got a chance to look at what the surface looked like dry. Since we have owned the house the pool has always had a mix of white and grey mottling. From my reading I assume it is...

Hi folks, Trying to figure out some stains in the pool, I chucked some acetic acid in some skimmer socks and put them on the stained area in the deep end of the pool. 5 minutes later I notice something very strange, there is a streak of brown coming from where the socks are. Any ideas what...

Doing an 'opportunity' based AA treatment. By that I mean the pool pump was left off by accident, fc dropped to zero and I was lucky enough to catch it before algae. My stains appear to be iron from vitamin c tablet test. But here's the thing. My pool is only 20K litres, and I've dosed 750g of...

Hi Guys, Currently Slamming my pool which is normally SWCG. Due to highish cya the slam target is up hugh (was 28, replaced some water to drop cya to target 24) At the high FC numbers (24+) my titration test turns orangey/Brown at the last drop. More drops do nothing to change the color. Any...

Hi Guys, Just starting my first slam on the pool we inherited a few months ago with a house purchase. Most of the pre slam numbers look ok, SWCG easily keeping up, CC 0.5 or 0 for the last few years. BUT we have been getting a brown cloudy layer growing on the bottom and steps. It vanishes...

Hi all, I'm now an owner of a 2 year old relatively small pool. It's only 20k Litres, but enough to take the heat off the summers days that are approaching! Outside of the pool I'm a father of a two year old boy and control systems engineer. Thanks in advance for all your advice, Dave

Hi Guys, We recently moved in to a new house that came with a small (20kL) in ground pool. It has 1 skimmer and 3 return nozzles. When we first moved two return nozzles were pointed up and the other had no nozzle at all, but all were flowing. Fast forward a few weeks to today and suddenly one...