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    Pool Step Cleaner?

    Anyone know how to clean these steps? We acquired this pool last summer and just dealt with it but we’d like to get it cleaned up this summer if possible. Thanks!!
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    Green Cloudy Pool!

    We recently bought a new pool that had an entire ecosystem living it it, lol. Complete with frogs and a ton of tadpoles. It was a chlorine pool that we have converted to salt water. I think we have added around 30+ bottles of chlorinater and it just won’t budge from this green color. We’ve been...
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    Low salt readings every morning

    Hey everyone I have an Aquarite SWCG and can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong. When the pump is running my generator is fine on numbers. We don’t typically run the pump at night. Each morning I come out to check and the number on the generator is low, this morning it was about 1800, the check...
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    High Alkalinity During SLAM

    Hey all, I started The SLAM process on Thursday evening. My water in the shallow end is very clear but the water is cloudy in the deep end. I know that the only numbers I should worry about during a SLAM is the FC but I tested the alkalinity out of curiosity and it’s very high. It’s actually...
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    Help with SLAM

    Hi everyone! My current CYA in my pool is 60. I need to get the FC up to 24 in order to SLAM, right? I’m nervous to take it that high. Will it come back down when it’s time? Thanks for your help. First year opening the pool by ourselves.
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    Help with balancing

    Hi all! I could use some help balancing my water. I’m having a trouble with my SWG reading low and my FC being high. Here are the numbers I just tested 13.6 FC 7.0 pH 60 TA 45 CYA ive been running the SWG on about 40% and not constantly. Let me know if I am leaving anything out. Still...
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    Chemical sequencing help?

    Hi all, trying to balance my water. Here are my current levels: pH- 7.0 CYA- 30 FC- 0.4 CH- 30 TA-20 I added 4 lbs stabilizer and 166 oz of 10% liquid chlorine to get started. What are my next steps? how long should I wait to add the rest of my chemicals? I know it’s ~10 minutes but should...
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    New pool startup

    Hey guys, brand new pool owner here. I am confused about where to start. We have just finished filling our pool with fresh water. The vinyl liner is new but the metal parts of our pool are not new. It is an inground 40,000 gallon pool. is it necessary to shock it before balancing the water...