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I’ve had an algae issue for quite some time now. I’ve never had green water but algae will form on the bottom of the pool. It is not growing on the bottom but I believe it is growing in the water and eventually settles on the bottom. If you stir up the water, say by waving a skimmer net just...

I had an air leak a few weeks ago that was simply a loose PVC fitting on the input to the pump. That and the union before it are the only non-glued fittings on the supply side. Now I have another leak which is resulting in some bubbles coming out of the return jets. There is a strong stream of...

My neighbor asked me to keep an eye on his pool while he's out of town. He's been having just a touch of algae growing on the wall in one spot so I told him I would test the water. He has an SWG but I know he uses dichlor pucks in the winter time (Northern California weather). His CYA is around...

I was wondering if there is a more cost effective product people use for increasing Calcium other than what the pool stores sell. Under the TFP "ABC's of Pool Chemistry" it was stated: You increase CH with calcium chloride, sold as a deicer and by pool stores, or calcium chloride dihydrate...

Ok I screwed up. I've been having algae problems for months. We get a lot of leaves and junk blowing into the water, especially in the winter, and although I am good about skimming it out daily with a net I now have a very high phosphate level. Although I have kept my chlorine, pH and alkalinity...

So I'm battling some black algae which is mostly not visible from the surface but I'm a scuba diver and can see many small dots of it plainly when I go in with a mask & fins. I rent the house and the property manager told me when I moved in 2 1/2 years ago that the pool has some sort of smooth...

I have been using a Taylor K-2004 kit for some time (just bought a K-2006). for the FC test for some reason the reagent R-0001 and R-0002 are getting used up at different rates even though I always have used 5 drops of each for each test. Right now the R-0001 bottle is about 1/3 full yet the...

As I wrote in another post I had/have what I believe is black algae. The pool had been covered with a solar cover for a week or two and the first time I saw it most of the black dots were about 1/8" diameter or less. It was NOWHERE near as bad as it is in these photos: Black Algae - Trouble...

Background - I had no experience with pools until renting this house 2 1/2 years ago. The property manager said it was easy, basically just add Trichlor tablets (I quickly learned that wasn't true but didn't know until now just how MUCH more complicated it is). He did buy me a test kit which...