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  1. poolmom21

    Water Boatmen HELP

    Hi, I have been maintaining my water where I believe it’s decent. Today I took a drive and a bunch of water boatman bugs are falling out of the air into vehicles etc. I came home to clean my pool and I now have waterboatman bugs in my pool. My Fc level is 8.5 and cya at 70 and cc is barely .5...
  2. poolmom21

    Pump run times?

    Hi. 25,000 Pool gallon. SWG. how long should I run the pump on high speed and low speed to avoid any algae/dirty water? I do have a MKX pool vacuum daily that needs high speed in order to run. Our weather is also starting to hit the high 90’s and we normally have 110 plus weather in the summer...
  3. poolmom21

    No flow Ecostar pump???

    Hi. This morning I noticed my system Not running. Checked the box and it states “no flow pump” any advice on how to fix this??
  4. poolmom21

    Help!! Plumbing Leaks!!

    Good morning. I went to clean out pump basket and noticed water leaking!! Water is leaking from that pipe connecting to the SWG. does anyone know what that piece is called as it has a black cap underneath with a cable in it. Also, the filter box cap below is all cracked. I turned off the system...
  5. poolmom21

    TA and PH levels

    Ola , I have a question, at what PH level is it recommended to add acid? The PH on my water is 7.8 and TA is 100. Should I add acid to lower the PH now and hopefully the TA adjusts. Or do I wait until PH is in the 8.2+ level to add acid? The pool is not being used at all, I am just trying to...
  6. poolmom21

    Is Muriatic Acid all the same?

    I recently bought MA from a pool store. Brand was HASA 34.6 % strength I believe. Is this safe to use on a residential pool? What MA strength should I focus on getting? I am new to servicing my pool but after some reading I think I should have purchased a 14.5% MA strength? Advice
  7. poolmom21

    Algae Help!

    25000 Salt water Hayward SWG Hi, I recently started Servicing our pool. Up to then the pool has been shocked (don’t know what was added) adviced on I creasing my chorinarion to 100% run filter on high for 12 hours. When I took over FC is over 6. Calcium is 423. I have been adding chlorine...