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I have a 20 year old concrete pool that was originally finished with marcite. After 15 years the marcite was becoming rough and thin in spots. I had the marcite removed and the pool re-coated with hydrazzo. Recently I noticed a small spot in the bottom of the shallow end (about the diameter...

I have a 5 year old Dolphin S300i, which I love, and has worked very well until recently. It basically stopped moving. It will turn on and move and inch or two forward and then backward and then simply stop. I did the out of water test (positioning the cleaner upside down out of the pool) and...

About 2 weeks ago I began having problems with my Hot Springs spa and it was not heating up totally. I was out of town, called service, they found the 2 pole 220v 30a GFI breaker had tripped, reset it and all seemed fine. Couple days later it happened again and after a week the breaker will...

Last spring I finally decided to invest in a quality robotic vacuum. Based on TFP reviews I zeroed in on Maytronics Dolphin. So, to begin this is a report rather than a problem, and I hope that it may be helpful to others. I knew that a quality robot would not be cheap, but I was more...

This spring we had our gunite pool re-plastered with hydrazzo. Upon completion, about three weeks ago, we immediately had the pool filled with water by delivery truck. I use the TF-100 test kit and have everything in balance except the TA is high at about 190-200. It started at 240, so it has...

Several days ago our pool contractor completed refinishing our pool with hydrazzo. Our gunite pool was built 16 years ago and it was time to replace the marcite finish. I had the pool filled with delivery truck water and it looked a little greenish at first, but within 24 hours it was very...

I want to purchase a pool pre-filter that will connect to my garden hose for topping off the pool water during the summer. We are on well water, which is quite hard with a lot of iron (rust color). I googled the topic and found a product called Pleatco Pure Start, but the feedback was not...

Moved to filters forum.....Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but couldn't find anything real specific. I want to purchase a pool pre-filter that will connect to my garden hose for topping off the pool water during the summer. We are on well water, which is quite hard with a lot of iron (rust...

I plan to purchase a new robotic pool vacuum and I am looking for some recommendations for my 18x36 in ground gunite pool. I have looked through the TFP archives, but wanted to ensure that I am getting current 2018 recommendations (Dolphin M500 comes up quite often). Of course, I have used...

I finally converted to a SWG pool yesterday. We had our pool built about 12 years ago and we have always used the New Water Cycler paks and Frog Mineral pak as recommended by the pool builder. For those unfamiliar with the New Water paks, they are filled with tri-chlor tablets and for our...

I am 99% sure that I am going to convert to salt water this year. I have researched on TFP and SWG internet searches, so I believe that I understand the pros and cons. The biggest reason for converting, after 12 years of using tri-chlor tablets, is ease of maintenance. We are sometimes away...

I am planning to convert my pool to salt water this summer. I was talking to a pool maintenance person recently and he recommended a product called "pepper", which is supposed to eliminate some of the corrosive negatives of salt water (if I understood him correctly). Anyone out there...

I have 3 Sta-Rite Max-E-Glas pumps on my pool and one has gone bad. The bad pump was my main circulation pump (the other two are for jets in a seating area and a fountain). Since all 3 pumps are the same I switched out the bad one so I have main pump circulation again. So, now I have to...

I am new to TFP. I have been googling pool topics, which led me to this forum. I have read the "pool school" twice. I have a gunite pool that was built 10 years ago. Details are in my signature below. We have had very few problems and no major issues with water over the 10 years, but last...

I am new to this forum, but have been reading recommendations from TFP for about a week. I have read through the "Pool School" twice. We have had our pool for 10 years with very few water problems, but I have decided to educate myself beyond the standard OTO/ph test. In fact, I just received...