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BBCode seems to be on now... I didn't do anything.

Re: ***Why TFP was down today and what you need to know*** I see the same thing. Only two options, nothing about bbcode. This is what happens when I use bbcode tags: This text is between bold tags. If you want I can send screenshots to your email.

Re: ***Why TFP was down today and what you need to know*** Nope, problem not fixed. I have these two boxes only: Do not automatically parse URLs Notify me when a reply is posted There is no box related to bbcode at all... When I edit, same deal. In pm's, bbcode works (or at least it says...

Re: ***Why TFP was down today and what you need to know*** Thanks for the suggestion Joyce... I tried the edit, and it still says "BBCode OFF" and there is no option to turn it on... unless I'm missing something obvious. I did confirm that my profile has BBCode enabled by default.

EDIT - This does not belong in The News - moved to Technical Issues I did not deliberately turn off bbcode, nor do I see a button/checkbox to do so (or to turn it back on). Odd. It does say BBCode is OFF in the bottom left of the post area, but I can't see how to turn it on. I know I had it...

"It seems like everyone always recommends their current host." I'll go against that trend. One of my sites is hosted on dot5hosting. I definitely wouldn't recommend them. Their mysql database slowed to a crawl (a php3bb page would take 10+ minutes to load), and the best their customer...

Wow, best I can come up with is a salamander and a few dead frogs. Not that I'm wishing for more critters...

I find that I have to continually adjust my SWG. I have an ecomatic, and the settings allow me to set any percentage between 0 and 100 on a dial. I have found so far this year that 10-30% works well, depending on sun levels. This maintains my level around 6 ppm usually. The key though is...

What's your cyanuric acid level at? I'm surprised you have to push the SWG that hard, but maybe it's because you are in Houston, and I'm in New England... Also I run my pump 12 hours/day usually. I like to have it running when people are in the pool. I think it's better to run it during the...

I don't think that the KMPS will really screw anything up for you. However, just use bleach. I use KMPS sometimes in the spa to verify presence of a bromine bank (bleach cannot do that), but in an outdoor pool, bleach is best for shocking. I wouldn't worry about it though. I don't think you...

You have to be adaptive in the way you add stuff to your pool. In other words, test and base the amount of bleach (or other things) you add on the results of the test. The amount of each chemical I add daily varies a lot. I don't always know why. Sun and bather load affect things, as do...

My pool also trends up in pH and I often have to add acid. However, that is with the SWG going. All the outgassing of carbonate may be increasing your pH, although you shouldn't see much outgassing at a pH of 8.0 with a TA of 80. The chloride ions generally accumulate in the pool (like when...

It should definitely register by 24 hours. Total alkalinity is increased generally with sodium bicarbonate, or baking soda (sold by pool stores as alkalinity up). It is usually fine granules that dissolve almost instantly when you put them in the water. I wouldn't trust the test strips too...

I'm not sure how much effect it will have. You can purchase these fountain thingies that go in your pool and they do a great job aerating. I have also lowered my TA in the past by adding acid without aeration. I just dropped the pH down to 7.0ish (not lower than 7.2 if you have vinyl... which...

Yeah, definitely agree on the point that constant sanitation is important. I run my pump during the day, so my SWG runs then too, since that is when I'm most likely to be losing chlorine. This way it helps maintain a steady state (ideally) with the amount of chlorine lost to the sun being...

Not Crokett, bassadict.

It's hard to say for sure... this year for me, when I opened I had algae. It took me about 2 days to kill off all the algae. I maintained a level of about 30 ppm chlorine with virtually no CYA (it got eaten by the algae). Then it took another few days to filter everything out and vacuum all...

Not at all. You are one of the people that realized how simple it should be to manage a pool, and not one of the suckers that just makes the pool chemical companies rich. =)

I can say that I've never needed clarifier. The only chemicals I add to my pool are bleach, baking soda, cyanuric acid, muriatic acid, and (once) soda ash. First thing you need to do is drain some of the water out of your pool (NOT ALL OF IT). You want to get your CYA levels down to a...

bassadict69, were your CYA levels high too? (Edited for clarity. JasonLion)

That's a good point. The irony is that the best way to manage a pool is so simple, yet we are confused and overwhelmed by massive numbers of chemicals that are at best useless, and at worst harmful to our pools (and in all cases expensive). As always, those with knowledge fare better than...

I'm a strong proponent of the free software movement. It's based on the idea of cooperation and a belief in sharing and helping others without compensation. Almost all free software gives users the opportunity to donate, and I have done so many times with software that I use and enjoy. That...

Thanks for that info, all the ones I looked at were 100/0 and did it by altering when they ran. I wonder if there is any advantage to either. The time based versions would run for less time, but at greater power.

It can't be bather load either, it happened before the spa got used... Is iron usually very hard to remove? Basically, the spa had a ridiculous sanitizer demand (it was eating 10ppm bromine per day) because the person who was supposed to maintain it let sanitizer levels drop to 0 when I was...

Well, it obviously worked! It's pretty much what I did too. Based on the dates though it looked like you did it in a day, which I never would have guessed possible.

Waterbear can probably verify this, but I've noticed that when I get my water tested at the local pool store, it says "Bioguard" on the top with a logo. I've heard that Bioguard actually manufactures the testing machines and gives them to pool stores so that they will sell more chemicals. The...

Oh I know, I was more commenting on the emotional, not rational, aspects of emptying a box of roach poison into your pool.

In firefox, go to the file menu. Choose "Save page as..." This will save the contents of the entire page to your hard drive (or whatever you tell it). Then you can access it through firefox with, for example, file://(name of file here with path). This can then be bookmarked. You can also...

I just drained and refilled it, and it happened. Any iron in there is iron from my tap water, so refilling won't lower the level. I'm pretty sure the spa is fiberglass but I'll verify that. I keep the pH between 7.4 and 7.6 generally. I add bleach to increase bromine levels which can spike...

In general, is it possible for a single floater to maintain the bromine levels? Also, wouldn't this mean that I'm using bromine tabs now instead of bleach? The bromine tabs are a lot of money (40 bucks for one jug). Do you basically just use the tabs and not use bleach or KMPS?