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He just poured the algeacide in (Both the deep and shallow end) but did not run the pump. I was worried because he didn't run the pump or do any mixing. Needless to say, I was very surprised to see the pool was OK when I got home.

Here's the followup on this situation. I put 3 chlorine tablets in the dispenser thingy and two gallons of chlorine in the pool (20,000 gallon pool). Then I left the pool pump off for two weeks and went on vacation. After 8 days I called my brother-in-Law and had him put algeacide in the pool...

Thanks. I don't have auto fill. Leak is about 3 drops per second which according to the leak calculator would be 25 gallons per day. My neighbor will be happy to add chlorine once or twice but won't do much beyond that. So far I'm going to SLAM it with liquid chlorine although I wonder if I...

Hi all, This morning I looked out the window and saw that my kids had pulled the vacuum out of the pool the day before. The vacuum had been running dry all morning. I put it back in the pool, primed the pump and got it running again. However, the pump now has a slow water leak (see pics) and...

Re: Ooops! I added an entire gallon of muriatic acid to my p Awesome. Thanks!!

Re: Ooops! I added an entire gallon of muriatic acid to my p Thanks for your reply. I added the acid by walking around the pool spilling it out of the bottle mostly in the deep end. I held the bottle out as far as I could. It did create sort of a temorary acid cloud. It sounds like I don't have...

Hi all, I drained my 15,000 gallon in-ground pool to repair the drain cover and do some plaster repairs. After I filled the pool back up with water I misread the treatment directions and added 128 fluid ounces of muriatic acid to the new water. I later realized, according to the pool store...