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I live in Houston, TX. So its getting hot out ~95 F this week. Pool - plaster lined, 18,000 gals, use ~3/week I'm using the BBB method (well, no Borate yet). I use a Taylor 2006 test kit. CYA ~45-50 I'm using 10% bleach, ~$3 gallon. I'm going through a gallon every 1-2 days. That seems...

I have black Algae, day 2 of super-chlor shocking. Quick history: - Had pool water tested at store at first, thought they were doing an ok job. Became member on forum. - Found some algae in pool, SWG had crapped out, green algae formed. Shocked pool, got rid of green algae - decided to...

I have a rock feature on my pool. It appears the salt in my salt water pool is causing the rock to degrade quicker than normal - I found a pool guy I trust in the Houston area and he said this is pretty common on SW pools he has seen in the area. I tried a rock sealer, but it didn't do too...

I bought a new house. This is in Houston TX. It is starting to be pool weather, 90 F here today and pool temp of 82 F. Here is a pic of the pool Upon closer inspection of the pool now that we have moved in, there are stains on the bottom of the pool. Any idea what type of stains these...

Is this black algae, or could these small black dots be from a bad chemical addition? You can see the size of a jet in the picture for reference. They are really small black dots. I'm new to the forum, I'll be doing a couple other posts about pool chemistry. Here is a pic of the pool...

Hello, my pool heater fried - burnt resistors on the control boards. After finding out that there are differences between a H400, and the H400 IDL2 control boards, I have my heater working (mostly). I've replaced the display, the display board, and the control board in the unit. The heater...