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We went away for 10 days so I left the pool running with a load of pucks in the chlorinator. I set it to about the middle point and hoped for the best. On our return the pucks were about 3/4 gone and the pool had algae. CYA had risen to almost 60 from my usual 40. The pucks really drove up my...

Just a short post to say my hot tub is absolutely pristine (and has been for a couple of years) as a result of following the instructions in the sticky post on using Chlorine in your Spa. I was about ready to turf the hot tub because the water was never right. I was using bromine tabs in a...

I have a Dolphin M4 Supreme robot which works very well. It's in its 4th season. Today I tried to extend the floats on the cleaner arms as they are in the fully retracted position but I can't move them. Has anyone else had this problem? I can't find a release button or lock anywhere on the arms...

We just had a new liner installed and the pool is now up and running with a fresh fill of city water. At this point, all looks well. The water is clean and clear. Current test results... FC - 3 CC - 0 TA - 110 pH - 7.5 CYA - 5 The fill water came from the tap with TA at 110 so...

Our pool liner, already 12 years old and very faded, developed a leak late last year so we decided to replace the liner. Installation was scheduled for the Spring. We closed the pool with the old liner, leak and all, and placed an order for a new liner after deciding on a liner pattern. The old...

Our liner is 12 years old, badly faded and has a leak so we are replacing it. As others have noted, it's hard to find pictures of pools to see what the various liner colours look like when installed and our pool builder is of surprisingly little help with this. The brochures are full of lovely...

I am using the TFPC method in my pool and switched to chlorine in my hot tub this year as well. Both are better than they've ever been so I am very happy with this method. I drain the hot tub in the winter and leave it empty so it has only been running with chlorine since early April. I followed...

A few days ago I made my regular run to the local pool store to re-stock on liquid chlorine and took along a water sample for testing. I don't usually do that because I have the proper test kit but I thought I'd see how their results compare to mine. I discovered that they have a new system that...

Bromine is confusing. One thing I don't really understand is why it is necessary to keep adding bromine after a reserve is established. Seems you should be able to simply add chlorine, either liquid or tabs, and that would continually activate the Br reserve, without the very high cost of...

Hi all. I want to convert my pool from bromine to chlorine and I've read the threads I can find on conversion but I still don't really understand the issue. I've been running bromine in my pool and spa for about ten years without much trouble. The water in both is clean and sparkling so I'm not...

Hi all. First time poster here. My Jandy RayVac finally packed it in after 8 years of service and I was a bit surprised to find they’ve stopped making them. It worked well and covered the whole pool instead of just parts of it like my previous suction Kreepys and Barracudas did. I started out...