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I come home this morning, turn on the filter, and see water waves coming out of my north skimmer. I know it has to be a critter, as I have had squirrels, rabbits, toads, frogs, and field mice. I pop the lid off of my skimmer and see a black and white tail: SKUNK! It was still alive, and tried to...

If my pool is completely in the shade, no direct sunlight, but the sun hasn't completely set yet, can I still take my sample for the OCLT? I don't have to wait for it to get dark do I? And if I take the morning sample 7 hours later, is that long enough? I work 3rd shift and was going to take...

Pool is 10 years old and I cannot recall having an invisible fine grit like substance on the walls of my pool this spring upon opening. I got in it yesterday with a cleaning mitt and wiped the walls, steps, seats clean. Brushing it wouldn't take it off, but cleaning mitt and "elbow grease" did...

using the water balance for SWG pools, I lowered the TA to 80-90, but my ph is currently 6.8-7.0 I have the SWG running and a sump pump sitting on the steps shooting water up and breaking the surface. I have been doing this for a couple of days, should I just wait for my ph to creep up? FC =...

I am currently slamming my pool due to suspected mustard algae (again). A couple of years ago I had mustard algae which brought me to this wonderful site. Now I suspect it again and am using knowledge acquired from this site and learned from that last time what to do. Question 1: I started the...

I have discovered 2-3 small pinholes in the liner above the water line in one corner of my pool. The liner is 7 years old. Is there a vinyl liner tape (clear or colored) that I can purchase to cover this area and make the liner last another year or 2? Thank you TFP community, dobber

I thought I had cleared up my mustard algae last week with "yellow treat" from united chemical company and liquid chorine, but I only used 3 gallons of liquid chlorine and then it rained another 5 inches and ended up pumping water out of my pool. Currently my pool is sparkling clear, pool looks...