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Hello! I have a Dolphin S300i (love it, its name is Q-bert), and I watched the video on operating it, and all they do is hose off the basket and filter liner when they're done. But I've noticed my basket isn't as bright white as it used to be. Is hosing enough, or should to occasionally do...

Hello! How do you clean a diving board? Mine is white but the top has black stains on it, kind of like a dirty bath tub. And bird poop of course... How do you wash it, and especially without getting it in the pool? Also, is there some kind of yearly maintenance or checks I should be doing...

Hello, Our pool is up and running, but today the temperature has dropped to 36 degrees outside. I decided to turn on my heater to the lowest setting, 65 degrees, to prevent pipes freezing, while I'm SLAMming. It said the water temp was mid-50s. On a running pool, when do things start getting...

I fear the answer to this.... I just installed a new pressure gauge in my filter, putting tape around the threads and screwing it in. When I fired everything back up, I hear a whistle and then water started sputtering out around where the gauge meets the valve. Is there anything I can do to...

Hello! I was having trouble with priming my vacuum hose and was browsing around for possible causes, and one mentioned was a suction side air leak. Question: When my pump is in normal operation (no vacuum attached), looking through the lid the basket is completely full except for a small air...

Hello, I have a Hayward S244T sand filter. It has a little drip around the locking brace so I want to replace the oring and see if that fixes it. I also need to replace the pressure gauge as it is stuck at 0. I cannot find a manual to save my life, so I just wanted to make sure, are these...

Hello! Just a couple questions about the pic below. This is one of my 2 return lines. Why would it have 3 lines branching out? I have 2 return lines going into the ground, does that mean this line is feeding 3 of the returns? Also, there is a break on that first elbow, and it's right up...

Hello! I'm getting my pool started way late this year due to getting a fence destroyed by a storm fixed before opening. It's incredibly, incredibly green. :( When I fired up the pump, water started flooding up from underground around where the return lines go into the ground. Questions...

Here's a pic of my flex pipe from my pump to filter: http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll30/bledthemultitude/Mobile%20Uploads/20140710_185436.jpg That smaller segment between the pump and that fitting has a small hole in it squirting a small stream of water. I read somewhere on here that...

I have a small brownish stain on my liner that I'm going to test to determine if it's organic or metal related. For the record I just passed an OCLT test so I'm pretty sure it's not just algae. So, I understand I need to put a chlorine puck in my net and hover it over the stain for a few...

I opened the pool yesterday, and it was murky green with algae growing up the wall. As you can see below, it turned around FAST. It turned blue in like an hour and got all foamy on top. I'm curious why this time around went so quickly while last year it took a week and had some questions...

Hello! Has anyone had luck using the kind of pesticides that you spray around your house and deck to keep bugs like ants from entering your pool? Example Ortho Home Defense. I was thinking about spraying it around my patio just for a little control. We have some bright red and black ants...

Just curious, but if I'm doing my test for FC and CC or an overnight loss test, does whether or not the pump is running affect my results? When it's not running, does chlorine stay evenly distributed throughout the pool, or does it gravitate toward the surface or floor?

So, I have a few waterbugs, mostly the ones that look like skinny roaches and skate across the surface, plus one boatman. FC: 8 CC: 0 Ph: 8.2 TA: 90-100 CYA: 50-60 Ph was high today so I added 30 oz muriatic to bring that down; before today it had consistently ran around 7.8. Also added...

Hello, The tubing between my pump and filter has sprung a couple leaks. One of them is fairly bad. See the photos: http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll30/bledthemultitude/Mobile%20Uploads/20140710_185424.jpg...

Here's a rough drawing of the lay out of my pool. I aimed my returns upward after removing them, giving them a good scrubbing with a toothbrush, and laying down some fresh thread tape. I like aiming them toward the surface because it creates a calming babbling brook ambience, and I was...

OK, so I opened up a week ago to a green swamp, and thanks to the help here, the green is gone and last night I passed the OCLT, but I want to be cautious before assuming I'm done slamming. So, last night at 9pm FC: 25 CC: .5 or less (could barely tell if it even turned pink on adding the CC...

You guys are a big help. No pool store this year, just: - TF100 kit - Pool School, SLAM - PoolMath - Helpful forum responses Still have to pass an overnight test, but starting to get excited! Before: After:

OK I just opened my pool to a green swap and so reading the pool school and attempting to slam it. I punched these numbers into pool math: 24300 gallons 0 FC -> 29 FC ph 7.0 Ta 70 Ch 150 CYA 75 It recommended a shock level of 29 and to get to that from 0, 1063 oz of 8.25 bleach. I added...

I saw some similar topics but just to confirm. . Is it OK to have snow on your pool cover? I have a mesh cover and with maybe 4 or 5 inches of snow its sagging probably a good foot. Also, stupid of me not to think about this before, but does snow on the pump or filter damage that equipment...

So, I decided this year to pay a company to close down my pool for me. Turns out there was some adapter screwed into my line in the skimmer, and they couldn't get it off, so they winterized what they could and put a plug in it. They claim they'll need to do another service call to finish it...

Ok, I finally got my TF-100 kit. My first set of readings: FC - 1 (used basic kit for now) Ph - 7.5 TA - 100 CH - 270 CYA - 110 (was about a 1/16 in. below the 100 mark, so recorded this as 110) So I'm low on chlorine, slightly high on TA. But if I understand correctly the CYA is out of...

I hadn't really thought much of it since I bought this house earlier this year, but I just wonder if something is wrong with how my pump is grounded and / or bonded. I have an in-ground pool with a liner. The equipment is 20 to 30 feet away. The pump has a grounding wire attached to it that...

Hi all! I've been reading the Pool School and visiting the forums for quite some time before posting. I've finally made the switch to BBB and just got some test results back, and wondering how I'm doing so far. FC - 3.97 CC - 0.11 pH - 7.5 CH - 206 TA - 75 CYA - 125 Copper 0 Iron 0...