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My pool filter shut off and as soon as it did there was dirty water coming from both skimmers and the main drains. What in the world? I'm thinking it's a check valve but why so dirty? - - - Updated - - - I have a few pics but it is not allowing me to attach the pics.

I am having to add 20 oz of MA every other day. These are my readings as of this am. Any ideas? pH 8.2 CHLORINE-6 CYA-50 TA-60 CH-310 I aerated last week to get my TA down. It was around 120. My pH is still jumping up. Thanks for the help.

I need to do the following..... SLAM Vacuum Clean DE filter What order should I do this in?

My pH is constantly increasing to 8.0-8.2 every few days. I add about 16 oz of acid every other day. Is this normal?

My pool is exposed to the sun from around noon til sundown. I am trying to keep my FC at 8. My CYA is 70. I am having to add @ 40 oz of 8.5% bleach. Is this right? My last readings were: FC 4.5 CC 0 CYA 70 TA 100 pH 7.8 CH 300 Per the pool calculator, I need to add 87 oz of bleach. I can and...

Do you test your pool for FC and CC? I check for chlorine and pH every day but was curious who does the full test daily? The BBB method is working GREAT! I was planning on doing the full test on a weekly basis and testing for pH and chlorine on a daily basis. Is this wrong?

I have a Hayward DE 6020 with a Hayward Selecta-Flo Valuve. It has four settings; filter, waste, backwash and pool or spa boost. After I backwash, add new DE and turn vaulve back to filter, powder and debris shoot out of returns for a few seconds and we end up wih a little pile of DE and...

I received my kit yesterday and tested the pool this morning. My numbers are whacky! We have had a recurring issue of mustard algae. We have been pouring 1 gallon of bleach in per day until we got our test kit. That has been for the last 5 days. I hope that is why our FC levels are so high. From...

We were told to add chlorine to our pool and it would take care of itself.....pahhh :hammer: Took us a year to figure that out. I live in houston, Texas. We have a reoccurring mustard algae problem. We slammed it a month ago and it has come back twice. Our test kit shows our levels are as...