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Good afternoon, I am trying to identify what type of stains these are on my plaster pool. I live in Florida and sure, do leaves sometimes touch the bottom, yes! But I have never seen these until this year. I keep my water balanced using the SWG suggested Salt Water Chemicals Chart. Recent...

Good morning, My current water heater (Aqua Cal SQ110) has finally had it's day after 10 years. I am in the market for a new heater. Will probably stick with Aqua Cal. My question is, I am not sure what size I really need. I live in SW FL and I am wondering if I can get a way with the smaller...

Good morning, I have had my Auto Pilot Nano for 5 years and it's not producing chlorine any longer. I called today and the guy, to my surprise, said he's surprised it lasted that long and wasn't crazy about that company any longer. He's trying to sell me a Pentair IC30 and when I searched the...

Good evening, I am in the market for a new pool pump and I was looking into variable speed because I've heard they're more energy efficient. I am currently running 1.5 HP (specs below) to power a rock waterfall feature. Originally, I was looking at the Pentair Superflo vs Variable Speed Pump...

Good evening, Quick question. I had to shock my pool due to a little bit of yellow algea (which I'm not sure why I developed because I keep my readings up to par using TFP guidelines but this is my 1st incident this year and I live in FL so..) I shocked the pool using liquid chlorine and the...

Hi Guys, Hopefully just a easy question here and I'm just not sure where to navigate to, but I am looking for a question I posted to the forum a couple of months ago and the responses I received. Is there a place somewhere on TFP that saves your forum questions and the responses or no? Thanks...

Hello, Easy question. One of the first articles I ever read on TFP was the "Recommended Levels for SWG" and I've been targeting those readings to a tee. When I enter in my readings which are : FC = 6.0 CC = 0 pH = 7.5 CYA = 70 CH = 300 ALK = 70 In addition, I also select Type of Pool =...

Update as of 7 PM EST I am not longer getting the drip now however, still would like to know where the O-Ring goes. I ordered a replacement since it was missing. Hello All, I am very frustrated when trying to replace my old cartridge which is a Unicel C-8409 with the same Unicel C-8409. It...

I'm sorry, I am still trying to learn valve positions. This is the correct position for the valve correct? Or should it be adjusted? Thanks for your help.

Not really sure I needed to send a picture, but since I'm new and still learning, valves is not something I've spent much time on. Just perfecting the water chemistry for now. Anyway, I had a new SWG installed a few weeks ago and I'm sure the guy was trying to be helpful, but I just want to...

Hello All, I've decided that I am going to order The Pool Cleaner suction side and I've read the differences for 2 wheel vs 4 wheel and it seems that the 4 wheel is designed for larger pools and a depth greater than 7 feet. However, I was talking to a representative and they said that because I...

Hello All, I know this is probably a dumb question but I just wanted to ask and double check to make sure I'm following the Recommended Levels for my pool. I have a SWG, Inground, Wet Edge Finish (Pebble Tec) so I'm assuming that if I stick to the guidelines for SWG Plaster, I'm golden...

Hi All, I'm sure there's a post somewhere in here about how the Taylor K-2006 or TF100 testing results are superior to any pool store readings but I wanted to double check since the results were extremely far apart and I was just about to add more Calcium Hardness to get up to the recommened...

I have a catridge filter not a sand filter, yet, I am noticing sand in my skimmer as well as the bottom of the cartridge tank and I'm not sure if that's normal? There's not like a build up of sand, but it's noticeable. BTW, my test results for water chemistry are as follows: FC: 5 CC: 0 Total...