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I added liquid stabilizer to my pool last night (Thursday) around 9:30pm. I had to put all new water in my pool and added a whole bottle of liquid stabilizer. Am I safe to vacuum and backwash Saturday morning? I know it says to wait a week for granular cya, but does the same apply to liquid...

Help please! I need to find someone in NJ who is willing to fix my closed above ground pool that has a leak. I have less than 2 feet left of water in the pool. I'm worried that my pool is going to collapse if I don't get this fixed soon. Is it even possible to patch a hole in NJ temperatures...

Hi, first year pool owner and I paid a company to close my pool. When they closed my pool, they dropped my water level below the skimmer line. It's tough to tell since the cover is on it, but I think I am losing water and the water level inside the pool is dropping. My yard around my pool is...

I just had my pool winterized and closed for the first time a few days ago. I was not around when the company did it. When I came home I saw that the pillow was in the center of the pool (oval) and everything looked good. This morning I woke up and saw that the pillow was now at one end of...

I had my above ground pool installed on 5/10/14. I waited about a month before going in. When I go in now it is still soft and I can feel the sand shift slightly under feet at times. Will this harden over the years or is this a sign my installer did it improperly? Thanks

Hi, I had my above ground pool installed in May and have not had any issues. Today, I was cleaning the filter basket and I noticed greenish water that lead from underneath the exterior portion of the skimmer and led to the stone on the ground underneath it. I attached a couple pictures. I...

Hello, ever since having my pool installed and finding this site, I've been using Walmart bleach (8.25%) for chlorination. When I went to Leslie Pools the other day (for a small container of dry acid) I saw they have liquid chlorine. For $8 you got 2 gallons (256 ounces) of Star Shock, which...

When using 12.5% liquid chlorine,do I just fill in the bleach section with12.5%?

My water looks great and I've been using methods and test kit from here. My ph used to be 7.5 and now it's been creeping up to 7.8. I see it's just at the high end of the range as is my ta. Do I need to adjust these levels or are they ok? Thanks FC - 7.5 CC - 0 PH - 7.8 TA - 120 CYA - 50...

Hello, I had a new above ground pool installed May 10th if this year (1st time pool owner). Due to the weather, the pool was filled with water and sat untouched for around 3 weeks (just did bleach and stabilizer to raise cya). Now that the weather is nice we started going in the pool. I...

I have the Tf-100 kit stressed here and I read that you should add bleach just about every day. I see people saying they are testing daily. Are you just doing the 'daily' chlorine test every day and using that as free chlorine in your pool math calculator or are you also testing free chlorine...

I recently bought a Hayward Diver Daver automatic cleaner. It's the same as the aqua bug and Wanda the whale. I'm having an issue where it keeps getting caught behind my ladder. It defeats the purpose because I can't leave it unattended. The manual suggests removing the ladder each time...

Two quick questions: 1. What are the target levels on pool math supposed to be? For some reason I typed over mine by accident and I can't get it to go back to the defaults. 2. I am expecting my TF-100 test kit any day now, but in the mean time I had my water just tested at Leslie's Pools...

Prior to finding this site, I initially started using two chlorine tablets in a floater in my new pool. Now that I changed to bleach, I'm wondering how I can discard of these partially dissolved tablets. Can they just be dumped in the trash, or is it too corrosive? Also, I used the method...

Hi, as previously posted, I have a new pool with no cya. Tc -3 FC-3 Ph-7.4 Ta-100 Ch-200 Cya-0 I purchased granular stabilizer and plan to put in sock and tie it to noodle floating in pool. Is it ok that I add bleach to boast chlorine levels at same time as cya? Or will those things mess...

Hello all. I had a 15'x26' above ground pool installed on 5/10/14. Since I didn't have electric hooked up, the water sat untouched in the pool for over a week. Once I got everything running, I put two 3" chlorine tablets in a floater and let it float in the pool. Needless to say, my pool...