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  1. CaptnKebec

    Troubled water aftre putting salt

    Hi all, I had a crystal clear water this weekend, this was before I started my salt system. I had the water analysed and it was perfect, but of course, no salt, so I added the recommended qty. 60kg of salt for my 25,000 litres pool. 12 hours later I don't see the bottom of the pool! I'ts all...
  2. CaptnKebec

    Gatorade green water after season opening

    Hi all, I opened my pool after a strange winter here, not cold and practicaly no snow. We also had unusually hot days early this spring. So the pool had a lot of dirt, leafs and algea, it was dark brown :shock: !! It's also my first year opening it with a salt system. So I opened it like I did...
  3. CaptnKebec

    Orange stains if water at ideal levels!

    Hi all, I installed a SWG 2 weeks ago. I got my water analysed, added salt and after a couple of days I succedded to balance the correct level for the PH, the chlorine and the total alkalinity. My problem is if I keep the total alkalinity between 80 and 120 as recommended, all the walls of my...
  4. CaptnKebec

    Robotic cleaner for a fiberglass pool

    Thanks Papy, Thats exactly what I've done and it worked well. By the way "SWG" is my new Salt Water Chlorine Generator I got in the same time I purchase the TigerShark. I want my pool to be hassle free as I can, so with robot and less chemicals to add to te pool, it will be more fun and less...
  5. CaptnKebec

    Hello all from the Montreal area

    Hello everyone, I'm a new member here and I already found great infos and answers to many questions I had about pool maintenance. I have a pool for 8 years now, and I just found out that site, I could found nearly all my answers here, instead of asking those "pool people" who wants to sell you...
  6. CaptnKebec

    Robotic cleaner for a fiberglass pool

    I dropped the TigerShark into my pool last night and while I was painting the wall of my house it was cleaning the pool! :goodjob: That thing is really cool, it even climbed into the SPA part of the pool to clean it. It can really come out of weird position, at a time it was completely back...
  7. CaptnKebec

    Robotic cleaner for a fiberglass pool

    Just got myself a TigerShark and an SWG, so it should be a "troublefree summer" for me!! :whoot: I'll post my experiences as the summer go by..... Cheers
  8. CaptnKebec

    Robotic cleaner for a fiberglass pool

    Thanks Pappy for your info, I've looked some videos for the tigershark and the iRobot and I also talk to pool's specialist and the Tigershark is definetively a better choice then the iRobot. The cartridge system is better then the bag for cleaning and the Tigershark is more robust and reliable...
  9. CaptnKebec

    Robotic cleaner for a fiberglass pool

    I'll take a look at that article and snoop around the stores to see what I can get to suit my needs, Thanks a lot.
  10. CaptnKebec

    Robotic cleaner for a fiberglass pool

    Hi duraleigh, Thanks for the reply, I'm cleaning it manually with a conventional vacuum and I'm very tired of doing this a couple of times a week. I've never used any kind of automatic cleaner, so could you be more precise about those cleaners you talk about. Brand models, ect. I've seen...
  11. CaptnKebec

    Robotic cleaner for a fiberglass pool

    Hi, I have a fiberglass pool wich have some kind of steps all over it (see the picture below). I want to buy a robotic cleaner and I would like to know if it's going to be able to clean the pool's walls with those steps. I'm considering the iRobot Verro 500 or the Tigershark Any advice would...
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