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Hello - For a while now I have had air in my pump and it comes out the floor (pop-up) cleaner jets regularly, every 2-3 minutes, sometimes big bubbles, sometimes just tiny bubbles. I can see air in both the pool pump and the leaf catcher, but not really that much, just some bubbles, but I can...

I had to (mostly) drain my pool to do some tile work. While I was at it, I decided to replace one of the three Intellibrite pool lights that wasn't working (the gasket had leaked, but that's another story). The pool has been empty below the lights now for three or four days but the wall...

We live in Las Vegas, where the water supply is both extremely hard and also alkaline. Calcium deposits are a constant problem here, which is why the automatic fill works off the dedicated water softener. In mid-March, I drained the pool and did some grout work on it, then refilled it --...

I'll be frank, I never really understood my automated Pentair system they sold me when they built the pool. Oh, I know how to set the pool pump days and times, the system date/time, the pump speeds and even the chlorinator percentages. I also know how to push the buttons on the remote control...

Hoping someone can give me some ideas about how to handle my ROCK problem. We built the pool just over four years ago. Having seen lots of beautiful pools here in Las Vegas with natural rocks at the edge, I had the builder put in an all-rock waterfall and also rocks around the far side...

Hello, I have a hot tub/spa that's part of the pool system. It's almost three years old and I haven't had any problem like this until recently. What's happening is that **sometimes** after using the spa, the user will shut it off and go inside, but the spa only partially shuts down. What I...

I have a rock waterfall that runs on a Pentair pump that is separate from the main filter pump. The whole system was installed well over two years ago and we never had a problem with it until about three or four months ago. It simply refused to respond to the remote control, so I checked the...

Hello, I have been using the TFT-100 kit for a year now and have noticed some results lately that seem weird. For background, we live in Las Vegas, where it rarely rains and untreated incoming water is both very hard and very alkaline. To cope with those issues, I installed a dedicated water...

I have a question about the results of my testing and the CSI index that PoolMath is generating. For several months now my results have been very stable, and today's readings are typical (things stabilized after we narrowed the spa outlet and the pool passed its first birthday). I am using the...

My questions primarily concern the "goals" on PoolMath. I seem to consistently get "balanced" results on the CSI using PoolMath, even though I'm pretty far outside the "goals" it shows for me. Since I last posted here, I had to drain and refill again, and this time the pool is filled with...

I now have both the Taylor and ColorQ test kits. ChemGeek sent me a standard 100 sample of ALK and the Taylor tested exactly 100 whereas the ColorQ showed 91. I mention this only to show that I believe I am doing the tests right. However, I am still getting bizarre results. I have been...

Hello, I drained 3/4 of my pool, blasted off the scale, and refilled it towards the end of August. Using two softeners, I refilled it mostly with soft water and there's a soft water feed line attached, so this is not the typical Vegas hard water. My CH is typically in the low 240s. I then...

I am getting a Pentair IC-40 SWG installed later today. The IC-40 has LED readouts to say whether the salt concentration is low or sufficient, but nothing to say if excessive. First question is whether I can rely on the SWG itself to make that determination or must I buy an actual tester? I...

After getting what I thought were ridiculous results from the pool store, I bought a LaMotte 2056 ColorQ Pro 7 test kit which I find pretty easy to use and I'm very careful to follow the instructions to the letter. However, I have read in this forum that the ColorQ isn't necessarily accurate...

Split by moderator from HERE. Please start your own thread to ask your own questions to avoid confusion. Thanks, jblizzle Hi, we recently moved to Las Vegas and we built a pool which was filled for the first time in February. We previously had (and maintained our own) pool in South Florida...