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I am getting small bubbles through the inlets. Noticed when I shut off the pump, water squirted out between the top of the basket strainer and the strainer body. I took off the top, cleaned both surfaces real well, put in a new, well lubed O ring and the same thing happens - bubbles and squirt...

I have a Hayward DE filter. When the pump goes off I can hear water leaving the filter. When I start it up again there is quite a bit of air blown into the pool before water fills up the filter and am back to "normal". This morning I took the strainer basket top off and saw water coming from the...

Topic split off by Moderator Geekgranny - Need to get some grids for my DE filter. Where do recommend to buy online ? Thanks.

Have just successfully won a battle against black algae and am very proud and gratefully to report that I am now 100% on the BBB method of pool maintenance. Just this AM, after 3 days, got my TA to 100 using Waterbears method of lowering pH to 7.0-6.8 and then aerating. Worked great. Everything...

Just finished a week and a half war with the dreaded black algae and am claiming victory. Just got a TF-100 kit yesterday and am now in the process of bring our pool into balance and beginning the BBB method. We have a 25,000 gal plaster pool with a DE filter. I will be taking the filter out...

We have just returned from 8 months over seas and we have black algae, big time. We have about a 25,000 gal Gunite pool. I have been told the "best" way, although not the easiest way to get rid of it was to drain the pool and to either steel brush or use a pressure washer to knock the "heads"...