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I'm pretty sure I've found the leak. It's a dime sized, u shape tear on the side wall in front of one of the support pillars. I'm letting the water drop to it now to confirm. What's the best way to repair, and where can I find the supplies?

Let's hope it's higher up! Although there is a damaged spot where a chlorine puck fell out of the floater and sat on the pool floor a couple of years ago. Any tips on making a liner tear easier to spot?

Thanks for the reply. I read the article. I'm sure this is not evaporation as it was a sudden change without any significant change in weather. For reference I haven't had to add water all season except for times when my kids have done excessive splashing. It is now dropping 1-2 inches in 24...

I'm losing 1-2 inches per day from my pool. So far it doesn't seem that be going below the outlet jet, but that may be just because I haven't let it go long enough without adding water. I let the chlorine dip low for a couple of days, so I shocked the pool and brushed the walls and pool floor...

Might do a DE add in the filter - this seems to help me get the last bit of cloudy out of the pool!

It's about 6-8 inches now - looking okay so far. Hopefully there's not a puddle leaking out in the morning. Thanks for the feedback.

The top portion feels "normal" to me. Feels pliant and almost rubbery. The bottom portion that has turned white is still fairly pliant, although it feels "drier" to me. Is there any procedures that I need to follow when refilling the pool or particular things to watch for (other than a big rip...

The liner looks like it might have shrunk some...I've attached an image. Also the bottom foot of the liner appears to have turned more a more whitish color. Is there something that I need to do while I'm filling up the pool for the best results?

I didn't realize that I shouldn't drain my AGP for the winter. It's been empty for about a month and a half. What should I do now?

There seem to be two types - one that is growing and fuzzy and one that starts on the wrinkles and seams of the liner but follows the line/seam and doesn't look fuzzy. I'm heading out to see if I can trap some now. I'll have to head out to the store to get some more bleach before starting a SLAM.

I'll see if I can get some out - it looks to be sort of a brownish color and is very fine. If you brush it lightly it comes off the pool floor very easily and just disappears into the water without making it look cloudy. After several hours it accumulates again, always in exactly the same spots...

My water is looking great, FC usage seems normal, but there is something that looks like algae accumulating on the bottom of the pool. Unfortunately, when it came up I was going out of town for 2 weeks and had only two days to try and manage it. First I vacuumed out everything that looked like...

I ordered a new one off amazon - but it was a cheap one. What's your recommendation for one that will last more than one season?

I had a HUGE drop in pressure at the return after just 15 minutes. Should I be worried? Or just keep checking it every 15-20 minutes to make sure I still have decent flow?

Great! Because I am almost out of POP!

It's looking even better when I got home from work today. FC was at 9 so I added another 121oz of 8.25% bleach. CYA still is below 30, even though I added 1.5 lbs this morning. Is it okay to add maybe 1/2 cup of DE to the sand filter to speed up the filtering? My gauge is broken, but I'll be...

Day 6 of my SLAM and I think I'm pretty much finished. I passed the OCLT last night, CC is <0.5, and the water is ALMOST clear. I can see the bottom no problem but the water just has no sparkle. What should I do to get that sparkle back? I did buy some DE to use in the sand filter if needed, but...

Is it normal to still have to add 3 121 oz of 8.25% bleach during the day to maintain slam value after I've passed my oclt?

I've been adding 3 x 121 oz per day to keep it at 16 ppm. Do I need to keep it that high now or can I let it drift down even though it's not clear yet? I did pass the OCLT last night.

I think I have someone who can keep adding bleach for me once a day - what level do they need to maintain if the pool is still cloudy?

Got my titrating reagent yesterday and the pool was at 10.5. I bumped it up using 242 oz 8.25% bleach. Tested the pool at midnight and it was 18.5. This morning a little before 7 AM is was still 18.5 and CC is <0.5. I think that means I passed my OCLT?!? The water is still very cloudy, but I...

Just got back from the pool store because the told me that had some of they R-0871 in stock (they didn't). I took a sample for testing while I was there and let them know I was expecting the FC to be in the neighborhood of 15 ppm. Got my results back with a FC of 5. They also told me my CYA was...

Ok, so yesterday I tried really hard to get this thing done. I bumped the FC to 17 around 8 AM and brushed the pool good. I also raked to get as many leaves as possible out (not too many left in). Below is the results through the day. Now the good news is the pool is looking better - the bad...

Pool was at 10.5 FC when I got home today. I raked again and got a few more leaves out then added bleach to bring it to 18 ppm FC. I'll check again tonight to see how far it has dropped.

Thanks for the tips. I've tried to get all the leaves out that I can and the water is back to more of a grayish-white. Overnight the FC dips very little (from 18 to 17.5) but during the day I'm seeing a drop down to around 7 or 8 by the time I get home from work. I don't think the sunlight of...

I measured the FC this morning around 7:30 and it was at 16 + 0.5-1.0 CC. I left the bottom vacuum running all day as there are still a few leaves on the bottom of the pool. Tonight when is measured the FC around 22:00 it was 7.5 with CC of 0.5-1.0. The water looks more white than it did...

I didn't close my pool down over the winter since I had the wrong size cap for my skimmer...no cover, no chemicals... The science project grew lots of interesting aquatic life including some kind of gray worms and little tadpole looking creatures plus LOTS of algae!!! The pool was really dark...