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I tested at noon at it was at 7.5, I have roughly a 55 level CYA so i shoot for 7 - 9 so I added 7 cups to raise it to 11. I checked it at 9:30pm expecting it to be around 7 or 8 and find it at 5. Is this a normal loss? My water is 90F and it was really hot today and the sun is on the pool...

Yesterday I hunted and smashed about 8 of these little swimming nightmares. Most of the time they were swimming directly at me as I ran away trying to find a net to capture them. I read that they usually feed on algae so I did an OCLT last night and didn't lose anything at all, so I don't think...

Ok, so this is starting to drive me a little mad, this is what has happened thus far. We bought a hose from walmart that was a 2inch, 35 ft hose and set out to find something that would fit into the white hose coming out of the basket (which I have a spare for) and fit onto the other end of my...

I'm not sure what to do about this, it hasn't been 90 days since I bought the pool and I just noticed rust starting on probably 10 out of 26 T-joints. Is this normal for intex pools? What can I do about it? I mean, I am really not prepared to take my entire pool down and apart to replace it...

I recently peeled open the seam where water collects near the top of my intex pool and found that some of the seams were filled with out of control algae. I know for a fact that it isn't in my pool growing as the chlorine levels have been consistent and I did an overnight chlorine test last...

So I just passed my first SLAM last night! Water is sparkling clear, 0CC and my FC was 21 last night and 21 this morning! But I do have a question/concern. The reason I got algae in the first place is because my FC level drops quite a bit during the day and I'm new to this so it got down to...

I had a slight algae problem, I felt slimy surfaces in a few cracks. I began my slam and have used a huge amount of chlorine. My levels upon starting were: 6-23 FC -7.4 CC .4 CYA-30 TA - 110 PH - 7.4 CH - 60 My first overnight test I went from 22.5 FC to 14.5FC in the morning. Last night I...

Let me start with giving my starting numbers and what I've done so far. 6-23 FC -7.4 CC .4 CYA-40 TA - 110 PH - 7.4 CH - 60 SLAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM target FC over 16 FC - 5.5 added 2 gallons and 3quarts of bleach 8pm Fc 22.5 6-24 9am FC 14.5 added 1 gallon of bleach (projected fc 19.5...

I used #20 pool sand, filled it between the lines it suggested, made sure to get none in the pipe, backwashed as instructed for 3 minutes and the water was clear. Then I rinsed for 3 minutes as instructed. Then when I put it to filter it was at 10psi which is right on the line between green and...

I'm completely new to sand filters and finally upgraded to the intex 3000 gallon sand filter. My question is, I am performing the first routine backwash and there is quite a lot of sand in the sediment window. In the video is showed no sand in there, is this a problem? Should I backwash until...

So I just set up my new intex pool (details hopefully in my sig) and have been reading for 2 days straight trying to wrap my head around everything. I learn very well by seeing, but not as much by imagining, that said I think I have the basics. Now for my question, I did a test with a walmart...