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Re: Intex saltwater water system + ultra frame 18 by 52 bad for rust? Prevention? Our first Intex ultra frame rusted quickly while using the SWG that came with the pool. I looked outside one day about 2 years after we set up the pool and realized that it was leaning on one side. I walked...

Good catch! Actually, though, I did have it plugged into pool math as 6K. I just had it wrong in the signature. I lost 3 ppm overnight. Dropped from 24 to 21. The only thing that I have not yet done is completely open up the filter and strainer basket and bleach everything out. I have cleaned...

It depends upon the day and what else is going on...I always check first thing in the morning and bring the chlorine up to SLAM level. Then, I check again around 10...noon...5 and then again after the sun goes down. Each time bringing it back up to SLAM level. It has usually dropped at least 5...

So, I am just SO frustrated! I found TFP last year and I've been a convert from that time forward. My little AG pool was perfectly crystal clear for the rest of the year last year. This year, I was SO confident! I knew what to do and it was such a relief. Well, I feel like I'm back to square...

Yay! And, I totally agree with you. It is SO nice to have this site with all of the fabulous information. I "broke up" with the pool store about a month ago and I've never looked back. My pool has gone from constant algae breakouts and continual cloudy water to beautiful and sparkly clear for a...

We have struggled with illusive leaks from our Intex liner since the 2nd year. We have never taken the pool down. We can't see any holes, so I am assuming there must be pin prick holes or weak seams? They are just slow leaks that we probably wouldn't even know about except for the fact that our...

Will definitely try the rock trick. :) The water level is up high enough. I did try pulling the skimmer hose out so that the water sucked directly out of the side of the pool and not through the skimmer basket and it did not change the bubble situation in the pump basket. So, not sure that is...

Thanks, Richard. I was definitely calling it the wrong thing. You are correct that we do not have a proper skimmer on this Intex pool. It is just the "over the side" kind plugged into the outlet in the pool wall. So, I should have called it the pump strainer rather than skimmer. But, yes, the...

So, we just recently purchased a 1 hp Hayward Pump with a cartridge filter to replace the inadequate filtration system that came with our 16x48 Intex AG pool. We have been extremely happy with it and it is SO much more powerful than the little pump we had before. I didn't even realize that we...

That sounds like a plan. I'll get MA and lower my PH. Hopefully, that won't affect my TA too much? And, I had just come to the same conclusion with my Chlorine...still figuring out how fast it drops. I think I'll stick with 10 ppm to avoid dropping to zero again on the next scorcher day...

Alrighty...got home from work and went straight out to test the pool. We are in the middle of a heat wave here and the temp is 103 out there. I'm sure the water is in the 80s. Here is the full picture: FC - 0 (Oops! I dosed it up to 7 ppm last night, but that clearly wasn't enough to combat...

Hi Eskewj, I can at least help with keeping your post up at the top! :) I have a pool with a vinyl liner, but as it is a "tiny" Above Ground compared to yours, I imagine my situation is a bit different. What I CAN tell you is that we definitely have some wrinkles in the bottom of our pool and...

Oops...just reread my post and realized that the measurements of my pool are not listed in my signature. My pool is the 16X48 round Intex Pool. It is listed in the manual as 5K gallons.

Thank you so much for your replies. I'm at work right now and can't run tests, but I'll definitely post a full set of numbers when I get home this evening. Hopefully, the PH will have dropped a bit. But, if not I will go get some Muratic Acid. Thanks for the info. on what to get so that I can...

Hi all, First of all, let me say how very much I appreciate ALL of the information from this site and forum. Over the past couple of weeks I've gone from being completely clueless about how to manage our 16X48 5,000 gallon AG Intex Vinyl pool to draining (sky-high CYA), slamming and having a...