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I was wondering how long I should run my pump in order to keep everything filtered. We've been running it 24 hours for the last 5 days (had some algae). Now that it's clear, thought I could probally run it a little less.

Well a kinda funny thing happen to my pool this weekend. Had solar cover on pool and had to leave early Saturday morning for daughter's ballgame when I notice part of the solar cover had been pushed away about 3 feet. Thinking my nephew and a buddy wanted to take a dip in the middle of the...

I have been on the forum learning alot and with all the information I have found, I think I have Mustard Algae. I have been fighting this for about 3 weeks to a month now and still the same thing. I can get the pool water somewhat clear but not sparkling clear like it was. This is my first...

Yesterday I notice my pool seemed a little cloudy and I don't have a good test kit yet. I have the test strips plus the chlorine & PH test kit from Walmart. The Chlorine level was low so I went ahead and shocked the pool with the stuff we got with the pool. This afternoon when I got home...

I am a first time pool owner and my pool is filled and we are loving it. I do need some help with my liner if there is help. When we installed our liner we were very careful to get out all the wrinkles and did most of them. But as the pool was filling, I notice on one side of the wall that...

I received the Blue Wave 3" tablets with my pool and want to use them up. I have the test strips which I know aren't very reliable and I also have the 3 way test kit from Walmart. I have a 30' above ground pool and the water looks great. I check the Chlorine & PH daily with the 3 way kit and...

I need some questions answered. I've been reading this forum and have learned alot. My test results are PH-7.8 FC - 0 TA - 180 Stab- 30-50 I'm thinking I need to reduce the PH and I plan on using the BBB method but for now I just have the kit that was sent with my pool. So I have PH reducer...

How long should I run my pump and filter on a 30' round above ground pool and should I run it at night or during the day?

This is our first pool ever and its a 30' round above ground. We always try to save money, so we did the installation ourselves. We just got all the pump equipment together and we are currently filling it the rest of the way. My question is, where do I go from there on the testing. I was...