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Brianhuynh05, this will take us down a bit of a hole as we are now getting into the main principals of TFP on how to maintain a pool. Reading in pool school will help you understand a bit better. In short by bringing your chlorine up to the required level and keeping it there the stains should...

I also get those. I have large river birch trees that constantly drop stuff into the pull. This looks like stuff that gets dropped into the pool and sits on the bottom leaving the stains. These should be organic stains and should go away as you increase your chlorine level. I recommend...

LC5093, You will want to get your equipment up and running. My recommendation is to clean off the pool deck the best you can, remove the cover, and then work on getting the equipment running. I am going to paste in a response that I typed up earlier this year in regards to a similar thread...

aaronsoileau, You are doing very well. Just an additional tip, looks like your FC is dropping about 5 points between adding and your next test. You may want to shoot for a FC level of 25, this will keep you closer to the shock target between testing and may speed things up a bit.

how deep is your deep end? When I drained my pool I could not find anyone that had any knowledge on the water table. I bought a post digger from Home Depot and dug down to the depth of my deep end, which is 5' 6". Lucky for me I have a small retaining wall which is about a 1' 6" high so I...

Either filter or bypass will work. The goal is get the bleach to mix. However the only way to remove the dead algae and other particles in the water is to filter it out.

Hello again Joe690, Sorry if it seems we doubt you or your knowledge, it is certainly not the intent here at all. Everyone here wants to help and wants to see your issue resolved, it is what makes this site so great in my opinion. Please understand that what is taught and practiced through...

Hello Joe690, As woodyp stated reading the Pool School section is highly recommended since the things taught here are entirely different from what is pass along through the pool store. For example, the Algaecide 60 is to prevent new algae from forming, it does nothing to remove existing algae...

That looks like pollen to me as well. However if you wanted to confirm to make sure it is not something growing in the pool you could put a bucket of water next to the pool and after a day or two look at it. It should also have pollen it, I had to do this the first year with my pool as I...

Another thing to keep in mind is that if you have stuff bypassing your filter and getting back into the pool it could be that you need to replace your spider gasket in your multiport valve. This is normally an easy and cheap solution. Are you noticing water still coming out of the waste...

i believe you have received all the information you need but just incase you still want some clarification: The reason you need to test and adjust you PH first is that your PH test is no longer reliable once your FC is above 10. Since you will be doing a SLAM to the pool your FC will most...

Katierocks don't feel bad. I got pool schooled too after I bought a foreclosure and I was excited to go to pool store and get ripped off. Almost all of us have been where you are at, once you get the hang of it you will be on the site giving advice to others.

As mentioned above be careful when draining the pool. If you do not know your water table I suggest using a post digger to dig down as far as your pool is deep. Let it sit overnight and check the hole to see if it has filled with any water. Once the pool is drained you will want to look under...

cmills, As you might know the Power Powder plus will raise both the CH, CL, and salt levels of your pool. I believe each bag contains 1 lb of product. That 1 lb of 73% cal-hypo will raise your FC by 2.7, your CH by 1.9 and your salt by 2.8. With a CYA of 30 you will need to add 4x 1 lb...

If you are having issues finding information about your water table I recommend getting a post digger and digging down the depth of your pool or as far as you can go. Let it stand for a day or two and check to see if it has filled up with water.

This may be a long shot but is it possible this is minor staining from copper or other metal? I had stains that would disappear and reappear that turned out to be copper staining due to the use of Copper algacide. I would add Calcium-Hypo shock directly to the pool and when it settled on the...

Not sure if this is helpful or not but has come in handy for me in the past. Is at all possible that the brown dust is coming from outside the pool? If so get a bucket and fill it with tap water from inside the house and place the bucket outside next to the pool. If you see the same brown...

Hey TexasGolfer, That gray powder that you are seeing is most likely dead algae. Based on that you can see how much algae the SLAM process is actually killing. The good news appears to be that your flow issues are not cause by a blockage of your pipes since you are able to get good flow when...

TexasGolfer, Recommended CH for a plaster pool is 250 to 350. When you get your test kit you will be able to test the level of CH in your pool already (or once you are done draining and refilling if you need to). If you want to SLAM your pool with the cal-hypo you have you will need to add...