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Are you losing water? It looks from the pictures that you are.

I can only comment on my experience. I test my own water and get consistent results because I do it the same all the time, the correct way. I some times go and have tested at a Pool Store just to get a ball park figure (it saves on reagents) and noticed that they do not measure accuratly and...

Welcome PPF, If I had your issue I would do what Polyvue suggested, dilute your pool water with distilled water. 1. in a container add 5 oz of pool water with 20 oz of distilled water 2. Redo your CYA test and multiply your result by 5. The best case scenario is to get you CYA reading between...

Once you add salt, the only way to get rid of it is to drain water, so depending on your pool, salt will only go away from splash out or back washing. So, you might not need to add that much every season. I would get a water sample to the pool stroe and have them test for salt. Then check the...

I want to address the lazy part. Maintaining a pool is work, no way of getting around that unless you hire some one and then hope they know what they are doing because it is going to cost you $$$$ and possibly WORK later down the road. Even if you have a service, it is a good idea to test your...

If you add salt to your water for feel or SWG then you can burn/kill the grass.

The gate was locked, the critter must of jumped the fence. Did not happen again and this was a year ago so he is thinking some one was working outdoors near by and saw the refreshing pool.

I have the usual spider, ants and bugs. However, a friend of mine came home from work and noticed wet footprints leading from the pool steps to the side gate. Seems like the human kind of critters are using his pool. He is looking into a security camera. happened again a couple of days later.

I just emptied and refilled 1/2 my water the other day. I used the sock method (wife's panty hose) prior and dangled it over a return, if you squeeze it every 10 min or so it takes 1 hour to dissolve. This time after reading a post that stated to dissolve in warm water, I tried that. I still...

I tell them I use it for blood stains.

It takes 50oz of CL to raise 2ppm in your pool, this is if you start at 0 CL. What you need to do it test your CL level daily like you said and add 25oz of CL for every 1ppm you want to reach. Example, you want a 2ppm level and you test and have 1ppm, you will need to add 1 more ppm. (which is...

Pool store in my area has the best deals. 2.4 gals of 10.5% for $3.99 plus a frequent card that after 10 purchases 11th free. That's another 10% off price when you do the math. Also, sometimes they run a buy 2 get 1 free. I calculated that once to around $.53 a gal of regular strenghth bleach...

If you are confused and unsure of yourself, take a sample of your pool water to a pool store and let them test the water for you and have them give you a print out or write down the results. Do not buy anything from them yet, tell them you have to consult with the spouse(boss). Post your results...

I wonder if maintaing a salt level affects CYA. I have been loosing CYA and not to splash out. And have been following threads with the same issue and I think most of those pools add salt. Just thinking out loud.

I have had my pool for 10 months and the pool is open all year and I never had to shock. Using Ben's best guess chart my CL level range is between 3-5ppm of CL. I usually keep my pool around 3 ppm. When I have heavy bather load or after a bunch of kids I take it up to the higher range of 5 and...

Yes, I got my solar 3 months ago and have been enjoying 82-88 deg temps since THanksgiving.

I am taking a stab at this but your pool is pretty big, 26,000 gallons. How big is your neighbors and which model do you have? Also, what is your salt level.

Welcome to TroubleFreePools. I also live in Miami and not too far away from you. I live close to Robert Morgan Voc on 184st Pool store bleach runs about $3.99 for 2.5 gals of 10.5 % (I think the percentage can be +/- .5%). The price of $2.99 is a special Leslies is running but normally 3.99...

If that's the case, I am going to be dissapointed. Like I said, my pool temp has been 82-83 for the last month just using a solar cover. My neighbors pool has been 74-77. I have been averaging 7-8 degrees warmer. I am hoping that I get an additional 8 degrees for a total of 14-16 degree increase...

Dschlic1, I also live in FL and I am installing solar panels (this week). Can you please post your Pool temp, ambient air temp and if you can surface sqft, panel sqft. I have 740 sqft of pool surface and am installing 600sqft of panels (81% of coverage) on a West facing roof. Just alone with...

According to original post PH went from 6.9 to 7.5 from one morning to the next and TA went from 22 to 86. Does adding baking soda make your ph rise that much so fast?

Need to know the dimensions of your pool and depth. If your pool averages 4 feet deep and you are adding 4" of water that is roughly 1/12 of your volume so it is about 8%. I live in Miami and our Municipal water has 2ppm CL, TA 60, CH 100 so I guess yours might be the same so it does not make...

If you read the label on the pucks you will see the word stabilized, which means they added something (Cyunaric acid) to keep it protected from the sun. I do not have an inline feeder so I use a floater when no one is home. One advantage of using trichlor pucks is that since it is acidic and...

I would check the local codes and find out if the pool met them. FOr instance, we can't sell our house without the baby fence installed.

Compare the active ingredients on the label as well. The 3" tablets have different strengths, some state 93-99% and others I have seen were 68%. I am not sure about the 1" tablets.

New Pool owner (5 months) and read about BBB before pool was built on PoolForum and I have nothing to say but positive things. -My pool does not smell like chlorine -Never had to shock pool -CC at 0 except 1 time at .5 and I test weekly for CC, daily for FC and TC -No algae -Saved money...

Miami over here and I just got my solar cover last week to see if we can keep the temps up. Right now my pool is 91F. My ideal temp is 88F and the lowest We had it was 82F when we built in April. It was a little cold for me and the kids but we got accustomed to the water. My wife will not get...

My pool loses about 1-1.5 inches a week in Sunny Miami. My neighbors pool is smaller (17x34) and he seems to lose a little bit more per week than my pool. This Summer the rain has averaged about 1 inch per week so I've only had to add water twice this whole Summer.

Shauney, Where in So FL. I am in South Kendall behind Metro Zoo. I've had my pool for about 5 months and here is what I know about the heat and owning a pool in So. FL. -Most people I have asked in Miami keep their CYA 70-90 which according to this forum is too high unless you have a SWG. I...

I keep a 5 gal bucket near my equip pad used only for pool chemicals. I fill bucket about 85% of pool water and add .5 of chemicals to that bucket and walk around pouring into pool. Repeat with remaining chemicals. I do this for acid, baking soda, clarifier, Borax etc except chlorine, just walk...