new to pool care

Hi, I just purchased a home with a saltwater pool and we just moved in last week. The pool is pretty bad and covered in algae. As of today, I am receiving these issues for low salt and flow. I cleaned out the skimmer today and ran the robot to clean up the bottom. I plan on getting salt...

I have been a completely hands-off pool owner for 2 years now. We switched our pool to a SWG when we moved in. This is my first pool and I thought that all you had to do for a pool was hire a company and enjoy your swims… that self pool maintenance was for people with time or interest… well, our...

Hello I just made a trip to a pool store as I didn’t find a good chlorine elsewhere. They offered me free pool test and the result came out that my phosphate is way high above the standard range. They asked me to use a phosphate remover chemical they sell, but I wanted to first check in this...

I have a DE filter that looks more like a cartridge (Pentair ECDE60). Does anyone know how frequent the DE should be backwashed/filter grids cleaned? Everything I read says when the pressure gauge raises 10 PSI above normal, but my gauge is broken. My filter is so BASIC it doesn't have a...