saltwater pool

Hey guys I just wanted to get some feedback on starting up new saltwater pool. What to do and what not to do. You should be able to find all my details in my signature. They are going to start filling my pool today. Questions I had: - when do you add salt - pool company is saying to put...

We are on our 5th season with a gunite pool that came with our house. Our current setup is a SWG, full sun, variable speed pump & sand filter. Filter, pump and salt cell all replaced 2 years ago. We have been battling black algae. We have slammed, scrubbed, vac'd, etc., nonstop for MONTHS. It...

Hey ya’ll. Newbie here who has done a massive amount of research on the forums trying to get it all right. I’ve run into a few pool builder challenges that threw my chems out of whack just when I almost had them perfect! First off, I live in hot, dry Arizona and have a 10,000 gallon salt water...

Can anyone help me identify what type of algea this is? We just opened the salt water pool and this algea is everywhere. The water is clear by now but these stains will not scrub off the walls. The pool is older and has a slightly rough Gunite finish. We have balance and shocked and added algea...

I have the Intex saltwater system Model ECO15110-2. We have already backwashed for the first time and it’s now on 01 on the led screen and the 6-way is turned to filter and it’s currently working fine. However, it says to put the pump into FP mode while we add the salt to the pool. The problem...

Using two separate testing methods including a Taylor K2006C, my FC has been around 8 ppm for over a week, in a salt water pool, despite turning off the chlorinator. According to Dr. Google: "Sunlight depletes chlorine level, although not as fast as chemical methods. On a cloudless sunny day...

Bought a house with a 25k pool 2 years ago (going on our third summer with the pool). The pool has always had issues keeping FC levels above 0 and high phosphates. This year we decided to switch to salt with a pentair ichlor30 and have been keeping it at 60%. The water is 85, and the pump and...

I realize this has been asked and I have read through those posts, but I was wondering if some of the members that chose quartzcapes can comment on how it has held up over the years. We bought our house and the pool needs resurfacing. I like the QS a little better than the SS, but the both the...

Good evening, all. Brand new owner of a 20,000 gallon salt water pool, here! Very excited and also a bit frustrated as I added 360 pounds of the recommended approximate 550 pounds of salt this afternoon just to try out my IC40 Pentair Intellichlor SWCG to find out that it won’t work for my 52...

Hello all! :geek: We just retired our Intex Ultra pool due to the frame rusting into 1,000 pieces and are looking for something more permanent. I installed a SWG in early spring and it didn't take it long to rust the pool apart. We couldn't keep up with the standard chlorine pool and the SWG...