water safety

I'm new to using Bromine for my hot tub and have a few questions: I filled my 130 gallon hot tub and built up a proper 3-5ppm bromine level. Then I added CYA to 40ppm to buffer the bromine, incorrectly assuming bromine needed CYA protection - I now know differently, but just letting you know...

I’ve been fighting lingering algae most of the summer. After the pool store recommended 10% algaecide, 2 weeks later I saw more algae. They then recommended the 90 day algaecide with 11ish% copper. After a few days of vacuuming, and swimming, I cleaned up some gray/white sediment (I assume...

Hi guys. So, long story short I just finished locating and piecing together a Bestway 24x12. She’s all filled up and looking pretty good. Since I had issues with getting filter up and running for about a week, I think I accumulated the beginnings of some algae. Luckily it’s been dying and...

Hi, everyone. I’m dealing with a small outbreak of algae. This is my first experience with it, so I have a couple of questions. We accidentally left the chlorine generator off on our SWG and, with weather too cool to swim, I didn’t pay much attention to the pool. That was a mistake...

I had pump and electrical issues for quite some time, causing my pool to sit stagnant for most of winter. I've gotten everything repaired, and I'm starting SLAM. The algae got so bad, it's got a huge build up of sludge in the bottom. One 8-10ft scoop over the bottom with the net nearly fills the...