New-ish pool owner in TX

meyermalley

Member
Mar 20, 2025
8
Texas
Pool Size
15000
Surface
Plaster
Chlorine
Salt Water Generator
SWG Type
Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Hi from a former lurker on TFP. Became a first-time pool owner last year and thought I knew a good amount about pools since I worked them in my youth (lifeguard manager, comfortable with testing chemicals, backwashing pumps, skimming/vacuuming, etc.).

Whole new ballgame with cartridges and a SWG, variable pump speeds, and figuring out whether to run waterfalls all the time or just on special occasions 😅 Faced two algae outbreaks and SLAMmed based on TFP info. Hoping to avoid that this summer! I do think I'll need to decide to get a new SWG or not based on the way it's behaving (keeps misreading salt levels and not wanting to generate).

Grateful to all the good advice on this site.