Bleach, cal-hypo, trichlor, dichlor, shock and STABILIZER: when, where & how.
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I am at my wits end on this pool. I think I could weep. We have a 15,000g above ground. We opened at the end of April to a very, very green pool. ...
I don't think any of these threads survived. I had heavily contemplated adding salt to my bleach pool last year after reading some of the threads...
I don't know what to do! I have a above ground pool, about 5 weeks ago, my pump broke, and i left the pool with out a cover on and i stoped...
I have a 33k gallon vinyl lined pool.had ahell ofa time getting the water clean upon start up 3 weeks ago.I did have a LOT of leaves in the deep end...
I cannot keep chlorine in my pool. I added ProTeam Mustard and Black Magic 12 OZ, a double dose last Friday. Now I cannot keep a chlorine level,...
EDIT by Watermom: Instead of having you tack your questions onto somebody else's thread, I moved your posts into your own thread. That will make it...
Help!! Started having problems the end of last season with chlorine disappearing - at that time I had a CYA over 100. I don't remember having...
I went to visit my daughter and when I came back pool was GREEN. DARK GREEN. Dear hubby forgot to put chlorine in and now I do not know what to do....
21,000 gallons inground. cl 5.0 ph 6.8 cya 50 ta 150 i had posted in the alage section problems encountered had been keeping pool to shock to rid...
Hello all - I'm in big trouble. I have a inground liner pool. Last week, I noticed some small black algae attached to my wall at different spots. I...
hey folks! i want to go the BBB route of keeping my pool in check, but i was told by the installer to NEVER use liquid chemicals as this could...
< WAVES > Anyone have a cheaper place for Ultra bleach than Save A Lot at 1.39 for 3 quarts ?
I am having the same problem smallpooldad is having in his thread below, but instead of living in beautiful Hawaii, I live in GA...Alas. Friday...
I just filled it added 3 doses of bleach, 4 doses of borax. Just got test kit and my pH is 8.2, alkalinity 50ppm, no reading (clear) for...
I was reading a post and it said to put about a 1/3 cup in the skimmer and see if the pressure rises. IF not, add a little more. Is it OK to use DE...
last week I had no chlorine even though been adding ,having to scrub at algea patches everday.My ph is low I have 4 pucks in the skimmer 6 in an...
I am a new member and I really want to get my pool right this year, so thanks in advance. We fought a metal issue last season and reading your info...
New to sight and need some help cause I ain't getting from the pool store. I can't get my free chlorine up. My pool is in ground vinyl 21000g. Opened...
This is the year we are switching. After doing a lot of reading late last year we are "drinking the kool-aid" and moving to bleach. My wife thinks I...
hi my name is eric and my wife's is lisa. we have two boys and one girl. ages 6, 12 and 19. this is our first year with a 24ft agp. we bought this...
I went in the pool last night and it was perfect, I had a mask on and I could see from one end of the pool to the other, clear as day. The filter...
Just openned my inground vinyl liner pool, 18K gallons. I shocked with 5 lbs of powder shock the first day, got no reading, so over the last week I...
All, I have officially switched to the BBB method and turned off my auto-chlorinator! Due to my use of Chlorine Tabs my CYA reading is ~ 90. My...
added 4 each 3/4 gallons of bleach to pool when left on Wednesday. Returned today, no chlorine, ta 180, ph 7.5,cya 45 pool completely cloudy, cannot...
I tred BBB in my hot tub but I'm just not having any luck. I cannot maintain a decent CL level for more than a day. It's 120 gal stand alone hot tub....
Good morning everyone, My baseline filter pressure is 12 psi. I uncovered the pool June 1 and here it is June 22 and the psi has not changed. ...
OK, I read a lot about the BBB, I want to try it. this is the 1st year my pool does not clear up after 7 days 24/7 running the filter sand. I have...
Hello new to the forum, pool owner for 3 years never had any problems. 23,000 gallon concrete pool with D.E Filter. Pool is almost 20 years old. All...
Help! I'm new to pool maintenance and have been sucked in to the pool store run around. Basically our pool isnt registering chlorine. We have...
Yep Thats my pantyhose! Yeah I know it's just a little dopey Intex Popup. But using this forum and Ben's site, we learned allot and made our...
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