Forum: Pool Chemicals & Pool Water Problems

I am new to pools, but I am helping a friend try to get an inground pool (~30,000 gallons) from dark muddy brown to clear. I was doing pretty good...

I have a 28,000 gallon pool with Nature2 filter built one year ago. This was recommended to me by our pool builder (as opposed to having a saltwater...

Hi everyone, I can't seem to get my chlorine level to come up. I tested my water and added a total of 8lbs of stabilizer because I showed none. I...

I have a 30,000 gal bromine pool with a Hayward chemical feeder full of bromine pellets running at max opening. I have been shocking the pool with...

So...I have a gunite/plaster pool...27500 (about) gallons...this is my fourth year...the other three years, I've had an algae problem here and there,...

Just put in a 33ft diameter AG pool 54". came with: 2 hp (2 speed) pump, swim pro voyager150 filter, nature2 vision pro Filled with well water...

i been using store bleach, top out, i think it's called. after noticing water turning green, i ppoured 6 gallons to my inground 24k gallon water...

Hi, I have a 24 foot in ground pool. I am having trouble keeping both my chlorine stable. I have put multiple rounds of stabilzer in the water -...

I thought that I had been registered for several years but guess I got deleted. The "Getting Started" stickies were rather confusing as the post...

Is there a specific time to add stabilizer.......the reason i ask this question is that i have been told that if i add it to a cloudy pool then i...

Our pool store told us that our phosphte levels are high and the only way to get rid of phosphates is to "buy and use phosphate remover".....of...

My wife and I are interviewing various local PB's and have been told the benefits of each system (depending on builder). Looking for feedback on...

Please forgive me if I posted this in the wrong place. We have an above ground, Summer Escapes, 12x36 pool. My son had an accident, it was solid, but...

I received the kit I order through your link and it came from Swimming pool supply warehouse because Amato Industries was out of stock I guess. I...

Hi, My dad has a 24' round above ground pool, that is about 10 years old. This season he opened it up and it was really green. After finding...

I have had a heck of a year clearing the cloudiness of my pool and have posted about that issue in the algae forum. So I am fighting that. My...

22K inground plaster pool, test kit indicates CYA higher than 100. Having issues with algae bloom with 8.5ppm free chlorine. Going to drain 1/3 and...

This is my first time on this site and I thank everyone in advance for any help. I have a fiberglass in ground pool (5th season) and can't clear up...

have a 28' round with deep end, 25-28k gallon, 1-1/2hp pump sand filter. been using a pool store 30min away for my testing and chems. . I like this...

We have a Buster Crabbe pool (rectangle 16 x 32) and use all Bioguard products. For several years we have not been registering any free chlorine. ...

I am here because I am clearly confused and the local pool store seems to be just consuming my wallet. First of all, my water looks great but I have...

Hi Folks, We live in Southern Maryland and have the following: 20' x 48' gunite pool 36,000 gallons Jacuzzi tri-clops filter Jacuzzi pump...

I bought baking soda at Costco 13.5lbs for $7, then off to walmart for borax 4lbs12oz @ $3.50 a box. Muriatic acid from home depot was $7 a gallon,...

Pool-in ground gunite, 10-12,000 gal, Triton II sand filter & Centurion 1.5 hp pump. I am going thru chlorine tablets like crazy when in the past...

Hi, New to this site but it sounds like I might get some great advice here. I have an ingound 20 by 40 pool that we opened in May and have not been...

I have an indoor pool. It's covered 90% of the time to retain the heat as we live in the high country of CO. My problem is, my PH keeps creeping up...

Hello all, I just got my first pool up. I live in Nebraska and am a little tired of this heat so I thought I needed a pool! Being a newbie to...

I have an 18x32 In ground pool, approx 25,000 gallons with sand filter and vinyl liner. The water is cloudy and there is a brown sand-like residue on...

At first it was because of a leaky spider gasket, but not that is fixed. Also had to repair a tear in the shallow end earlier in the year. But I'm...

Hi, I setup my Intek 15' x 48" pool on Tuesday (4 days ago). I followed the great advice in this forum and appear to have my pool in good shape...