Forum: Pool Chemicals & Pool Water Problems

We purchased a used 15x30 lomart abg pool complete w/pump,filter,reel, and heater. We bought a new liner and a new bubble cover for the reel. It took...

The weather is nice and we will start using the pool soon.. The water is now cloudy because I was shocking to get rid of algae. I did not cover the...

I put up an 18' x 52" Intex pool last week. Filled it from the hose (public well water), roughly 7,600 gallons. Until it was about half-full, it...

AND water not sparkling clear..added mineral remover, vacuumed and then shocked -running DE filter. Water NOT cloudy..just tinge of green..WHAT to...

Had a problem with multi value and leaking which you guys were SPOT on and that had been fixed, replaced the whole top piece and it is working...

How long are the test kit drops/powders good? I have been shocking my pool for 10 days with simply no improvement in the water. I am wondering if...

Since opening our pool this year, our TA has been high, 240 on the strip test and 140 with the drop test. Our ph is 7.2 on both tests. This year we...

Hi Everyone, Great forum here, tons of info! I just bought a house with a nice in ground pool spa and waterfall combo. and I know zero about...

Pulled off my solar cover today after it being on for about five days. Found out boyfriend (who is very new to the pool thing) somehow thought he was...

I have a problem with dirt reappearing after I vacuum my pool. You can see some of the dirt coming right back thru the return nozzle. We have a...

I had a pool party for my daughter and there was a whipped cream eatting contest that turned into a food fight (like a pie eating one but no pie)....

Just received my Taylor K-2006 test kit today. The results were eye-opening. And have left me with no idea how to proceed. I live in Phoenix. ...

20k gallon 16-32 ig vinly liner pool. opened 3 weeks ago very black/green. sand filter ive pounded it over the weeks with high fc readings and have...

How can you test for ammonia? I am also having a problem getting a free chlorine reading on my test strips and the pool store says everything looks...

Hello everyone – I live near Dallas TX and I have a 7 yr. old pool – I had never had one prior to this so I have been going along with whatever...

We have 28 ft above ground i can run the pool rover 3 or 4 times and the vacuum sweeper through the pump and pool looks super clean the minute i turn...

I have read lots of different things on how to use walmart generic 6% liquid chlorine but am afraid to use it yet. We have an automated chlorinator...

I have a 40K gallon vinyl liner pool. I have never had this problem before. These are my latest readings by the pool store and I have a Taylor K-1005...

Hi folks - wish i had found this forum before being socked at the local pool store - ugh! Anyway, lesson learned. I just got our first little...

I have a 12,000 pool and I recently came accross an issue where my pool water is Blue and muddy I had algae and cleaned it using algaecide..I then...

My parents own a pool. My father has always taken care of it himself. But, as he gets older (close to 80) he's starting to forget the things he...

Hi, Over the last coupe of years my pool dealer is always telling me that "phosphates are high" and that I need to treat it with products from...

I have a 24ft above ground pool. Vinyl liner with Sand filter. I have tried the BBB method, but I can't get my pool clear. I had it tested yesterday ...

Hi, I am a new pool owner. added probably 3 or 4 bromine tablets into my spool. Would it be hard to shock the pool back to chlorine without...

Hello. I am in need of some help. Our pool continues to go green and gross constantly. We have had the water tested and Chlorine was at 4 ppm which...

Hi all, I am a new to the forum so thank you in advance for letting me post to the community. I was gone for a week and my chlorine got out...

I'm opening a newly installed 22K fiberglass pool and have added 15+ lbs of cyanuric acid and still have a zero reading. Any thoughts why nothing is...

Hi! I have had a 5,000 gal pool wth a Hayward sand filter for several years. I used walmart's pool chemicals for a while & in the last few years, a...

Hello!! I have a white bubbly residue on my pools surface and so i took the water to get tested. Hopefully I can provide enough info so that the...

I upgraded to the intex Krystal Clear Saltwater System this year. I bought the Leslies Deluxe Poolcare DPD Test Kit to monitor my water. All of my...