Forum: Pool Chemicals & Pool Water Problems

Ok, I'm a pretty new pool owner, so no laughing at me ok :p We have one of those soft-sided pools, the kind you buy at WalMart. It's about...

what causes the blue water?

How do you get CC reading. Also what do I need to check to make sure my pool holds chlorine longer? I need education on the pool balance readings and...

I went in to a Leslie's today to get an FAS-DPD test kit - they didn't have one and the manager says they don't carry them - I'm just going to order...

someone please help! i am pulling my hair out here. i had an AG last year so learned a little and now bought a house with an IG, which i think is...

Can anyone tell me if the CA level is important in a fiberglass pool? I did read somewhere on this site that the reason to keep the CA level in...

Half the kids who swam over the holiday now have swimmers ear...so it is the pool that is causing it. Any ideas of what is the key to stopping any...

Another cloudy water issue. When I opened the pool this spring there was a lot of algae – I treated the algae and vacuumed to waste – the algae is...

Short Story. Opened 4/19 , Leak to waste, 1 week idle for part delivery, 2 partial drains due to cya, algae, copper from well water ( partial...

I am an employee at a pool store in S.E. Michigan and we have an issue that we've been dealing with for a couple years now, and are still not quite...

the test strip shows total hardness very high like 800-1000 and my clorine and somethings eating my clorine as fast as i drop it in ,any advice i...

Chlorine is 5 (I shocked earlier today, last bag before I go to bleach :D ) PH is 7.5 Total alk is 230 Total Hardness is 300 CYA is 60 How do...

I searched this forum, but could not find any thread to help me... My in-ground, 15,000 gallon (16’x32’, 3-6’ deep), plaster/gunite pool was...

First of all I would like to thank everyone who has posted in this site. It has been most helpfull. I'm finally getting my pool in line. ...

I tried searching before posting but theres so much information its hard not to get lost. Im opening my pool this weekend and need some help with the...

Good Morning All... I have an inground 18X36 pool and my water has been cloudy since I opened it this season. My PH is 7.4, my chlorine is 3ppm. ...

My pool just got finshed end of March and we are loving it and i love reading the site its been giving me lots of information on how to take care of...

For the past two years I have had a constant musty smell to the water in the pool. Test numbers look good, and I have shocked several times to try...

We are just about done our conversion and I went to pool store today to buy stabilizer. Pool man said 3 lbs. would do for a 14K gallon IG fiberglass...

At a pool party for my child's class we suspect one of the 1st graders poo poo'd in the pool. She claimed it didn't happen in the pool but we're...

Every time we have a decent swimmer load in the pool, the water afterwards is cloudy. I have made sure the pool is clean & all chemicals are ok...

Had our 16 x 32 IG pool opened on 4 days ago. Since opening, I have added three 1 1/2 gal jugs of clorox, 6 bags of super shock, loaded the skimmers...

I have just a 5 way test kit from walmart. I am opening my pool. all my chems were right except for cya, which i fixed. Well 3 days later my ph...

My water has been cloudy for a couple weeks now. It was just hazy, mostly in the deep end The pool store had me to floc the pool and told me it...

Opening up pool this spring, added about 10 lbs of stabilizer to my 29,000 gallon pool. Could not get my chlorinator to read the correct amount of...

Help! Our pool was replastered in May of 2005. We followed the contractor's instructions balancing the water and frequent brushing all season long....

I have an above ground pool with a BaquaPure Filtration System. One of the 'extras' I have on this filter is a container attached where I can place...

All, I am preparing to seal my paver deck around the pool. Yesterday I applied a solution of "Behr Concrete Etcher & Rust Remover No. 991" to my...