Forum: Pool Chemicals & Pool Water Problems

I am an avid Poolsolutions fan and have had lots of help from this forum. I recently went on vacation and returned to a green pool - my dear...

We opened our 27' AG pool about a week ago and several problems plague me. We had cloudy water last year almost all season. One day it would be...

We now have a salt chlorinator on our pool. To make it work properly you have to have the proper level of CA in the pool to stabilize the chlorine...

I think I know what happened but I'm not sure how to fix it. In an effort to please the wife (and get rid of algae *fast*) I used some algacide --...

Have learned a lot here but I had a problem yesterday... I had a cloudy problem a few weeks ago and I shocked with chlorine to about 10+ (I do...

I have a 15000 gal inground pool and can not get PH up. Have put 3 4lb boxes of borax in it over a 3 day period and I am not getting much of a...

have 21,000 gallon inground with vinyl liner. not had any problems with the clarity of the water until this afternoon. i had to add water yesterday...

I hope someone can help me. I used the Clorox outdoors in my pool thinking it would be stronger, so I would need less. Anyway, now I have alot of...

I went away for 4 days and came back to a very cloudy pool. I've used the BBB method for years with success. When I left, the pool was perfect. I...

I had my water tested at Leslies as lately I had been using a lot of acid. 4 gall in only two weeks and still had high ph. I have a salt system and...

FOR the FORUM EXPERTS:::I have a pretty general question that I KNOW will help me and I'm sure, other viewers to the Forum: IF my water IS green...

First my recent readings FC 3 TC 0 ALK 50 CYA 15 Ph 7.2 18x 36 IG grecian pool, approx 27k gallons

I have a couple of questions regarding water chemistry. My CYA is way to high. I believe >60ppm. I super chlorinated memorial day 05/26/08 and my...

Okay, neighbor having trouble this year pool has been cloudy for 3 weeks since opening. Pool is cloudy, these were test results: Stabilizer-40...

My water gets cloudy with any significant bather load and hasn't totally cleared up after 2 days. Filter run time is at 10 hours/day. All chemical...

I covered the skimmer basket with a knee-high stocking to catch the maple seeds blowing in. The stocking is filling up with a brown goop that feels...

I hope someone can help me!! I opened my pool one week ago & it is still cloudy. It's a 24ft Round AG pool. My Numbers seem ok: ...

Wow. I don't even know where to start - I don't think I agreed with a single thing in the article. Here's the link Snippet: Ever think the...

Just wondering if that more people realing that fact that bleach and pool chlorine are the same thing, but just at different strengths, has had an...

So I used ultra bleach to get my pool almost perfectly clear and blue this spring - thanks for the advice. Then the pollen started falling. We...

Has anyone used this or checked out what chemicals are in this thing. I saw it at...

Hi all! I just got my in ground liner replaced and the pool has been filled with the hose. The guy is coming back next week to put the chemicals...

Hello All, My above ground pool cover complete with 3 inches of water filled with leaves and broken down debris caved into the pool. I had to pull...

Recently attained a home show in Florida and there was a booth selling CL Free Pool sanitation system that replace chlorine. Does anyone have any...

I accidentally dumped too much bleach into my spa. Even after 3 days my reading is off the scale (dark orange color as opposed to shade of yellow)....

I searched the forums and couldn't find an answer to my question. I'm using the BBB process. Ben's Best Guess CYA Chart recommends "Shock" FC...

I've researched this forum for my problem but I couldn't find specific answers to my problems. I have a 22,000 Gal vinyl pool that I've had for...