Forum: Pool Chemicals & Pool Water Problems

Hello everyone, We plan to close the pool by the end of November and have been bleaching (down into the skimmer) it while also monitoring the...

I cleaned my pool as best I could and covered it. I measured the chemicals today, as I've read to keep an eye on the readings and I was suprised by a...

If you live in a very cold place like minnesota should you store muriatic acid in a heated place. It gets very cold where I am too.

Was just looking for a leaf net @the pool store, thought i test the pool people, about switching over from baq to chorline, they said i needed to put...

A few questions. Does anyone know if this pool clarifier contains phosphates? HTH hotline states that it contains only a Cationic Polymer,...

Started winterizing my IG pool today. Grabbed a couple bottles of (what I thought) was Polyquat. Apparently one of the bottles was my "gizmo" from...

Does water evaporate faster when the relative humidity is lower ?

I have noticed what looks sort of like a oil slick looking portion in the water inside the skimmer when the pump is running and the pool is still...

Why is my pool water cloudy? I have a 1 yr old IG 20,000 gl white plaster pool. I live in the NW, where the water is pretty soft. I use chlorine...

Our sprinkler system was redone around the pool this week and DH and I carted many, many wheelbarrow-fulls of "enriched" topsoil to various areas...

Dear members, I have a 20x40 inground pool 40,000 gal that I have had nothing but problems this year! I live in Michigan and it has been an...

I have a 5000G Endless Pool (see www.endlesspools.com) that's one year old. It is partially in ground and has a vinyl liner. It has closed channels...

Have SoftSwim pool. Had algae bloom first ever, added algacide and shock, brushed dead algae off pool all around, ran sand filter ( 1.5 seasons old)...

This will sounds strange, it does to me . I know a guy in Huston, Texas that built himself a plywood pool with a liner he bought at Home Depot....

I have the Walmart 6 in 1 pool tester till i get a Ben's test kit here are my numbers Alkalinity 110 <-- ( You guys call Alkalinity TA or am i...

I am a newbie to this site. This is my first post so please forgive me if I goof it up. I keep seeing refernces to test kits that supply results in...

Well I thought I had read everything on here and had a handle on all the numbers and where they needed to be but for the last 5 days, I've had a...

After being away for 3 days, we returned home on Tuesday only to find our pool cloudy & pea green (heavy rainfall in the morning). I followed the...

Well i put in a algaecide last weekend didn't read carefully and put in a little too much a day later the white film / residue appeared then i...

About every two weeks , I add a bag of Cal-hypo to shock my 8600 g 18' ABG, mostly because I have several bags left over from the pool store....

What is the best way to add granular CYA to the pool. I would rather not put it into the skimmer. Thanks...

I had a spray bottle filled with ammonia that I wanted to use instead for spraying bleach. In a moment of stupidity, I briefly considered dumping...

I have a 24' above ground round pool w/ a sand filter. It's green. If I don't run the pump overnight everything settles & I can see the bottom of...

Has anyone dealt with the CYA tablets? All I have had dealings with is the liquid. Found a place that sells the tablets but Im not sure how to use...

First I want to thank all of you-----I finally have a beautiful clear pool. Had my doubts but kept plugging away with the bleach and just like you...

Hello, I'm new to this forum and a new pool owner. I recently decided to go the BBB method. I was using a pool service(it came with the pool). ...

My in-laws went out and bought an above ground pool just for their Grandkids (mine and my Brother in-laws kids), they are very nice people and my...

Yesterday I turned on a waterfall that spills in the spa while we were in there relaxing and noticed a smell to the water that was coming in. I also...