Forum: Pool Chemicals & Pool Water Problems

I have an 18' x 33' x 54" AG oval pool with an Aquarite SWCG, 1 horsepower pump and a sand filter. I have had the pool for just over a year and have...

We have had so much trouble with our pool this year with the algae, so bad that we couldn't see the bottom of the pool at all. Beating ourself up...

I have an above ground 18 by 33 pool, the water is very cloudy but my chlorine and ph read normal. I have tried everything even Powerfloc, anyone...

I just bought a house with an inground pool that looks like a swamp. I've been working on it for a week using the soft swim program by bioguard...

Hi all. I joined the poolforum today. I am almost embarrassed to post here because I seem to know so little about my pool. It is a 24ft above ground,...

Our pool was recently flooded. We elected to drain clean and fill at considerable expense. Based on where we are located I believe this will not be...

So.... frustrated! Had an 24'above ground for 8 yrs.-first on baquacil and then to clear comfort. this year new in ground-19,000 gallon water-still...

I have had the worst time this year. Constantly cloudy water. I used Pristine products which means no clorine. I have shocked, shocked, shocked....

To start from the beginning I had cloudy water, that I couldn't clear up. I used a floc (second time this season) and it cleared up beautifully...

I've done a lot of reading online about "cloudy pool water" in hopes of fixing our own cloudy water problem at home. After almost 2 weeks, and trying...

I'm a newby with pools and I have a small 15' by 42" round pool. My PH count was very high and the guy at the pool store gave me a gallon of muriatic...

Can someone explain the difference in floc and clarifier? They seem to do the same thing. Thanks in advance

Hello all, A friend called me to ask what to do with her friend's pool. Apparently they just bought one of those ring type blue pools, filled it...

My inground vinyl pool has tiny bubbles....gazillions of them which come out of the returns and stay attached to the sides of the pool. It makes the...

Hello, I have heard that there is something you can put in pool water that detects urine and forms a color cloud around the area and also around...

:eek: Ok.... not mine. I was just reading more up on pool vs germs of all kinds. To find out more what poop can do to you or some on in your pool...

Another forum I belong to are discussing tthe saftey of drinking pool water in an emergency with all the chemicals in them. Since I use the BBB...

To start from the beginning I had cloudy water, that I couldn't clear up. I used a floc (second time this season) and it cleared up beautifully...

it got really hot, then very cold here and I didn't adjust my inline cl feeder, and as a result, my cl went very high. I have a whitish liner with...

i have a 10,000 gallon above ground pool with a jacuzzi laser sand filter. ever since i opened it, the water has been green. i've tried everything,...

With being new to this, I've got a question about our water. Here's my test results, which didn't seem real bad from what I've read. FC - 4.5 CC...

I am beginning to wonder if we will be able to enjoy actually swimming in our pool or just shocking it continually until we close it in September. ...

I justadded about 40lbs of alkilinity up (I was real low) (Arm and Hammer Baking Soda) and m pool has been cloudy for 4 days since I did that... ...

Help! OK here is my story, bear with me. Just bought the house last summer, pool was already closed for us. Opened this May, found out it was a...

Hi, I am leaving for 16 days vacation and I do not have anyone to look after inground pool in the meantime (Toronto, Canada). What is the best way...

Ok. Had the pool for a few weeks. It is clear, smells good, tastes good and swims well. My question is is this a normal drop in Cl. Bring Cl up to...

Hi All, New to this forum and I need some help. I have a new 27,000 gal. gunite pool. I have a SWG with a cartridge fiter. My pool water is...