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Can't seem to get our pool water clear. Pinch a penny reading today combined chlorine 0 Ph 7.6 TA 80ppm calcium hardness 250 stabilizer 80 ppm...
Hello all, Just got a lake house that came with a chlorine sanitized pool. I know almost nothing, but am learning - have ordered a Taylor test...
My water is balanced but my chlorine is locked up. I have added 8 bags of shock within 6 hours. The pool store told me to keep checking it every 4...
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What can I do with old pool chlorine and chemicals? This topic comes up frequently, most often with respect to pool owners who discover, just...
Hi Everyone, I'm a newbie here. Although I've owned an 18 foot above ground pool for 7 years, I'm seeing something for the first time. I have...
I have pH a little low. chlorine is above 10ppm. cya was ok before pouring in bleach. water has been light bluish and cloudy for 2 or 3 weeks. I...
We are newbie to pool ownership. Pool had sat untouched for two years while the house sat empty. Concrete pool built in 1969. It holds 28500 gallons....
Cannot clear up cloudyness. PH and Alkalinity ok. Supply is from well water with a new water softner system installed last winter. I have not...
32,000 gal plaster chlorine pool sand filter. I believe I have way too much HTH algecide in my pool in trying to remove the algea from the plaster...
We've had the Pool Frog system for about 4 days. My 6 year-old started developing what looks like wide-spread heat rash on her torso within the first...
Started with pea soup, LMAO now we are at an aqua color with very cloudy water!! I have spent 500$ in pool store chemicals and numerous of there so...
Hello... how do I determine what strength (percentage) household bleach is? Checked the label and found no information as to the percentage.
I had algae and used everything and my water is clear but something is eating my chlorine fast and I was told it was high phosphates what can I do. ...
Hi everybody. New user here. I've had my in-ground pool for 12 years now and this is the first time I haven't been able to clear up my water. I...
Hi I stupidly added calcium increaser shortly after I had added baking soda (to increase alkalinity) and also PH minus to lower my PH. I believe...
I got the pool running about 3 weeks ago. The only chemicals I had to add (starting with fresh, brand new tap water due to a new liner) were bleach...
Hello. Late last summer I was hospitalized and ended up leaving my newly installed pool unfiltered and unchlorinated from August until now. Needless...
Little bit of algae when I opened. 0 CYA. Shocked, vacuumed, brushed. Ran filter 24 hours for several days while vacuuming and brushing. Put in 9...
Love these forums! Have not really been happy with the pool store advise and prices and when they messed me up once again I started seeking solutions...
Your other thread is here: http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php/23923-Pool-cloudiness-problem.-HELP Instead of beginning again in this...
I have a 30 ft AG pool, 20k gal. hayward 1.5 hp pump with a 250 lb 18 inch sand filter I have owned the pool for 4 summers and the past 2 have...
First off.....thanks to this forum I have learned more about pool chemistry and care in 2 weeks than the pool store and friends taught me in 3 years....
I have been having a problem over the past few years where the water in my pool has a green powder like substance. I have shut the filter off and it...
About 5 years ago I purchased a foreclosure home that had a pool. I knew (still don't know much) about pools and have been battling with this thing...
Hi, I have a large in ground pool. At opening last year I noticed that any time the water was agitated it tended to foam and bubble. My pool guy...
I have read a thread in here about % chlorine in different brands of bleach. Top Job is the cheapest I could find but the thread was not specific in...
I am just opening my 67K litre which in the past has used Bromine. I want to switch it over to Chlorine and need some guidance.
Hi, I opened the pool about a week ago and have been filtering but the water will not clear up. It is cloudy/milky color and I can barely see the...
I started reading this website last year and implemented the method last year. This is the first time I have posted though. We have had a time with...
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