Forum: Pool Chemicals & Pool Water Problems

I just moved into a house in Phoenix Arizona with a pool and am learning how to take care of it, been reading a lot of info here on the site. I'm...

My wife and I just purchased a new home with a beautiful in-ground pool! It was a huge selling point for us as we both had pools growing up. We are...

We just purchased a house in the fall with an inground pool, and finished up the season ok. This is our first summer on our own and we were doing...

First time homeowner and first time pool owner here needing suggestions on the best route to treat our pool: drain and fill, or keep hammering the...

Been having heavy rains here and drained some of the 5000 gallon pool. I have a salt reading of 2230PPM. Question is how many pounds of salt do I...

ag, vinyl,21x52 round aprox 9800 gallons, well water, 100 lb sand filter w 1/2 hp pump my water is clean but it just doesn't have the sparkle. it...

Hello all, first I'd just like to say that I love this site and it's wealth of information. Having said that, even with all this information, I still...

I have an AG pool 18 x 34 oval. Test strips indicate everything in range except no free chloriine and cloudy water. Pool was perfectly ickear on...

Hi, I was wondering If anyone can give me any input on this subject on the Liquid Solar Blankets. How affective are they? I was told that they...

I have been battling a white build up just above the water line on our tiles. I aso noticed today in one area a solid white hard substance forming...

Hi everyone, I am sure you have answered this question many times but I need help. I have always had good luck with minimum effort on my pool but...

Hi everyone. New to the forum. However been lurking from time to time. I have a 1yo 24ft round Doughboy with a deep end. About 16500 gallons. 1.5...

Hi all..... We have an 24' round above ground pool that we have had for 3 years. We have never had a chemical issue until now. Since we have had...

Have 27' Soltice above ground pool with sand filter. I am guessing it has 24,000 gallons of water. I can not get the green tint out of the pool!...

We bought a house with a 21ft round 52" high above ground pool. It was not winterized but a solar blanket was on it until two weeks ago when we...

http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php?20216 ] Michael::: I am going through the EXACT same issue as yourself !!! Cloud is on Week #4...

Hello, and thank you for this forum. The pool is 42" x 16' (13.5' at the top) rubber sided, filled for 4 weeks without issue, until now. Have...

I was picking up CYA at the pool store today, and beside it was the 5 litre jugs of liquid chlorine, and the label read "concentrated bleach formula"...

Hi, I am quite new to this pool stuff and to this forum. Rather than ask a question, I have been following many similar posts to the issue I am...

Forgive me first off. I am a pool newbie in ever facet of the word. I finally have my pool chemically in balance and pretty clear and blue. But...

I have taken care of my pool for 21 years and have seemed to run into a snag that I never have had before. I test with Taylor kit 2006 and these are...

Hi. Filled my Intex ag pool yesterday and into last night with my well water. The water is GREEN. Followed your instructions for bucket test before...

I have an AG 17,000 Gal pool and am going to replace my King Techbnologies Aqua Smarte chlorinator. I know Ben has always recommended the Rainbow...

So we came home to a nice clean pool. Vac and filled it with more water changed filters and put tablets in with the filter. The things to include is...

i have an 18x48 above ground pool and at first the water was just fine but after a 3 weeks it turned from clear too cloudy so i adjusted the chems...

I am a brand new pool owner in Southwest Ohio. I purchased the pool in February and it sat in boxes on my front porch until last Wednesday when they...

Trying to figure out how to take better care of my 18K vinyl pool. I have a Haward Perflex 65 filter, and it does a nice job, but I've always needed...

Numbers from yesterday: FC 1.5 CC 0 pH 7.8 TA 125 CH 175 CYA <30 (dot disappears right before the top of the tube) Water temp: 80 Will...

Late start to the season, so am hoping someone can double-check my instincts on these numbers: concrete inground pool, 30k gallons (not SW) CYA =...

We had a heavy rain about 2 weeks ago and I ended up with a slight algae bloom. I shocked the pool a few days and it all seems to be dead now....