Forum: Pool Chemistry for Intex-type Pools

I have an Intex EasySet 15' x 48" pool. As some of you know, I had a rough time earlier this summer with one of my kids suffering skin irritation. ...

Hi, I submitted my pool chart info. I have an intex 15' x 48" round pool. Metal frame. This is our second summer and basically trouble free. I add 4...

So I'm going to be on Vacation for a week and don't want to come home to a mess in my pool. Should I just cover it and leave it? Should I set the...

I am a pool newbie, I'm sure y'all can tell by my name. I am also a very frustrated newbie!! I feel like it's mainly my fault for not researching way...

I have a new 16x48 intex above ground pool and my chlorine is low. Should i run boost or add bleach and if i add bleach how much should i add?

I am filling it as we speak and I am sure with our well water I will have dissolved metals. I have the basic shock kit sold by Intex. What my...

I have been reading this forum as much as I possibly can... The wealth of information is amazing. I have the 16" intex sand filter with SWCG...

I purchased a 15 x 42 inch easy set up intex pool and I bought a hth starter kit but tried reading the directions and still am VERY lost, I have read...

So, the beginning of summer we bought a 15X48 pool, hold about 4,500 gallons. We filled the pool with our well water, which I have learned the hard...

Last year I acquired an 24' Intex above ground pool with factory pump, paper filter and SWCG. Every thing worked great for the first 2 months then...

... looks like a great resource here, which I am looking forward to searching through... thanks... Just purchased an Intex 15x48, which I guess is...

I put up my Intex "quickset" 2 days ago. I purchased the pop up pool starter kit which consists of stabilizer,chlorine granules and a shock and swim....

I have a 14x 42 inch intex pool our water out of the tap is high alkalinity (around 250 ) with a high ph of 8.4 we have the intex salt...

We've tried everything ...we just bought an above ground Intek 14x4 foot round pool/filter 635r on 6-21-12.it was crystal clear when we filled it...

3 years ago I got invaluable help with solving the issues I had with an Intex 16'x42" pop-up pool.We have well water with rust fungis.I was able to...

We have had this pool for 4 years and have done pretty well with just the Intex salt water thing (SWCG) and manual vacuuming with a Catfish pool vac....

We put up a 12' X 36" Intex type pool last week, filled with well water. We did nothing ( I know big mistake, we thought each other were going to...

I needed a first post, so I'll say I'm in the process of starting an Intek 16x32 ultra frame pool. Wish me luck and any tips on this are greatly...

My husband and I bought one of the easy up pools from Walmart. We filled it with our well water (not much rust content thank goodness). We...

Hello there! Found your forum via post link from Waterbear on Pool & Spa Forum. He has helped me immensely with hot water chemistry, and now you've...

Hello we just set up our pool last night. We added algae chlorinating liquid. Pool is crystal clear. Bought tester dip stick. Seems everything is...

Hi all, I joined this forum many years ago and Ben and everyone else was SO helpful and taught me the ins-and-outs of the BBB method. Haven't had...

Hello, Ok HELP!!!!! I have my pool up for a week now and can't really afford the test kit you memtioned but I was able to get teh HTH 6...

I have been using Intex's saltwater chlorine generating (SWCG) system for several years and have been complete satisfied. I would dissolve the...

hello all, i am a new pool owner. i have the filter pump that came with this pool, and i added the salt water system to it. we put the pool up...

Howdy! I'm a newbie here. Used Baqqacil 1 time and water got some kind of white stuff suspended in it. I've been reading posts here the last few...

I posted a few days ago about wanting to switch from using HTH products. I was on the live chat with someone from HTH and they told me how to care...

We bought an Intex pool to try and get the feel for managing a pool before we commit to having an inground pool installed. We have extremely rusty...

Looking for information on how to start it up.