Forum: Pool Chemistry for Intex-type Pools

First of all, I want to start by saying I am so excited...I finally got free chlorine to register in my tester Friday!!! Now I am faced with my...

I have an intex 15x 48 and underestimated the commitment! We purchased a salt water generator and I higher grade pump hoping that would make life...

Hello, I am new to this forum and I am always interested in reading about how others pools and getting ideas on cleaning, caring for, and...

Hi. We recently set up an 18x 48 intex pool in our backyard. Once I got the chlorine levels right, the ph level has been continually low for...

Hi! I have been reading as much as possible but haven't found the answer to this yet. We are fillin the pool now and I am planning on starting...

Last night (9pm) I added 6 cups of bleach to try and bring up my chl level which was at .5. I ran the filter for approx 4 hours and covered pool...

First pool is a 12x24 Intex Salt water with sand filter currently building a deck and learning how to maintain it. Thanks for your great site..

Joined here to be able to post if I need questions answered. I've read quite a few threads and am attempting to get my in-laws pool balanced...

Howdy! I have a new 15' x 48" Intex pool and I am trying to get my pool set up for the summer. Have been reading through the posts and trying to...

Following the Ben's advice to lower the alkalinity of the pool water, I improvised my own method. It works well! I brought down the level, over the...

I've been lurking for a while I figured I'd finally join :) Last summer we set up a 12' inflatable ring pool for the kids (wouldn't have been my...

I recently put up a 10472 gallon saltwater generator pool. I didnt run the generator long enough to make enough chlorine, so of course I had green...

We bought an above ground pool (17' X 48" round; 5,725 gal.) a few weeks ago to help beat this heat we've been having. It seemed like a good idea,...

I just bought an 8'x30" pool to get the 5 and 7 year old grand kids to get them through the last month of their summer vacation. I just completed...

Hi and thanks in advance for your help! Here are pool details: AG Intex 16x48 Ultra Frame, 5061 gal., 1,500 gph filter pump, Intex Krystal Clear...

The deep end of my pool liner is wrinkling. It is only 5 years old. The pool guy came out and said it was tight and hard so didn't seem to be water...

FC 3 CC .1 TA 180 pH 7.8 CYA 32 I know the TA is high and pH is elevated. What adjustments do I need? Thanks!

We have an 8000 gall (or so) vinyl pool. We are going on vacation for three weeks. We live in southern California and temp is low 80s to high 80s...

We have a 14' x 48" intex pool and it took us about 2 weeks to fill with the hose. I *think* it's salt water due to the instructions that came with...

Can we use only bleach and borax with this intex pool? I read through the sticky for intex pools which said you can use bleach for the first 7 days...

Having problems with cloudiness in a small 18' round above ground Intex pool with SWG. Worked fine for a few weeks till the SWG gave up the ghost...

Hi I’m new here and have an intex 12’ x 36” pool. I just came across this site. I don’t have very much knowledge on treating pools. This is the...

Wondering the best way to remove Algae from an Intex Ultra pool. Thanks, Curt

Ok so my pool I drained it filled back up shocked and ran the filter for 12 hrs. However for some reason my chlorine level is at zero and have a lot...

Hi, we just bought an above ground 4000 gallon pool. It has been 18 days since we filled it. I'm busy trying to figure out how to keep the water...

Hello! I have been searching through a lot of your postings and I think I my know what the issue is with my small 12' diameter pool but I'm not sure...

We recently killed algae in our intex pool, but we can not clear the cloudiness (it's opaque). We can't hold the chlorine. Here are our last...

Just purchased and installed a 15' x 42" Intex quick set pool. Have the Intex SWCG system and well water. Searched several other forums and you fine...

Finally got a larger pool then we've ever had, but it's still small. 475 gallons. Has a 300 gallon pump/ filter that came with it. I have no clue how...