just got good test kit. HELP PLEASE

[shub_31]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

Thanks everyone for the help. I will now enjoy my pool and leave everyone alone unti. .l my pool burst into something unusual again. Thanks again. Scott

[PoolDoc]

You're welcome.

[shub_31]

Im back. Can someone tell me if its normal to smell the gases released while aerating. Inoticed when splashing you smell something funny.

[PoolDoc]

Chloramines -- incompletely oxidized goo -- stinks with an acrid chlorin-y smell, when you aerate.

If you are experiencing this, you probably need to look for the source -- not chlorine, the goo! Again, this is often NOT something added deliberately, but rather something like lotion, urine, sweat, cheap algaecides, pool additives, etc. It could be something 'natural' like tree sap (aka aphid pee*) if you have a tree overhanging the pool.

Ben

* Specially for you, Watermom. Aphips pee sugar water, after they remove the nutrients they need from tree sap. It's this aphid pee that ants drink -- ants 'farm' or 'herd' aphids, and that makes the stickly little droplets that get on your car when you park under a tree.

[Watermom]

Gee, thanks, Ben. I'll be afraid to touch my car now! You are such a wealth of knowledge. How have I made it all 29 years of my life without knowing all this stuff!!

[PoolDoc]

You know what they say, "Ignorance is bliss".

And clearly, that's true, because pool owner ignorance is what made the pool industry blissful!

Not to worry though: a little aphid pee never hurt anyone. After all, it's naturally 'green'!