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Swimming Pool Questions And Answers Forum..Pool Care..Chemistry

Swimming Pool Questions And Answers Help Forum. Allows You to See Comments & Stories. Average Pool Owner With pH problems, Sand, DE, Cartridge.

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Rust in the Bottom of our Pool!

We put up an above ground 15 feet 42 inch plastic ring pool. When the fire department came to help us fill it up a bit, they pointed the hose straight

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Saltwater Pool Maintenance Guide..Problem

Having a problem with our saltwater pool. The chlorine keeps going too low and the pH level is too high. Tried everything we know how to do but can't

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Scabies & Green Pool Water..Swimming Pool Algae!!

I just came back from vacation and found that someone with scabies was swimming in my pool. It is a 27 foot round above ground pool. My water was green

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Black Algae

I know, black algae is like herpes... My husband and I are seriously considering your suggested chlorine and ammonium hydroxide combo to get rid of our

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Water Not Free-Flowing When Pool Pump Switched On

This season my pool pump has acted strangely. To begin with, priming the pump at the start of the season was OK but needed quite a lot of water to activate

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Donation..My Pool Guy..

Make A Donation If You Like This Website About Swimming Pool Care, Chemistry, & Maintenance

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Having Difficulty With No Free Chorine..

I have a OVAL 12X 24 = 8334 GALLONS = 7372 CAPACITY pool. Since July 8, I have been trying to tame this monster. The water looks crispy clean and all

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MY POOL ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY..CLOUDY/GREEN WATER

My grandmother and uncle got a rental that has a personal pool, but ever since they moved in, they could not get it to work. We have shocked it, the blue

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Fine Powdery Yellow/Light Brown Substance..Algae Problems

I have trouble keeping my in-ground pool clean. There is a very fine powdery yellow / light brown substance I can't vacuum out. Chlorine / pH levels are

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Closed Valve Setting Still Lets Water Through!...Pool Leaking..

When I turn my pump to off and my filter valve to closed, water is still entering the pump and I am losing sometimes inches of water overnight! What

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We Are Getting Chunks Of DE In Filter Basket...

We have a 10,000 gallon heated indoor pool and have new DE filters in place. Each day we are having to backwash and replace DE. When we backwash we are

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Converting Swimming Pool From Chlorine To Salt Water Generator

What is your opinion on salt conversions and salt systems. Thanks for your question Linda I have taken care of both regular chlorine pool and salt water

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Pool Sand Filter Problem..Water Out Of Backwash Pipe

Just changed the sand in my filter. Everything looks ok. I did the backwash for a couple of min. then put the multi-port selector to filter and water

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How Long Does Can We Swim After Adding Muriatic Acid To Lower The pH Level?

We added muriatic acid to our pool to lower the swimming pool pH level. I need to know how long after we added it to swim. Thanks for your question James

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How Long Do I Need To Wait Before Swimming After Adding Pool Chemicals

How long should I wait to go swimming after adding any of my swimming pool chemicals. I've heard different stories from different people. I've heard you

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Can't Get Chlorine Levels Down In Pool..High Chlorine

I can not seem to get the chlorine level down in my in ground pool now going on two weeks. It remains at 10.00 when I test it. I took a sample to the

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Pool Water Has Strong Odor To Vinyl..Milky Water

Pool liner is old and appears that the vinyl is sheding a milky color. Filtering and floculent agents don't seem to help. My pool is well banced and

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Clear Salt Water Pool..Nasty Floor..Brown Algae

My salt pool has a lot of trouble keeping the floor clean. There is brown algae stuck to it. A brand new automatic cleaner can't seem to do the job.

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Total Alkalinity Too High..pH Too Low..Swimming Pool..

We have not been able to get our vinyl lined, 20,000 gal., in-ground pool water to clear up this Summer. The total alkalinity is too high (around 130ppm).

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How Much pH Minus To Get Level Down..Too High

We are battling on a daily basis to keep our pH balance down to the right level and only once had it down to 7.2 it is more likely to be 8.1!! How often

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How To Clean The DE Filter Grids With Oil & Residue

This is my 33rd year of maintaining a pool in two different homes, both with a DE filter. My present pool is 34K gallons, and I do not backwash the filter,

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AIR AND BLOW BACK..LOSS OF SUCTION..

My filter is creating air in the chamber. When I stop the pump for any reason I get back pressure at the skimmer also when I attach the creepy-crawler

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Intex Salt Water Swimming Pool 16x48..Shock & Green Algae

Can I really put shock in my saltwater pool to clear the green algae out of it? If so, do I just run the pool pump and not the saltwater pump? HELP!!!!

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Acidity In The Swimming Pool Water..Too Acidic

My water was tested and they told me the water has too much acid in it. I now find my liner is getting rust spots on it. What do I do to lower the acid

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