http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/basic-pool-care-blog.html The Basic Swimming Pool Care Blog keeps you up-to-date on all additions and changes to the Basic-Pool-Care.com Web site. Subscribe here. en-us swimming pool care Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:35:58 GMT Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:35:58 GMT clean-pool-and-spa.com http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/questions-and-answers.html Swimming Pool Questions And Answers Help Forum. Allows You to See Comments & Stories. Average Pool Owner With pH problems, Sand, DE, Cartridge. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:35:56 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/rust-in-the-bottom-of-our-pool.html 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 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:34:41 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/saltwater-pool-maintenance-guideproblem.html 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 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:49:02 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/scabies-green-pool-waterswimming-pool-algae.html 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 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:11:19 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/black-algae1.html 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 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:31:46 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/water-not-freeflowing-when-pool-pump-switched-on.html 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 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:12:33 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/Donation.html Make A Donation If You Like This Website About Swimming Pool Care, Chemistry, & Maintenance Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:54:41 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/having-difficulty-with-no-free-chorine.html 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 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:17:44 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/my-pool-isnt-working-properlycloudygreen-water.html 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 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:03:05 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/fine-powdery-yellowlight-brown-substancealgae-problems.html 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 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:06:12 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/closed-valve-setting-still-lets-water-throughpool-leaking.html 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 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:35:30 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/we-are-getting-chunks-of-de-in-filter-basket.html 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 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:59:01 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/converting-swimming-pool-from-chlorine-to-salt-water-generator.html 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 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:42:16 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/pool-sand-filter-problemwater-out-of-backwash-pipe.html 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 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:52:05 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/how-long-does-can-we-swim-after-adding-muriatic-acid-to-lower-the-ph-level.html 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 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:24:26 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/how-long-do-i-need-to-wait-before-swimming-after-adding-pool-chemicals.html 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 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:22:34 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/cant-get-chlorine-levels-down-in-poolhigh-chlorine.html 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 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:04:40 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/pool-water-has-strong-odor-to-vinylmilky-water.html 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 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:22:39 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/clear-salt-water-poolnasty-floorbrown-algae.html 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. Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:22:42 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/total-alkalinity-too-highph-too-lowswimming-pool.html 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). Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:11:07 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/how-much-ph-minus-to-get-level-downtoo-high.html 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 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:03:39 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/how-to-clean-the-de-filter-grids-with-oil-residue.html 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, Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:57:52 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/air-and-blow-backloss-of-suction.html 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 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:54:45 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/intex-salt-water-swimming-pool-16x48shock-green-algae.html 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!!!! Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:15:21 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/acidity-in-the-swimming-pool-watertoo-acidic.html 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 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:58:54 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/confused-about-how-to-lower-total-alkalinitydecrease.html I have found so many conflicting details about lowering Total Alkalinity, that I don't know where to turn. Your website impresses me, and it seems like Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:30:27 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/no-free-or-total-chlorine-in-the-pool.html I have shocked it a million times. This is my summer owning a pool. We have an inground with a liner. I am at the pool store 2x a week and am told different Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:21:07 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/white-powder-in-the-cartridge-filterswimming-pool-problems.html I have a regular cartridge filter but have been getting lots of a white powdery substance collecting in the filter. Thanks for your question Don I would Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:39:47 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/swimming-pool-ph-level-finewater-has-a-cloudy-milky-look.html I added pH up to my pool to raise the swimming pool pH level. The pH level is now ideal and so is the pool chlorine, but now my pool has a cloudy milky Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:06:45 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/salt-water-pool-system-crashed-now-pool-is-green.html I have a saltwater pool 24 x 52, the saltwater system crashed and water has turn green. What can I do until my new system is installed? Thanks for your Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:40:03 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/muratic-acid-salt-water-swimming-poollower-ph-level.html Can I use muriatic acid to lower the pH pool level in my saltwater pool? Will it harm my saltwater filter/pump? Thanks for the question Teresa Muriatic Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:03:49 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/sterling-estates-in-sterling-heights-miswimming-safety.html I was told to remove my life vest from my 4 year old and 2 year old grandchild while they were in the public pool because they said it could clog up their Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:15:07 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/powdery-sediment-on-bottom-of-swimming-poolyellow-algae.html After having my water analyzed I added soda ash, then alkalinity up and finally Phosfree. I ran the pump for 48 hours and the water turned cloudy. We Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:32:11 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/salt-water-intex-swimming-pool-system-pool-size-18x48algae-problem.html We set up our pool the other day and got all the pumps working correctly. The next morning I noticed that the swimming pool was plastered with green algae. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:00:33 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/what-would-make-my-swimming-pool-water-get-cloudy.html What could make swimming pool water get cloudy? We have been fighting this for about 2 weeks now and it's driving us crazy. I've done pretty much everything Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:52:51 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/how-to-lower-cya-cyanuric-acid.html What is the best way to lower the cyanuric acid level in my swimming pool? I think it's a little high but I wanted to know what you thought. Thanks for Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:46:27 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/whats-the-best-way-to-add-calcium-hypochloriteswimming-pool-chlorine.html I have an above ground vinyl pool and recently bought 40 lbs of calcium hypochlorite powder. What is the best way of getting it in the pool? I was told Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:33:51 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/how-long-after-adding-pool-chlorine-is-it-safe-to-swimhow-soon.html How long after adding chlorine to our swimming pool is safe to swim? Thanks for your question Michelle It's not about a time question, but when the pool Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:28:17 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/how-long-after-shocking-can-i-swimswimming-pool-chlorine.html How long do I have to wait after shocking a pool so you can get in? Thanks for the question Carlos It's really not a matter of time, but when the pool Mon, 05 Jul 2010 03:38:03 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/confused-about-swimming-pool-care-chemicalschemistry.html I'm kind of confused about all the information concerning swimming pool care, chemicals, chemistry, and pretty much everything else about pool water maintenance. Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:16:40 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/new-swimming-pooldont-know-about-chemcalshow-to.html We just installed a 41x21 ft. swimming pool. We have no idea how to add chemicals to pool. Thanks for your question Pool maintenance is pretty simple Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:56:44 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/swimming-pool-sand-filter-leaking-out-the-drain-in-filter-position.html I replaced my swimming pool sand and cleaned out my valve. Now when I put my Multi-Port valve on backwash some water still goes into the pool. When Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:40:33 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/what-is-super-shockchlorinating.html Is super shock and chlorinating the same thing? Thanks for the question Super shocking and super chlorinating are the same thing, just different words. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:32:23 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/green-swimming-pool-water-in-above-ground-poolalgaeshock.html I have green swimming pool water in my above ground pool (5600 gal). I am assuming it is pool algae, as we had the same thing last year. I cannot get Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:17:30 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/cost-of-indoor-pool.html On average, how much does a indoor pool cost? Thanks for your question The question didn't mention whether for a residential or commercial pool, but Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:20:29 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/cloudy-pool-watersalt-water-swimming-poolhow-much-salt-to-add.html We have a 12 x 39in above ground swimming pool. It is salt water pool. We have a salt water pump and a regular pool pump to circulate the water. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:26:37 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/should-i-always-shower-wash-hairskin-after-swimmingchlorine-pool.html We went swimming last night and there were so many people at my house I was too tired to shower and wash my hair..What will happen to my skin? Can we Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:40:00 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/swim-in-a-chlorine-pool-my-hair-skinwhat-effect.html Does swimming in a swimming pool(chlorine)and not showering afterward have any effect on my hair and skin? I really don't want frizzy hair or dried out Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:36:09 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/will-my-hair-change-color-if-i-swim-in-a-chlorine-swimming-pooldifferent.html I just dyed my hair (it looks so cute) this week and I really want to go swimming but I don't know what to do. My friend said not to go swimming because Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:27:11 GMT http://www.clean-pool-and-spa.com/can-i-go-swimming-in-a-chlorine-swimming-pool-while-pregnant.html Is it safe to swim in a swimming pool with chlorine while I'm pregnant? I'm 20 weeks going on 21 this Saturday and I live in Arizona. It's really HOT Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:08:55 GMT