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AlgaecidesToo Much Algaecide And Got Burns How Do I Clear Up Baqua Floc Stuff? "Soapy" Water After Using An Algaecide Switching From Baquacil To Chlorine Swimming Pool Algae With Baquacil Use Can Super Floc Remove Pool Algae?
AlkalinityWhy Does My Alkalinity Keep Going Up? Why Should Sodium Bicarbonate Be Added Moderately Over Time To Reduce TA & Not All At Once White Flakes What Can I Do To Lower My Alkalinity In My Above Ground Pool? High Alkalinity & Cyanuric Questions What Should Be The Total Alkalinity? Can't Raise My Pool Alkalinity Using Aqua Chem Alkalinity Increaser Is Having Low pH And High Alkalinity Possible? Chemical Levels Wrong..How To Bring Down Pool Alkalinity.. High Calcium Hardness & Pool Alkalinity... Strange Results of TA Test (Spa Alkalinity) High PH and High TA Total Alkalinity Too High..pH Too Low..Swimming Pool.. Confused About How To Lower Total Alkalinity..Decrease.. Alkalinity Up To Raise Both Swimming Pool pH Level & Total Alkalinity Ways Of Lowering Pool Total Alkalinity..Maintain pH Level My Pool Alkalinity Swimming Pool Total Alkalinity Total Alkalinity..310ppm on a 30,000 gallon pool TA opposed to PH How Much Muratic Swimming Pool Acid Is Too Much? Pump Off When Raising And Lowering TA (Total Alkalinity) How Long Do I Need To Wait Before Swimming After Adding Swimming Pool Chemicals? Bathing Suits/Swim SuitsOur Swimwear Is Turning Green In The White Areas. Why Is This? What Causes Bathing Costumes To Lose Elasticity? Black AlgaeGrey Algae On Vinyl Liner Is This Black Algae? That Damn Black Algae Help With Black Like Tar In My Pool Is There Ever An End To The Black Algae Saga???? Black Spots On Pool Walls...Inground Swimming Pool Swimming Pool Liner Wrinkles and Black Algae problems Brown Algae
Do I Have Brown Dirt Or Is It Brown Algae? Bugs & Critters Mosquito Like Animals On Pool Water Larvae In Above Ground Pool Frogs And Our Pool Salt Water Swimming Pool & Water Bugs..Earwig Problem Our Below Ground Liner Pool Is Plagued With Wood Lice Calcium Hardness Low Calcium In Pools Can Cause Burns? Large Amounts Of Calcium On Pool Walls Calcium In A Salt Water Pool What Is Calcium Hardness In A Pool? Calcium Hardness vs. Chloride Level High Calcium Hardness..From One Issue To Another There's Too Much Calcium In My Pool And The Water Is Cloudy Saltwater Systems For Swimming Pools..High Calcium & Iron.. High Calcium Hardness & Pool Alkalinity... Fiber Tech Liner
Cartridge FiltersCartridge Filter Pressure Pressure Gauge Noise On Cartridge Filter Unit Foam In Swimming Pool After Cleaning Cartridge Filter Company Installed Wrong Pool Filter White Powder In The Cartridge Filter..Swimming Pool Problems
Chemical QuestionsCan I Make Liquid Shock From Powdered Chlorine Shock? How Much To Maintain My Own Pool Correct Levels For Vinyl Inground Pool Using Chlorine Confused About Pool Chemicals OOOOPS Too Much Potassium Permanganate Variations in TA & pH Readings & Difficult To Increase pH. Custom Pool, More Like A Pond & Poor Circulation Frustrated With Pool Chemicals How Long After Adding Muratic Acid Should I Wait To Recheck The Alkalinity Levels Put the Wrong Chemical In The Pool By Mistake Total Chlorine & Phosphate Problems...What Should I Do? Do You Really Need All These Chemicals For A Pool Or Are They Just Trying To Get Your Money? Adding Liquid Muriatic Acid To An Above Ground Pool... Aquachek Pool Water Test Strips..Low Chemical Readings Acidity In The Swimming Pool Water..Too Acidic How Long After Shocking Can I Swim..Swimming Pool Chlorine New Swimming Pool..Don't Know About Chemcals..How To Foam In The Water..Swimming Pool..How To Get Rid Of.. How Long Do I Need To Wait Before Swimming After Adding Pool Chemicals Operate And Vacuuming A Swimming Pool With A Cartidge Filter Lid Removed
Chlorine/Chlorine TabletsCalcium Hyperchlorine Shock Dose Instantly Turned Concrete Pool Surface Black! Constant Low Chlorine Levels How Do I Bring The Chlorine Level Down In A Salt Water Pool? Chlorine Tablets 3 Inch On The Bottom Of The Pool Chlorine Is Still Too High No Total Or Free Chlorine And Pool Can't Hold Cyanuric Acid (CYA) Do You Have To Use Chlorine Everyday? Swimming pool safe to swim? STABILIZER/POOL CHLORINE USE How Much Chlorine and Other Chemicals To Add.. Swimming Right After Pool Shock Saltwater Pool Maintenance Guide..Problem Having Difficulty With No Free Chorine.. Can't Get Chlorine Levels Down In Pool..High Chlorine No Free Or Total Chlorine In The Pool! What's The Best Way To Add Calcium Hypochlorite..Swimming Pool Chlorine How Long After Adding Pool Chlorine Is It Safe To Swim..How Soon How Long After Shocking Can I Swim..Swimming Pool Chlorine What Is Super Shock..Chlorinating.. Swimming Pool Question..Chlorine Is Low..pH Level Is High? Swimming Pool Chlorine: Does It Raise The pH Level? After Shocking With Liquid Swimming Pool Chlorine...3 Gallons... Grocery Store Bleach/Clorox Instead Of Pool Chlorine? Difference of Calcium Hypochlorite & Sodium Dichlorite Triazinertrione? Tri-Chlor Pool Tablets & Pool Shock Superchlorinating pool Calcium Hypochlorite & Granular chlorine Lower the Cyanuric Acid (CYA) Kind Of Swimming Pool Chlorine To Use Opening My Pool, Shocking, And Swimming Low Pool Chlorine & Stabilizer
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Closing/Winterize A PoolWinter Chemical Levels Cold Weather Question For A Salt Pool That Runs Year Round Keeping My Pool Open This Winter Pool Alkalinity And PH Very Confused On Winterizing Above Ground Pool Can I Leave Pool Open? Indoor Pool Shut Down Question Winterizing with ALGECIDE - Above Ground Salt Water Pool Saltwater Winterization Winterization Of A Commercial Pool Can I Close A Pool For Two Years? Maintenance/Closing For Non-Use..Summer Time Pool Pump Operation In The Winter Frozen Inground Swimming Pool Lines Pool Algaecide Turned Water Green, Now What? Closing An Indoor Pool For The Winter Closing A Swimming Pool And Long Term Non-Use
Cloudy, Milky, Discolored Pool Water2 Bottles Of Pool Rx & 1 Clarifier & Still Have Green Powdery Stuff! Put In Too Much Super Water Clarifier Cloudy Water In Above Ground Pool CLOUDY WATER & Chlorine Level Is Still Too High After Shock Treatment Pool Water Cloudy & Green & Turned Water Milky White White Cloudy Pool For Over A Week Cloudy Pool Water With Algae And Phosphates I Can't Seem To Get The Cloudiness Out Of My Pool. Both The pH And Chlorine Are High. How Do I Lower Them? Do I Need Pool Clarifiers? Brown Water In My Salt Water Pool Cloudy Pool After Adding Sodium Bicarb. How Long Does It Take A Cloudy Pool To Clear? Why Did New Pool Water Turn Yellowish Green? White Sediment On Pool Bottom Why Has My Pool Water Got Cloudy Now? Pool Algaecide Turned Water Green, Now What? POOL WATER CONSTANTLY CLOUDY..PROBLEM Swimming Pool Paint Clouds Off When Brushed Cleaning Out Lots Of Dirt In The Pool Turned Swimming Pool Filter On..Brown Water Problem.. Cloudy Swimming Pool Water..Dirt From The Jets.. Our Swimming Pool Water Is Slightly Milky? Problems.. MY POOL ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY..CLOUDY/GREEN WATER Swimming Pool pH Level Fine..Water Has A Cloudy & Milky Look What Would Make My Swimming Pool Water Get Cloudy Cloudy Pool Water..Salt Water Swimming Pool..How Much Salt To Add?.. Cleaning Our Pool..Blue Cloudy Swimming Pool Water.. Saltwater Filter Shock Swimming Pool & Swim the Same Day? Cloudy Pool Water Cloudy Pool Water & Algaecide..Need Help
Cover PumpHow Do I Choose A Good Swimming Pool Cover Pump?
Cyanuric Acid (CYA)How Do I Chlorinate Without Raising The Cyanuric Acid (CYA) How To Increase Stabilizer Without Decreasing Alkalinity. No Total Or Free Chlorine And Pool Can't Hold Cyanuric Acid (CYA) How Much Cyanuric Acid Do I Need? What Do I Do About Low Stabilizer/CYA In My Pool? What Is A Swimming Pool Conditioner & Stabilizer? STABILIZER/POOL CHLORINE USE Having Difficulty With No Free Chorine.. Lower the Cyanuric Acid (CYA) Low Pool Chlorine & Stabilizer
DE Pool FilterBackwash Valve DE Filter Not Cleaning Off During Backwash Clean Fingers Of DE Filters DE Filter..Low Pressure And No Suction At Skimmer How Do I Vacuum And Remove D.E.? Pressure Builds Up In 30 minutes And DE Flowing Back Into The Pool DE Filter Doesn't Build Pressure Even When Filter Helper Is Added. It Stays At 13 to 14 lbs. Cleaning Pool Bottom Is Difficult With A DE Filter Totally Basic DE Filter And Valves For A Swimming Pool WHY AM I GETTING DE BACK IN THE POOL? Low Suction When Vacuuming With A DE Pool Filter Hayward Pro Grid DE Filter Element Cluster Assembly DE Filter Problem..DE Coming Back Into The Pool.. FSN O-Ring...Band Assembly/Belly Band Clamp Leaking On DE Pool Filter Why Does DE Material Stays At The Top Of Filter And Grids? D.E.Filter High Pressure DE Matter Returning Back To Swimming Pool Water Purex Filter With Unicel DE Grids..DE Keeps Coming Back Into The Pool.. Old Pool Filter Leaks From Bottom Of Tank.. Several Tears In The Filter Panels Of My DE Filter..Loss Of Suction.. Assembly Of Vertical DE Filter Grids - What A Pain! We Are Getting Chunks Of DE In Filter Basket... How To Clean The DE Filter Grids With Oil & Residue Swimming Pool De Filter & Ripped Tentacle/Grid How Much DE Powder Do I Need To Recharge Filter? DE Filter Maintenance
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How Do I Unclog Hot Tub-Swimming Pool Line Bromine or Chlorine? New Salt Water Spa...Rash... Flakes In Hot Tub Water Strange Results of TA Test (Spa Alkalinity) Why Do I Vacuum Swimming Pool To Waste...The Spa Water Is Running? Indoor Pools
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Protection For Above Ground Pool..Hard Plastic Edging Rolls.. Landscaping Around An above Ground Swimming Pool To Protect The Wall Legal Issues
Pool Chlorine & Shock N Swim Pool Costs
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What's The Difference Between Mil. And Gauge For Vinyl Liner? Proper Method Of Chemical Addition To A Vinyl Liner Used Swimming Pool Liner For A Chicken Coop Chlorine Stain On Above Ground Pool With Vinyl Liner How Do I Get Out Wrinkles In Aboveground 24' Expandable Liner Vinyl Liner Has Dark Stains On Bottom Sticky Pool Algaecide On Vinyl Liner Soft Spots In Vinyl Pool Liner Pool Liner Stained From Acidity Too High Inground Pool Steel Walls..Should You Use Foam On The Walls? Swimming Pool Liner Wrinkles and Black Algae problems
Pool PaintCrumbling Paint From Brand New Concrete Pool How Many Gallons Of Muriatic Acid Will Be Needed When We Acid Wash The Pool Before We Paint It? Painting A Concrete Pool Paint Coming Off Newly Built Pool Pool Paint Bubbles & Blister...What Could Cause This? Proper 2 Pac Pool Paint... Oxidized Only After 2 Months
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Shutting Down A School Pool For Half A Year Red Algae
Swimming Pool Red Slime...Red Algae How Do I Get Red Algae Off A Swimming Pool Solar Cover? Swimming Pool Red Algae Problem
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Sand FiltersSand in Pool After Replacing With Hayward Filter Sand Filter - High Pressure What To Do With Waste Port On Filter Backyard Swimming Pool Sand Filter 22 Year Old Sand Filter & Crushed Glass Little To No psi Why Do I Have A Leaking Filter? Pool Tank Pressure & Extra Sand In Filter? Why Does Air Pressure Build Up Inside My Sand Filter? Connecting Hose To Sparco Pool Sand Filter Water Coming Out Backwash Hose? I Need Help Zeosand Putting Sand Back Into The Pool Why Is There Sand At Bottom Of Pool Problems Centering A Sandpipe For A Hayward Pro S210T Filter Losing Sand When Backwashing Sand Filter Water Coming Out Backwash Hose During Filtration Sand Filter Pressure Increases And Low Suction Sand Filter W/ Good Water Flow In Recirculate But Almost None In Filter Meteor Sand Filter Leaking Filter Hose Backwashing And Started Spitting Out The Sand Replaced Lateral But Still Sand In Pool Debris At Bottom Of Pool With Sand Filter Using Zeobrite Loss Of Pressure In The Return Line When Do You Know It's Time To Replace The Sand In The Filters? Sand In Pool After Changing The Filter Is Using DE In My Sand Filter Good? Sand Filter Help..Filter Won't Work After Vacuuming Do I Have Sand Filter Or Pump Problems? Why Does Backwash Keep Running After Shutting Off? Sand Filter Works But Will Not Backwash Why Is Air Getting Into The Sand Filter & Pump? Pressure Won't Come Up On Sand Filter PSI Gauge For Sand Filter Is Leaking And Not Working Sand Filter Multiport Valve Just Has Numbers But No Settings... What Valve Setting On Sand Filter Should I Use When I Vacuum My Pool? Multiport Valve Filter Setting Issue..Water Coming Out Of The Backwash Hose.. Change The Sand In Above Ground Pool Sand Filters No Backwash Or Rinse Pressure On A Pool Sand Filter... Why Is Sand Going Back Into The Pool After Backwashing? My Pool Sand Filter Has Low Pressure..Low Psi & Multiport Valve Is Leaking.. Sand Pool Filter..Changed The Sand With Something Like Sand Multiport Valve Is Stuck In Backwash Mode Manual Air Relief Valve..When To Relieve Air Pressure From A Sand Filter.. Filter Has Run Dry After Emptying Skimmer Box How Do I Stop Sand Going Back Into The Pool..Pool Keeps Getting Dirty.. Sand Filter Draining When In "Filter" Position Sand Returning Back To Pool After Replacing With New Sand Dirt Pumped Into Pool When Switching On Pump - Sand Filter System No Water Flow Through Glass Sight Gauge On My Filter System Swimming Pool Sand Filter Problems.. High Pressure Problem On A Swimming Pool Sand Filter Water Not Free-Flowing When Pool Pump Switched On Closed Valve Setting Still Lets Water Through!...Pool Leaking.. Pool Sand Filter Problem..Water Out Of Backwash Pipe Swimming Pool Sand Filter Leaking Out The Drain In Filter Position Above Ground Swimming Pool Losing Water..Running Sand Filter System.. How To Clean Swimming Pool Sand Filters..Backwashing Swimming Pool Sand Filter Degreaser Pool Pump Operation Swimming Pool Sand Filter..Pool Seems To Be Manufacturing Small Debris Question About Swimming Pool Sand Filter Comments for Question About Swimming Pool Sand Filter Swimming Pool Sand Going Back Into The Pool DE Matter Returning Back To Swimming Pool Water Swimming Pool Pump And Filter Too Big?
Salt Water PoolsSalt Level Cold Weather Question For A Salt Pool That Runs Year Round New Saltwater Pool 5 Weeks Starting To Go Cloudy (Not Green) Taking Care Of A Salt Water Pool & Cleaning Of The Cell Do I Need Chlorine Tabs Even If I Have A Salt Water Pool? Green Salt Water Pool Saltwater System & Chlorine Shock Soft Water Fill On Salt Water Pools My Saltwater Pool Has No Chlorine Salt Water Pool Chemistry Advice On How To Run A Salt Water Pool Salt Water Pool With High Chlorine & Rust Colored Water Saltwater Pool Upkeep Salt Water Pool Turned Into A Murky Green Mess Black Stains On My Above Ground Saltwater Pool Shocking A Saltwater Pool Salt Water Above Ground Pool Why Do We Have This Blue Powder In Our Salt Water Pool? How To Lower A High Salt Level In A Pool Salt Water Pool Is Light Green Color Backwashing A Seawater Swimming Pool Cloudy Water In My Salt Water Pool Are These Salt Water Pool Balance Readings Right? New Vinyl Liner & Salt Water Swimming Pool Replacement Chlorine Pump & Filter Suggestion For A 28x56 foot x 7.5 Depth & 3.5 Depth Inground Pool? Salt Generator..Change A Chlorine Pool Into A Salt Pool Lowering The pH & Salt Water Systems.. Which Salt To Use In A Salt Water Swimming Pool? Salt Pool & The Chlorine Is High.. Saltwater Systems For Swimming Pools..High Calcium & Iron.. Affordable Salt Generator For 65,000 Gallon Pool Sea Water Pool Sea water Swimming Pool..Saltwater What Is The Best Way To Clean Saltwater Pools New Gunite/Plaster Salt H2O Pool..Low pH & Total Alkalinity..Black Plaster.. How To Choose The Right Size Salt Water Generator..Cell I've A Saltwater Pool..pH Is High Saltwater Pool Maintenance Guide..Problem Converting Swimming Pool From Chlorine To Salt Water Generator Intex Salt Water Swimming Pool 16x48..Shock & Green Algae SALT WATER POOL, SYSTEM CRASHED NOW POOL IS GREEN Muratic Acid & Salt Water Swimming Pool..Lower pH Level Salt Water Intex Swimming Pool System (Pool Size 18x48)..Algae Problem.. Cloudy Pool Water..Salt Water Swimming Pool..How Much Salt To Add?.. Salt Water Swimming Pool & Water Bugs..Earwig Problem Reducing The Energy Cost Of Running A Salt Water Pool Chlorinator Swimming Pool Algae & Opening A Pool..HELP!! Salt Water Chlorine Generator Salt Water Pool Maintenance Guide
Shocking A PoolPool Shock With Powder Shocking A Salt Water Pool Can We Use The Pool If We Haven't Shocked It? Shock The Pool & Chlorine Tabs My Pool Has High Chlorine Scent! Will "Shocking" The Pool Have A Bearing On The Backwash Schedule? I've A Very Small (650g) Pool And I Think I Overshocked It... Total Chlorine..Free Chlorine..Pool Shock Question.. How Long Can Shocking Chlorine Keep In Pool Water? About How Long Does The Chlorine Level Has Dropped To Ideal Level After Shock? What Is Super Shock..Chlorinating.. After Shocking With Liquid Swimming Pool Chlorine...3 Gallons... Shock Swimming Pool & Swim the Same Day?
Skin & Hair ProblemsDoes Swimming In A Cool Pool With Doors Open In Nov. Cause Bronchitis Sinus Congestion And Infections Pool Air Burning Eyes? What Is This Itching After Swimming? Is There A Shampoo I Can Use In Our Pool That Won't Hurt My Husband's Perfectly Balanced Water? Why Do We Get Red Dots After Swimming Will A Salt System Help With Chlorene Sensitivity? Skin Irritation After Working At A Pool Supply Store New Salt Water Spa...Rash... Water Therapy (PT)..Odd Stench On My Hands.. Will My Hair Change Color If I Swim In A Chlorine Swimming Pool..Different Swim In A Chlorine Pool & My Hair & Skin...What Effect?? Should I Always Shower & Wash Hair/Skin After Swimming...Chlorine Pool Can I Go Swimming In A Chlorine Swimming Pool While Pregnant? Can Pool Chlorine Harm My Hair & Darken My Skin..Swimming Pool My Face Is Red, Sore, & Itchy After Swimming In Chlorine Pool? Swimming Pool Chlorine Damage The Highlights In My Hair? Relaxed Hair & Chlorine Swimming Pool? How Do I Protect My Hair From Chlorine Swimming Pool Water? Skin Problems From Pools
Stairs & LaddersPool Steps Metal Handrail Broke Into Two Pieces Which Is Better, Fiberglass Or Plastic Pool Ladder? What's A Good Wrap For A Stainless Steel Pool Rail Rust On The Pool / Spa Railing..
Start Up/Opening A PoolNew Home With Inground Pool - Chemicals Out Of Whack! Help Please! Help!! New Pool Owner I Am The New Pool Guy I Just Filled My 18ft X 4ft Above Ground Pool Do I Put In Chlorine Or Shock It? Opening Pool After Not In Use For Two Years Yuk..Put In Chlorine & Water Turned Brown Startup With A Saltwater Pool Starting New 27 ft. Swimming Pool Is Converting To Saltwater Pool Cheaper And Better? Salt Water Above Ground Pool Start Up Treatment Installing Chemicals In The Proper Place Started A Green Pool Covered In Algae...HELP!! New Pool - Is Shock Required? I Still Have A Cloudy Pool After Opening Pool Shock & Floc Not Working Adding Liquid Muriatic Acid To An Above Ground Pool... Pool Opening..Used Algaecide And Floc...Now The Pool Is White And Cloudy... Help!! New Pool Owner And The Chemical Tests Are All Over The Place. What Should I Do? What Is A Swimming Pool Conditioner & Stabilizer? I Took The Winter Cover Off And My Pool Water Was Cloudy..Pool Start Up.. About Adding Chemicals To A Relined Pool.. My Pool Start Up..Why Are Leaves & Debris Going Back Into The Pool After Vacuuming? What Can I Do About A Chemical Mess During Pool Start Up? Above Ground Pool..Need To Know About Chemicals & What To Do.. My First Pool..How Do I Add Chemicals & Make Adjustments?
Swimming Pool Filter BackwashingBackwashing A Sand Filter Too Much? Dirty Rinse During Backwash Swimming Pool Backwash Trouble Sand Filter Glass Bulb/Sight Glass
Swimming Pool pHWater pH in Pool pH & Alkalinity Low pH Level Won't Increase My My Pool Soda Ash To Raise pH Made The Pool Cloudy How Much Baking Soda To Raise The pH Pool Level? Whole Bottle Of pH Plus And Level Won't Increase...pH Problem.. Why Do I Have Low pH Pool Level & No Free Chlorine In My Swimming Pool Swimming Pool pH, Alkalinity, & Chlorine Levels Too High Comment on Lowering pH Chart High PH and High TA 4 Children Burnt In Swimming Pool..Very Low pH Level Home Pool Owner..Fiberglass Pool..Low pH Level.. Total Alkalinity Too High..pH Too Low..Swimming Pool.. How Much pH Minus To Get Level Down..Too High Acidity In The Swimming Pool Water..Too Acidic Muratic Acid & Salt Water Swimming Pool..Lower pH Level How Long Do You Need To Wait To Swim After Adding pH Minus..Acid Swimming Pool Question..Chlorine Is Low..pH Level Is High? Alkalinity Up To Raise Both Swimming Pool pH Level & Total Alkalinity Very High Swimming Pool pH Level...8.2ppm.. Swimming Pool pH Level Question Pool pH level pH Level Of My Pool Soda Ash For Increasing Swimming Pool pH Level TA opposed to PH
Swimming Pool PhosphatesHigh Phosphate Levels High Phosphates Over 1000 & Cloudy Water High Phosphate Levels And Low Chlorine Issue... Swimming Pool Phosphate Level Over 1000
Swimming SafetyCan I Have Too Many People Swimming Can My Grandchildren Use A Life Jacket?..Swimming Safety Used Swimming PoolsUsed Swimming Pool Cost
Vacuuming & Vacuum Problems
Skimmer Valves Open Or Closed? Too Much Suction When Vacuuming The Pool Can I Vacuum This Fine Black Silt In My Swimming Pool? Why Does My Kreepy Krauly Have No Suction? Sweeper Connector On Pool Vacuum Hose Broke Off Vacuum Port Returning Dirt Back Into The Pool.. Maintaining Vacuum Suction..Loss Of Suction With A Cartridge Filter..
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Waterborne IllnessScabies & Green Pool Water..Swimming Pool Algae!!
Water MoldWhite Slimy Film On The Bottom Of Pool White Fluffy Substance On Floor Of Pool Well Water Problems/Iron & Copper Metals
Minerals In Pool Water? 14,000 Gallons Of Creek Water..Turned Brown Then Green How Do I Clear Up My Well Water In My Pool..It's Green GPH Too Low & My Well Water Is Yellow
Yellow AlgaeIs This Algae Or What? Cannot Remove My Brown/Mustard Algae Recurring Mustard Algae And Fed Up! Rust In The Pool That Looks Like Algae Fine Powdery Yellow/Light Brown Substance..Algae Problems
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OOOOPS Too Much Potassium Permanganate
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SOMEHOW I WAS TREATING MY FILTER WITH POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE.
I WASHED THE FILTER BUT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT WENT INTO THE POOL AND NOW THE WATER IS ...
Put In Too Much Super Water Clarifier
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I have a above ground pool about 1500 gallons.
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Do You Really Need All These Chemicals For A Pool Or Are They Just Trying To Get Your Money?
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We bought chlorine, pH up, pH down, algaecide, shock plus, and test strips.
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Heavy Rains & Now My Pool Is Filled With Mud
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I have a 20'x40' inground pool that was filled and up and running.
With the recent heavy rains it is now filled with mud.
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Cleaning A Pool After A Flood
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My inground pool went through a flood.
It was covered at the time but now has mud/ muck on the bottom.
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Busted Drain/Basket Cover...What's The Replacement & Cost?
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Our Below Ground Liner Pool Is Plagued With Wood Lice
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No matter how spotlessly clean the pool is left there are hundreds of wood lice lying (mostly dead) at the bottom of the pool the next morning.
The ...
Shutting Down A School Pool For Half A Year
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Is Shutting Down A Pool For Half A Year Good?
I am a certified pool operator and work at a school.
My arguement is that if they shut down the ...
Grime & Grease On Plastic Chairs
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Others at the Condo Complex claim we should clean our plastic chairs by putting them in the swimming pool. I just think there must be too much grime, grease,...
Draining A Swimming Pool
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The rains in San Diego have necessitated the need for me to take some water out of the pool. My filter does not have a "waste" position that I know of....
I Sweep My Pool, Next Day It Looks Like I Never Swept It...
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I sweep my pool, clean the small filter. Clean everything. It looks great for 1 day. Next day dirt is still on bottom. I have a sweeper. I don't understand....
Closed Valve Setting Still Lets Water Through!...Pool Leaking..
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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 ...
Swimming Pool Water in Sight Glass..Problems..
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Should the sight glass be full of water during normal filtering operation?
Thanks for your question Fay
The site glass for swimming pool filters ...
Did Jacuzzi Make A Swimming Pool?...Spa & Hot Tub
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Did Jacuzzi ever make a swimming pool? I can't find anything online, but I'm being told that my pool was made by Jacuzzi. Did someone buy them out?
Thanks,...
Dirt Ring Around Sides Of The Swimming Pool At Water Level
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Dirt at the water level...
The water tests are good, but have a dirt ring around the top of the swimming pool water level.
What could cause this?...
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