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I have been reading these forums for 7 years and just this week learned about CSI. I turned it on in Pool Math as I have a plaster pool with a SWG and waterline tile and my plaster isn't in the best shape. Pool School says pH is easiest to adjust and my pool really tends to like and stay...

it doesn't come off with a brush. it's slowly disintegrating with chlorine. I have it in several spots around the pool. the water is crystal clear.

As you may have seen, I had a mishap this winter. Late February my cover blew open and cover water and leaves got in. I don’t know how much. Fast forward to today, it’s open and green but CLEAR. Im unconcerned about the green and staining. It will clear up with chlorine. The concern I have is...

I'm in detroit, MI. we are having crazy weather, 70 yesterday 20 today and crazy thunderstorms last night, and it's been very windy today. I looked in the backyard around 3:30 and my waterbags had blown off a corner and it was uncovered. the water is black! I always open to beautiful blue...

So when I pull my S200 out of the pool, it releases dirt into my very clean pool. If I don't let the water drain it's less, but still happens. is something wrong?

So we were backwashing and water was coming out fine, then it just stopped. No water is moving through the pump or anything. is this something easy that I'm not thinking of?

Ok, I don't recall ever having trouble reading this test. I tested when we opened and it was 175, but my reagents are really old. I got new ones and was testing and the red is faint, the blue is faint and it's hard to tell if it's blue or purple or even red. is this the fading endpoint? I...

So, I know my pH is high, but I found a dead chipmunk in the pool. I tested pH and FC and then added 2 gallons of chlorine. I know I need to add acid, so can I in about an hour, or do I need to wait for the FC levels to come down?

My first test of the year my CH is always 250. always. this year it is 175. my reagents are very old. (maybe 5 years?) could that matter? Should I do something? My pool is plaster. My CH never ever changes, so this is strange.

My pool opened today (the pool store does it), and it was beautiful. it's always beautiful (except the one year my cover tore) but this was exceptional. Then they found a small leak at my filter, so they said they coudn't put chlorine in or turn it on. I dumped the chlorine in and called and...

I know chlorine degrades. I have 2 jugs of it left. I have a SWG so I don't use it much, my salt is low and since we are closing soon I've been using liquid chlorine. I already paid for closing so the chlorine they will dump in is covered. if I keep it all winter, will it be any good for...

So we normally close the pool between Oct 10-15. We are in Michigan. This year the pool store (they close our pool) messed up and didn't schedule my closing so they have me now scheduled close to November. this is unacceptable as I have a 100 year old oak tree that hangs over my pool and the...

I always feel it's a possibility in the beginning of the season because I forget how often I have to add water. that said, I have had a leak at my skimmer a couple times. It looked like I may have something open there so I put some pool putty or whatever the pool store told me to use last time...

I've always used the 12,000-15,000 gallon estimate because it's what the pool store guys told me (they open and close for me) and when I've posted various things here, some of you agreed. Today I did a FC test, I was at 5.5 FC. I used 15,000 gallons in pool math and added 69 oz chlorine to...

So I found a partial bag of CYA in my backyard. So it was there all last summer and through the winter. I need it, can I use it? Is it still good?

I got a new Maytronics robot this year and I opened my pool today. they put in 9 gallons of chlorine (not sure why) and my FC is 25! anyway, I read that I can only use the robot in max 4 FC - I mean, I have to keep mine around 6 usually because I have an SWG. I assume that is ok, but is it ok...

so the pool store opens my pool every year. they add 4-5 gallons of chlorine and then I test and add anything else. So, I didn't notice til after they left but they added 9 gallons of chlorine to the pool! I had some organic staining on the walls and I think perhaps that is why, but geez, my...

So the local pool store closes and opens my pool every year and has for many many years. I've lived in the house for 5 years. I don't even look at the pool stuff in the winter. Last year, I saw a post about deep cleaning the filter but my pool was already open. It's closed now for the next...

Hi, I'm in Michigan and I always close mid October. Last year we eneded up closing Oct 22 and it was horrible. SO many leaves, it was a mess. So I scheduled it for Oct 14 this year. we are having a very warm October. it's been consistently in the mid 70s and even will hit 80 in a few days...

I posted this in the spring but never got a lot of answers. It didn't matter too much because I have an SWG. well my SWG just died, I think. I have to check the fuse but it's 5 years old. anyway, I have to chlorinate my pool for another 3 weeks. So, in years past, everyone here recommended...

Ok, so I bought a Polaris Quattro from Leslies (because I wanted white) in the spring, I've been fighting with this thing all summer and talking with Leslie's. Finally they were trying to get Polaris to replace it but now they won't. They will give me store credit and the guy is telling me...

We added this amazing tiki bar to our backyard last year and I never posted. He’s local to us but ships all over the country. It’s from white sands tiki bars.

I'm so in love with our new hoop! It’s the Dunn rite clear regulation hoop. I've wanted to replace this piece of junk since we've lived here (5 years). We finally did!! Here’s the before/after.

So my local pool store told me the returns should be pointing upwards towards the skimmer so the surface of the pool ripples. I took my vacuum to Leslie's to look at and they told me they always recommend the return facing the skimmer but downwards so the pool water mixes better. Polaris told...

this is my 5th year with this pool and using TFP. I've never had a day of anything but sparkling clear water. Today, the pool is a little cloudy. Now, you can still see the drain, and the screws on it. I can see everything perfectly clear, but there is a cloudiness if that makes sense. We...

So we inherited a Polaris 380 (I think) from the previous owners. we used it for 4 seasons and we don't know how many it was used prior, but it looks old. I've been considering replacing it the past 2 seasons as I was spending money almost yearly tuning it up but it was still getting the job...

Ok, my water is clear and beautiful, I have passed an OCLT, but my water was green (but clear) at opening. and there was very little water. (opened may 12) but it cleared up with 5 gallons of chlorine and again I passed the OCLT. I also passed the CC at .5, but I've been testing CC regularly...

So, my sand filter pressure is normally around 20 and I backwash when it gets around 25 or so. tonight I noticed my returns weren't working, my SWG said no flow and the pressure on the filter was at 30. I've never seen it that high. I backwashed 5 days ago, but it is May and pollen is falling...

Ok, if you didn't see my opening thread, I'll link it here. I had the worst opening in the 5 years I've been doing this because we had a big hole in the cover. essentially, my pool water level got super low and it opened to green, but clear. after 5 gallons of Chlorine were added, the pool was...

So we have the pool store open and close our pool. They came out today to start draining the cover and put the hose in. around 12:00 I noticed the cover was mostly drained and it looks like there is barely any water in the pool. I checked the picture from October when we closed and the water...