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Long time TFP member here and i have never had any issues with my pool since using these methods… I have always had that crystal clear and sparkling water. Well I’m having an issue now and can’t get it figured out. We had a lot of pollen down here in south Texas this year and a lot falling from...

I’m needing to buy new gaskets for my In-laws sand filter but the labels are sun faded and others gone completely... Can someone help me or tell me what brand and model this sand filter is?

I have a question about black algae and I’m looking for some help from the pros... The question is for a really good friend of mines pool so don’t pay attention to my sig... His pool is a inground 7000 gallon plaster pool with a 1hp Hayward Super Pump and and black round sand filter... I’m not...

Hey there everyone I’m scratching my head!!! I’ve started slamming my pool cause the pool was clear and looked like there was either a lot of dirt or sand out of the sand filter in the middle of the pool so I started sweeping the pool walls and floors and water turned a greenish color and real...

Hey there everyone ive got a weird little situation goin on in the pool... The other day I noticed that the pool and walls and floor were dirty and decided to scrub them down with the pool brush... Well to my dismay the pool started turning Green like a darker pickle juice type color... Well I...

Hey all I have a quick question about mounting my salt cell I have a RJ model right now but i'm gonna need to be raising my equipment Pump/Filter and will no longer be able to mount it vertically gonna have to go with a horizontal mount and my question was if the 2" pvc will be coming straight...

Here late last summer I started getting these small wrinkles on the bottom of the pool.. and now there’s a lot more... If you’ve read my info and Specs you have seen that I have a buried 24’ AGP around 27” of the 54” buried with a polystyrene foam base... I have never had any issues with...

Hey everyone I’m looking for suggestions on Pumps and Filters!!! If you haven’t seen it in my Sig by now, Right now I currently have 2 “one is an extra”Hayward PowerFlo Matrix 1HP Pumps only one hooked up of course with a Hayward Pro Series 16” High Rate Sand Filter and I’m looking to upgrade...

Ok, So I haven’t been as vigilant as I usually am on checking my readings because of the colder than usual winter or weather we have had here in South Texas. But all has been good... I still have a sparkling clean pool and all my readings have been good for the most part... I haven’t checked my...

I have an Aqua-Rite SWG and it says very important cell must be mounted vertically is this right? I have my pool buried around 26” which is half way down and need to re-plumb because of flooding issues... I was wanting to keep all plumbing above ground for easy access so I didn’t bury the side...

Ok Hurricane Harvey Hit and I just got back into town today to assess the damages... the house has been without power for like 2 to 3 days so I know the pump has been off since then... no damage to pool from what I can see but it is full of debris I think I have every leaf from corpus in the...

Yes the bird!!! He was injured and hanging out in my skimmer!!! Must have gotten sucked in when he landed in the pool... Scared the beejeebers out of me when I opened it up to vacuum the pool... good thing I was trying to recover from over chlorination cause I dropped from 17 yesterday at around...

Ok so I run on a SWG and my pump is set to run from 6am to 11am and again from 6pm to 11pm FC usually stays around 7.0 to 8.0 which is all good... Well now comes the Opppps... I was Vacuuming the pool on Tuesday and Added 20oz. Of bleach to get the FC back to 8.0 and added some Muriatic Acid...

What does everyone experience with water loss!!! Including Splash Out and Evaporation!!! I seem to be losing about a 1/4" to no more than 1/2" of water every 3 or 4 days... I don't think I have a leak cause I've walked the pool several times before burying when I was experiencing the same loss...

Quick question!!! I'm looking to add borates and I've read the article in pool school so my question is the pool store I go to sells blue whale muratic acid 21 Baum MA 33% Hydrocloric Acid 67% other ingredients so since I'm not to familiar with these MA's just yet... Can someone let me know the...

I have a question kind of for some advice and also a little curious about a couple of things. Here are my levels as of Last Night just in case anyone needs them. FC - 3.6 pH - 7.6 TA - 120 CH - 160 CYA - 80 Salt - 3300 Ok so what you see as my FC is what the water normally tests at. So i'll...

Here is a screenshot of my levels taken last night I have already added the proper amount of bleach to raise FC. I added the MA to lower PH and TA, I will be aerating the pool today with the fountain to raise ph to proper levels if needed. I added fresh water yesterday to refill splash out from...

Looking for some advice from people that have used the Extruded Polyethylene foam boards under their pool liners!!! I'm looking at the pink boards from Home Depot and the blue boards from Lowe's... Does anyone prefer one over the other? How does it hold up? Does it leave indentions? What size do...

Hey everyone I'm looking for some opinions and some advice from the professionals out there... I am planning on doing a thread of the complete build with pictures when it's all said and done but for now I'm in a hold up so here's my question... I'm burying my pool 27" into the ground. It's a...

Ok So I have a 24' Saltwater LX that I have just recently purchased and it is warrantied for burial up to 27" so here's my dilemma!!! I had the excavation done and they went a few inches deeper than 27" it was dug out and none of the earth around or on the floor has been disturbed after the...

I've been on this site for some while now but have never posted mainly Lurked...:D I enjoy reading all the posts seeing all the pics and learning new things. This will be my first post and I still consider myself an amateur in pool knowledge... So last week I just ordered and upgraded to a new...