Forum: Pool Chemicals & Pool Water Problems

Over the last month, I have learned a ton since reading information you-all have provided on this website. I've had an IG pool for seven years now...

first off i use calcium hypochlorite shock and trichlor tabs and have an 18,000 gal pool. my pool has been beautiful with crystal clear water. ...

Hello. Let me first introduce myself. I live in Pennsylvania, and have a 28'round, 4' wall, above ground pool. I've had pools for roughly 25 yrs...

Hello and thanks for making this possible. I live near Atlanta, pool is basically in the woods. (Many large oaks, etc.) I have an in-ground,...

Earlier this season I helped my neighbor get his water issues straightened out. He has a 24K Gal IG vinyl pool with a cartridge filter treated with...

Hello folks. I am looking to improve my pool water quality. I currently have the following setup; - 16 X 32 in ground pool with vinyl liner -...

It's been weeks now that we have been battling the murky, cloudiness in our pool. FINALLY I think I have convinced my husband that we need to be...

I am new to maintaining a pool and have been trying to better understand what needs to be done to keep the water clear and safe – but still don’t...

I have a 33,000 gallon salt water pool that keeps reading 0 for FAC/TAC. We just had the salt cell replaced since it had stopped working. I took a...

I have worked hard and added all chemicals as instructed by Leslie where I bought chemicals, to get my water chemistry right. There seems to be some...

Hello - I've been reading the site for about a week now - this is such a great site; so supportive and helpful. We've had a pool for about 7 yrs,...

I have a 24 feet, 52 inches above ground round pool, that I tried to open in late April of this year. To this date I have yet to get it clear. It...

28K inground gunite pool. Chlorine on high side for 5 days. Pool showed green tint 2 days ago, progressed 1 day ago, green this morning (can...

For the past few years I get a rash when swimming in my heated pool. I switched to bromine which fixed the problem but I can't deal with the water...

Hi, Gang! I have been having issues with cloudy water, about every 2-3 weeks. My test results as of this morning: TA - 100 CYA - 50 pH - 7.4...

This is the first summer I have had a pool so bear with me. It's been great so far, crystal clear, no problems at all. We had a bad storm last...

I has algae when I opened pool. Got rid of it and used clarifier. Water clear and I could see bottom. Tried to vacuum to waste I stirred up a lot of...

I am sick to death of my pool right now, and would like some advice to help get the chemicals in balance. We've had the pool for 15 years, and have...

We recently moved into our new home and are working on keeping our pool as nice as possible...problem is, we live in TX and the average temps make it...

We just built a pool and purchased an Eclear tourmaline crystal system that is supposed to use no chlorine. It is not working, just getting green. ...

It's actually a very pleasant light bluish green.. but it isn't the crystal clear blue that it was before we had all this rain. And I'm a new pool...

I'm a recent pool owner (as of last summer). On my second pool store, and becoming disenfranchised that any pool guy/girl actually knows what they...

Hello, Lived in Az for 16 yrs. first 10 yrs had a pool with zero probs, just like described here, just check it keep it balanced and go. Moved...

Hello About two years ago we bought a house with an inground 12,000 gallon concrete outdoor pool which had been put in by the previous owners and...

The PH in our always seems to be low. We always have our water tested at the Pool store. They recommend shock and soda ash to increase the PH. ...

9000 gal inground fiberglass SWG Hayward Variflow XL

I started this spring with a pool not maintained properly by the previous owners the past season and not closed properly in the fall. The pool was...

I am a new pool owner. My family and I have never had a pool before and always wanted a pool and hot tub. We are military so never wanted to pay to...

I have extremely high phosphates and cannot get rid of them. I have tried every product my pool store offers (Phos-Free, PhosFloc and now one other...

Hi Ben or Janet or one of the other wizards, This morning's numbers from my Taylor K-2006 are: TC: 12, CC: .5, pH: 7.8, TA: 8, CYA: 100++ (dot...