How important is it to get / keep the pH and alkalinity down? We've had our pool (15 x 3.5 above ground walmart with the skimmer/pump on the side - 4000 gal) up for 10...

We set up our above ground vinyl pool today and added the shock treatment. Within two hours the water was orange - almost rusty looking. According to the test strip, the...

I have been trying to clear up a milky looking pool for days now. I have been using the HTH 6 way test kit.My pool wont keep a chlorine level.
I went a bought the HTH...

Hi, Pls help. I am a new pool owner. I got a gift of a vinyl round pool from my daughter and am having trouble getting the chemical levels right. I took a sample into my...

Morning all.

Sorry this might seem so long, but I've been battling alkalinity for 3 months and it's driving me insane. My local pool stores aren't much help with...

testing alkilinty it only turns yellow still at 20 ppm when I test at 10ml it takes 4 drops x 25 is 100ppm but when i use 25ml it only turns yellow even after 25 or more...

Hello all! I am fairly new to taking care of this pool, and in the past, only have experience with chlorine pools.

We are using the Baquacil CDX system ( which someone...

We just switched our pool to a salt system. I can not get the ph or the TA up. Both very low. On the strip the ph is so low it reads as bright yellow. Any suggestions?

Hi there,
I am wondering if I should be concerned with bacteria growth while I am treating my pool w/ Muriatic Acid?

My small 1700+ gal. pool was filled using our...

I am mystified.

5000 gal, vinyl-lined, "Endless" pool, using plain Clorox to chlorinate, maintaining at about 6ppm (CYA is about 40).

pH was down to 7.2 a...

I'm helping a friend take care of a pool that has been giving her fits. She's got some spots of black algae that simply are not affected by shock or algacide. Her...

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had my water tested and the alkalinity was 70, ph 7.4. i was told to add some bi-carb to increase the alkalinity, but my question is if I do that wouldn't i...

My alkalinity is 230 and has been for amost 2 months...my pool store

has told me to add dry acid 10lbs for my vol.12,600 gal. It has not

changed at all. At first the...

I installed a Stenner variable speed acid pump with a #1 pump tube that discharges a maximum of 5 GPD on a #10 pump setting (maximum). I'm diluting the acid 4:1 with...

I have also posted this on the Pool Algae forum.

Please help, I am VERY frustrated. We have been battling High Ph for several weeks and the level is not decreasing....

We have well water, hence, the High TA levels that are so high they are beyond the capability of the paper to tell us exactly what they are. The PH was just a little too...

Hello, after my 12'ft round by 36"deep pool (about 2000-2050 gallons?) Intex pool had been testing alkalinity out off the chart of my test strip with zero chlorine...

I am aerating as a part of the TA reduction process described in this forum. I put a 20' 1/8" ID tube into the suction line of an Intex 1500GPH filter pump and the...

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I am trying to be sure that I am adding the proper chemicals to my new intex 15 foot X 4 foot deep swimming pool. I haven't added anything yet, and here are the...