My family has a 4'x28' above ground pool. We have a severe problem with wind in our area and the cover came off before spring. We decided to surrender to mother nature...

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I am a new pool owner (Fiberglass, inground, 16 X 33). This past week I noticed some pool staining and my local pool store sold me Metal Magnet to remove the stains....

Hi, I'm new to all this, with a new 'water park' pool to look after. It's 1,000,000 litres with flumes and rides. Bare concrete balance tanks and tiles finish. We get a...

Since I opened my pool 6 weeks ago my PH is 6.2 my TA is 230 and I have no free chlorine reading. I have a SWG. I have used muratic acid and got the reading to 120 and...

I'm new to this pool maintenance thing. I have all my levels in good shape except my TA. My ph is at about 7.5 but my TA is at 200 ppm. The water is also a little...

I'm new to the forum but not pools. :wave: My question, other that causing the PH to creep up, what other adverse condition does a high TA cause? I have an indoor 15,000...

My ph is over 8 and TA is 144. Is the first step to lower ph with muriatic acid and then aeriate to lower TA until they are in line and then shock the pool for the green...

We have had our pool for about 15 years. This year I can't seem to get the pool up and running. The TA and PH are low. I add Alkalinty Up / Soda Ash (Leslie's Products)...

Hi, I could use some advice I went down to my local pool store and had my water tested ( note I have well water and just filled my pool yesterday and now I'm trying to...

I have an outdoor pool with a pebble-tech finish. I installed a salt-water chlorine generator about 6 months ago and have been having problems keeping the pH within...

i have a salt pool and the ph and alkalinity is always high i have added roughly 4 gal of acid but it is still high it is 14000 gal pool with a aggrigate finish i see a...

High, i live on a volcanic island, and have struggled to reduce the TA of my jacuzzi. Have being going at it incrementally for about 4 weeks.
The Local water board tells...

Today I took my water sample to the pool store and my TDS reading was 5000. My other readings were as follows:
Saturation index-1.4
TDS-5000
CYA-70
TC-0
FC-0
pH->8.8...

We are new at this!! We have a pebble tec pool with a salt water system. The TA is high at 180 and chlorine is showing at 0. Other checmicals and PH show normal on test...

Using a Taylor test kit, testing for total alkalinity, the recipe is two drops of 007, five drops of 008, which turns green; then 009 dropwise till red. For months, it...

Naples Florida. Inground pool 9,000 gallons, Salt system. New finish is Florida Stucco exposed aggregate. CYA 80. Salt 3500, Temp 80.

I'm finding that I have to add...

I have a 21,000 gal plaster in ground pool. My alkalinity (TA) was at 325 when I moved in 2 weeks ago. pH was 8.4... The guys at the local pool store did the water...

I have a 16'x48" vinyl pool with a salt water system . It is working great but my total alkalinity is low any suggestion.

My TA was reading at 200 and my Ph at 7.8. The pool shop told me to add acid to reduce TA and this would then also bring Ph down. I added the acid last night (16 hrs...

I am an architect with a client who has just installed a 50x8x4foot deep in-ground, indoor swimming pool. He has determined that he is loosing about 300 gallons per week...