I think I understand the reason why we need to use CYA. However, if the CYA level is between 30ppm and 50 ppm, or higher, this would cause us to need to maintain a...

I've recently switched over to the BBB methodology and seem to be keeping a "cleaner" pool. My weekly shock is due tonight but I have no combined chlorine to...

Hi all I am new to the pool world, my wife and I just had our first pool installed over the past few weeks. I have been reading and trying understand all I can and have...

For some reason after I backwashed last night my chlorinator is too full and is leaking water. Anyone now why?

The chart shows a column for Yellow Mustard.

1. Does this mean that if you've had yellow mustard in the past that these are the numbers to use?

2. If this is the...

I have an easy set inflatable ring pool (12' X 36")

Recently I added a 1/2 bag of shock to the pool by broadcasting it instead of mixing it in water first. I...

I would rather work with the BBB method, I think it works. I got

some rather dumb advise from a kid who works at Leslies and

does not have a pool. They are just...

I just bough my house and this is the first time I have evr had to care for a pool.At the begining of the year I had several problems opening ,due to the fact I had no...

Geez, I'm sitting here reading all this about stabilizers (CYA) and shocks and the way they interact, etc, etc, etc. I had no idea there such a precision science to...

For the first time the year, I shocked my pool (in ground, vinyl, about 12,000 gal.) with 1 lb Power Powder Plus. Before the shock, the chemistry measured fine -- 3 ppm...

i am not getting any chlorine reading when i test water for chlorine with reagent, nor do i smell any chlorine in pool. chlorine feeder (pentair model 300) is only 2...

I use 3" tabs, I am reading they are no good. (I have a 5+ reading).

I am thinking of switching to liquid chlorine a.k.a. bleach. How do I dispense it? Do I pour...

I always used granular chlorine in my above ground pool, but we just bought a new pump and when it started being very noisy 6 weeks later, I did some research online and...

There are a lot of terms thrown around for different uses of chlorine: shock levels, sanitizer levels, chlorine levels, CYA levels, etc.

Can someone put all this into...

if youa re useing a stabilized liquid or granular chlorine, should you have to add CYN or will the CYN in the chlorine be enough to maintain your levels, and only add...

Under what circumstances is chlorine bleach like Clorox, usable as a substitute for pool store purchased tablets?

So this is my current understanding, and im starting to think i maybe wrong, but currently we are perscribing customers with granular or liquid chlorine to use a dose of...

is it possible for a very large scale pool say a few thousand gallons,to maintain a good chlorine level with a high bather load and a single 3"puck dispencer, or is...

I have read that you should shock 1 time per week, heavy storm, etc. My question is, do I have to shock is my CC is less than .5. Or can I just shock at .5 or greater?...