What exactly is free chlorine? Is that what's in the SHOCK or the tablets that my floating duck holds?

Last night as we were cleaning out the mechanical pool wizard that runs around in the bottom of our pool, we found a dead mouse in it. My wife freaked out and wants to...

i have lil bitty orng bug's in my pool and all around it. they fly and bite

do you kno what they are and how to get rid of them?

and as soon as they hit the pool...

I am a new pool owner and my pool is not in a very convenient position. many trees surround the pool hence causing alot of leaves to fall and decay in pool if not...

had crystal clear wter pool man added some chemical for metal. left that for a day and vacuemed it. added chloeine and water turned yellowish black

We are in Chandler, Arizona, and we have a salt water pool. A couple days ago we noticed that a pile of salt had accumulated in the bottom of the pool, so we brushed it...

Put to much algacide in my pool. Foaming for days! Anyone have any idea to clear this up?

We have just put up our pool this year and after adding shock to the untreated water it turned a clear sparkling green. No sign of algae but the water itself is clear...

I have a hayward cartridge filter the water was cloudy so the pool store told me to use alum now i can't get it out my filter doesn't backwash or vacume to waste and it...

:( I am on my second year now with cloudy water. All chemicals are within range other then free chlorine and stabilizer. I reasently tried floc and recieve very little...

Please help. What is the difference between stablized and non-stabilized chlorine? How do I know what to use?

I have brown pool stains in the deep end of our vinyl pool. I have tried pool stain removers but it still persists. We have a heater on the pool. I have been told that...

I added Leslies Ulter Bight water clarifier, because the water was somewhat cloudy. After adding the enhancer the water surface appeared soapy and as the day wore on the...

I have an auto pilot digital. Works great sofar. Do I still have to use algaecide?Also what can I do if I already put too much algaecide in?

I covered my pool and it stormed. After a couple of days, I could hear tadpoles over the place. They are so noisy that my neighbors are complaining. I a just a new pool...

I am a new pool owner and am still learning the do's and don'ts of pool cleaning. The pool we have was badly neglected prior to our taking over. The chlorine was being...

i have had major problems with stains rapidly spreading on my pool surface.the pool service i used for 5 years misbalanced my pool and at 1 point it looked more like a...

My husband stored our pool chemicals in a cabinet in our garage.When I opened it up today I noticed a nasty odor and the hinges were rusted on the inside of the...

I was told to add 250 lbs of salt, add 44 lbs of alkilinity, wait two hours, add ph down, wait 24 hrs and turn my salt system to superchlorinate. My question is "Do...

I floc'd my pool yesterday and 95% of the suspended particles are on the bottom today. However, 5% is in good size clumps half way down. Will this settle out or should I...