I just need to know what chemicals I can purchase to reduce the Phosphates and Alkalinity in my play pool
We drained and refilled the pool about a month ago. Just bought...

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We have a 32 foot x 14 ft x 5 ft oval pool, it is established and we've never had a problem with the water. It's usually crystal clear and lovely. The last week it...

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Finally got my pool water balanced,( except for chlorine that is still low) and it is dark brown. I thought it was iron but it is still brown after being treated...

We had what we thought was green algae it was all over the pool, sides stairs, ladder ect ect. We shocked the pool added algaecide and according to our pool store we...

Help please
note: i will get back to this when i bring my water in for testing and post it at a later date. didn't know this was needed. sorry
clorine highest on...

I am beyond frustrated with my green pool. I opened my pool 1 week ago and as usual it was green with algae. Usually I use the standard pool opening kit, shock, brush...

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I have a Starbright SF-40 sand filter with a faded label identifying the multivalve positions. Does anyone have a description ofthe locations or pewrhaps a...

Look to see if anyone has used the BioGuard Spot Kill or might know if this product is good for Black Algae use. The guy at the Pool store told me that it was "the...

I recently purchased a home w/ an above ground pool. The pool is in excellent shape, however, the previous owners did not ever cover the pool. We live in PA so the pool...

Ok so I have been trying to open my pool since mid april. It is an intex above ground pool 16ft x 48 in running a cartdrige filter with a SWG. Since this time I have...

Ok so I started Cleaning my pool on Friday 5/27/11. after about a year of neglect from my family

It Started off like this

and now it looks like this (taken Monday...

I've been trying to brush this away for weeks and the stains don't move. I showed these pictures to the guy at Leslies, he told me to squeeze a lemon on it to see if it...

We are new to pool owning and are learning as we go. I removed the cover to open the pool for the season and low and behold.... Algae!

I filled the pool up to...

Everywhere is written that the most important thing is to balance the water and said the alkalinity should be between 80-120 ppm.
All the tester i saw measure the...

If you use the 3 in 1 chlorinating tablets, do you still have to add algaecide?

I have been dealing with an issue for over a couple of years. It is a very intermittent problem. Last year I had what looked like a speck of dirt that ran and left a...

I look after a Pebbletec pool a large top pool with a waterfall into a smaller pool which had to be emptied recently as it had some cracks in it. The Pool was refilled...

I was told that it is advisable not too go into a pool for 24-48 hours after a Chlor-Brite shock and it could cause blonde hair to turn green among other side effects.....

I have a regular sand filter inground pool with 24-26k gallons. I am used to it but am considering of putting either a salt system chlorinator or not putting it and put...

Hi everyone, my water in the deep end is green. Last night it was dark green with little to no visibility of the drains, I used 7 quarts of Aqua Treat, and this morning...