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...

My Dad put a gallon of algicide into a 15,000 gallon pool. Now there is a layer of foam over the entire surface. How do we fix this. Any help would be appreciated.

Ok so I had my pool drained then acid washed last march... Not long after I started seeing black algae in various places on the plaster. Im not sure if that caused the...

Hello- new person here. I live with my daughter and son in law and we just moved in to this house which has a pool. None of us know the first thing about pools- except...

We are taking down our Intex pool for the winter. We were unexpectedly gone for the last part of summer so we had a bad algea problem. We drained the water and now have...

Here we go, after moving into our house 18 months ago, we have had nothing but problems as did the prior owner for the last couple of years.

We found almost all...

Hi,

Thank you for taking the time to read my post. I will give my readings here

Pool gallons: 18,500
Pool Type: Plaster White
FC: 10+ ? (1 qt 25 fl oz of Sodium...

help i have a 16 ft vinyl pool above ground, saltwater generator, the last few days here in florida it has rained, about 90 plus deg. after that i noticed about one foot...

Though an Internet glitch of algorithm I by chance intercepted the following conversation pertinent to the greenish tint of recent interest so of course the participants...

I'm trying to figure out what my problem is, and now, from reading several posts, I'm wondering if I don't have two problems.

The first problem, which I didn't think...

Live in VA always had yellow algae problems until we bought and ionizer and has been great for 6 years now. We replaced the liner this year filled up with city water...

First of all, let me say that we are fairly new pool owners. This is only our second season. Last year was a breeze, since everything was new and the water was fresh. A...

My spa has been out of balance for months --- not being used. The only symptom from this is that there is a build up of yellow scum on the water line. As I am getting...

I have an apparent algae problem which I cannot seem to solve.
The algae consists of a bunch of spots rather than a contiguous area of coverage (please see the attached...