While draining and refilling a portion of your pool WILL work, it's a "sledgehammer to kill a fly" move.

You can lower TA with Muriatic...

It is possible you needed 2 treatments of phosphate remover to begin with. The phosphate remover usually sold at pool stores like leslies is nt very...

once again, thanks for the rapid reply, I will use your suggestion.
Heading out to the store to get baking soda.
2 more things:
a. do I sprinkle ALL...

We just got our pool install (7-15-07) .
The pool floor on one side of the pool have some heel prints or indentations from our feet thats what we...

I would give it 10-15 minutes if you pour near your your return with the pump running. If you have good circulation it mixes in pretty fast.

First off Hello guys!! Iam a Complete Noob!!

I live over the Pond in Not so sunny england/South coast, had no sun for about 8 weeks now but lots of...

Welcome.

Why do you think you have too much chlorine? If your test kit says you overdosed, just wait...it will go down on it's own.

Now, if...

What about if u need to heat, Iam in not so Hot or sunny england!

Overnight Temps 14 degrees if I switch it off takes about 2 days to heat back...

When algae gets killed it goes through phases that look like the pictures in this link . So the green turns to blue-gray, then cloudy, then dull,...

I have the pentair fiberworks fiber optic lighting, I love it, it makes the entire pool just glow with color. there is no power to the water,...

The hose leading from pump to filter kept popping off at the pump. I replaced clamps and hose but it still is leaking slowly at the filter. I've...

Yeah...what he said. :lol:

You must work for a pool store or chlorine company!

Bleach is the cheapest and fastest way to go, although it is a pain...

To bring the chlorine up, you need to use a 99% di-chlor.

To bring the chlorine up, you need to use CHLORINE. No matter the style. Bleach is...

Thanks for the answers people. I didn't think the chemicals would hurt the lawn much if any, but it's better safe then sorry.

I have used algae guard, shocks and clairifiers. It is a cartridge filter- the knee high is a great idea, I'm going to try that. thanks

You can buy a cartridge filter cleaner to use on the cartridge. The same product works well with sand filters, it's just used a little differently....

I think there needs to be some sort of "stickie" with the summary advice that Michael, Backglass, and others (including myself) give on...