It's hard to say without knowing your test numbers. What you saw could be the aluminum in the pole corroding in the water. I could see how you could...

lol , boy are you right! we have to use Well Water to fill up our pool. We usualy dont have a problem with it... if we have to fill it it gets kinda...

can't get color to work :( :? :cry:

If this above ground pool is one that is a pump and filter together combo, you first need to take out small filter and clean once a week.

Did you...

Make sure your running your filter at this time of year 8hrs a day and after a big algae problem awlays clean filter not just back wash.

Remember...

Heres the results to the test from the store today, i have a taylor kit on the way. I ordered it yday.

FC- 5
Water PH- 6.5 (+40)
TA- 50
Calcium...

If the chlorine goes down significantly overnight, not just during the day, then the chlorine is most likely fighting a nascent algae bloom, and...

This is the first year I have had a pool. I also had the green water. Now it's cloudy, been that way for over a week. I used a floc and for the first...

Pool User,

"in normal range" doesn't mean anything because the normal ranges proposed by the pool industry of Free Chlorine (FC) between...

first don't always listen to you have to buy a "good test kit" thats sometimes sounds salesmen-y

Call it what you want but every pool...

24 by 24 above ground had my water test today they said my levels are normal, told me i should of changed my sand i inform then i change my sand...

UPDATE: My pool is clear and I can actually see the bottom.
Thanks for all your help!

Woohoo! NOW...stay on top of it, don't let your chlorine drop...

The chlorine level reads 1.0 which is ideal for my pool

:shock:

You need a bare minimum of 3ppm at all times...more if your CYA is high. Your...

unfortuatly the intex pools do not come with a vacuum that hooks up to a skimmer maybe you could give advice on something else that might work...

how long does this usually take?

If you keep your chlorine up and keep filtering...5-7 days.

how do you control the alkalinity? mine gets high but I'm not sure what I'm suppose to do to get it to the ideal range

ok my reading are :

hardness 200

free chlorine 2-4

ph 7.5

ta 180

cya 100

does this help in why my pool went from light green and I...

High pH and high Total Alkalinity (TA) can cause cloudiness which is caused by an over-saturation of calcium carbonate. pH Up causes both the pH to...

High chlorine levels above 10 ppm will affect the pH test usually making you think the pH is higher than it really is. So generally, you get the pH...

Checked with my test strips and alkalinity is fine Ph is fine but the stabiliser free chlorine is low, how can i top this up bearing in mind i have...