Do you have stabilizer in the pool?
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Originally posted by SabineHunter View PostOP, lots of advice out there. One more coming from me. When I first moved in to this house/pool, I would follow the routine of checking the water, chlorine, PH, blah, blah, blah. Then, I came up with my own tests, my eyes. I tell people that one test is if the water is crystal clear and the other is if my eyes hurt while I'm in it. That is all I use, chlorine, nothing else. The few times I brought my water for testing at Leslie's, they'll tell me it on the high side of chlorine but no other problem. My next door neighbor is always testing his and adding various chemicals. Every once in a while he has to drain his pool, maybe 2-3 years. Same with my FIL, who thinks he is an expert with pool water but had to drain his last summer. Don't overthink it. When you get your pool right, just use chlorine.
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Folks that talk of salt make it sound too simple. Yes, salt chlorine generator makes the chlorine. But you have to have stabilizer (which the kit above didn't test for). And weekly you have to add acid or you PH gets out of control. Then in my case replace the generator every couple of years (about half of what they should last).
btw, I still have a couple bags of salt if anyone in the arlington area wants to stop by and pick up.
OP, lots of things could be wrong. You may have too much phosphates in the pool. "Pool perfect" is a good option to maintain and they have a phosphate remover that is more concentrated. Best idea is to take a water sample in to be tested. Looks like there is a Leslie's in Kerrville if that is where you are located. This was a bad year to start up here. Had algae take hold and took a week and $100+ of chemicals and shock to get straight.
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