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I have recently discovered my CYA creeping up to about 70ppm. I have also recently purchased a Hayward Chlorinator that I would like to keep in use. Can anyone suggest an alternative to Trichlor pucks that will still allow me to use my chlorinator without adding CYA? thanks in advance, mike

I have recently discovered my CYA creeping up to about 70ppm. I have also recently purchased a Hayward Chlorinator that I would like to keep in use. Can anyone suggest an alternative to Trichlor pucks that will still allow me to use my chlorinator without adding CYA? thanks in advance, mike

I have a 16x38 fiberglass and I own a Polaris 360. The Polaris cruises around and usually stops in the same spot near the main drain and over time has been wearing a hole through the gel coat and I can now see the green fiberglass beneath. I have since bought a velcro sheet and stuck the soft side on the front of the polaris and this cetainlt seems to be working. My questions: Am I causing damage to the fiberglass beneath? I bought one of those underwater vinyly reapir kits and was wondering if it was OK to use the glue and patch or am I just creating a headache for someone when I drain the pool and do the proper repair at the end of the summer? thanks in advance, mike

Thanks Waterbear. Do I need to vac to waste because it will return to pool on a regular vac? Is calciom oxalte even finer than the DE? Are the 2 products working their way through the sand and getting back in the pool or will the filter eventually clear things up? I am in no real hurry and would just as soon let the filter do it if it is capable. I was thinking of just keep swimming and increase the main drain pull to help clean it up. Thanks again, Mike

I have a 38 X 16 fiberglass, around 16 to 18 thousand gallon. Nails were accidentally dropped in the pool and large rust stains developed. I put oxalic acid in a sock and set it on the stains. This is when I realized how stained the rest of my pool was. The clean white circles began to appear around each sock so i decided to clean the pool by taking the sock and wiping down the walls and setting them in different locations throughout the pool. I began to think this could be a dumb idea since I was in the pool with the acid. I then decided to just throw some acid in the pool and let it do the work. The pool has been cloudy ever since (3 days) so after reading a few posts I went ahead and put about a cup and a half of DE in my sand filter (yesterday). The pool looked very clear this morning so I decided to vacuum. I pulled up the Polaris which was covered with a fine white silt that is almost silky to the touch. After stirring up the pool with the vac it is once again cloudy. My question is this. Is it DE that is making it cloudy? Are the DE particles so fine that they get through the sand? Sorry about the long story but I just wanted to open myself up to get blasted. Thanks in advance, ~mike