Pool care guides
Practical guides for pool chemistry, pumps, filters, heaters, salt systems, automation, and water problems.
You noticed it this morning — that pinkish, slimy film creeping along your waterline, clustering in corners, or coating your pool ladder. Pink slime in.
Read guideYou found yellowish-brown dust coating your pool walls, brushed it off, and watched it float away in a cloud. Two days later, it’s back. Sound familiar?.
Read guideThat dark spot in the corner of your pool isn’t just dirt. If it won’t brush off easily and has a raised, nodular texture, you’re dealing with black.
Read guideYou’re floating in your pool on a sunny Saturday afternoon when you notice something unsettling — tiny white flakes drifting through the water like.
Read guideYou check your pool filter gauge and notice something odd. The needle’s barely moving. Your pool filter pressure too low can mean several things — from a.
Read guideYou glance at your pool filter’s pressure gauge and notice the needle sitting way above normal. Maybe it’s crept up to 25 PSI when your system usually.
Read guideYou walk out to your backyard expecting a refreshing swim, and instead you’re greeted by a pool that looks like someone dumped a gallon of milk into it.
Read guideYou wake up ready for a morning swim, walk outside with your coffee, and stop dead in your tracks. Your pool water turns green overnight — and not…
Read guideYou’ve been adding chlorine to your pool all week. The bucket’s nearly empty. But when you test the water, your free chlorine reading barely moves.
Read guideYou’ve been doing everything right. Chlorine levels are perfect, pH is balanced, and you’re running your filter religiously. But somehow, your pool still.
Read guideYou finally saved up for that backyard oasis. The kids love it, the neighbors are jealous, and summer was looking perfect. Then you noticed it — ugly.
Read guideYou’re relaxing by the pool when you hear it — that grinding, screeching, or humming sound coming from your pump. A pool pump makes loud noise for.
Read guideUse the Pool Chemical Calculator app for chlorine, pH, alkalinity, stabilizer, salt, calcium, borates, and more.