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I have stains in my pool, what do I do? How to treat stains requires some initial education in order to identify what kind of stain you have. All stain treatments are pricey and all have the potential of not working, so you want to do all you can to pick the right stain treatment for your stain. Some pools can have multiple types of stains. Rust Stains are caused by physical metal in the pool for example a screw driver or a screw not stainless steel accidently falls in the pool. The pool has oxidizers to break down the algae and bacteria, so when a metal is put into the pool, the solution immediately breaks the metal down and causes a rust stain. Organic Stains are caused by dirt, leaves, etc.,  that fall into the pool and or not removed in a timely manner. As they lay on the pool bottom and break down from the sanitizer, they leave a stain on the pool surface. Metal Stains are caused by copper, iron or some other metal in the water source that finds its way into your poo

How do you keep ph from being all over the place? Does cal hypo and chlorine raise ph? What does borates do to buffer ph bounce? How do cya effect the level of free chlorine needed? Why does ORP level bounce around? How does sunset and rise effect this? How do you make a pool ph stable, algae resistant and reduce the chlorine demand? https://www.poolspanews.com/how-to/maintenance/chemical-guru-robert-lowry-explains-recent-changes-to-his-chemistry-method_o https://www.poolspanews.com/how-to/maintenance/understanding-orp-and-ppm_o

In cleaning pools, your task is increased in the winter by the falling of leaves into the pool. It is important to consider how many trees are around the pool and what kind of organic debris will fall into the pool. Once the leaves fall you may find a break from the adding of this organic debris over the winter, but once spring comes around and the trees and flowers start to bud and bloom, your pool maintenance demand rises once again. With the adding of these organic materials, sanitation and filter needs will rise. Watch the pressure on your filter gauge and be sure to keep skimmer and pump baskets clean. If you turn off the pump when emptying skimmer basket and make sure it doesn't get too full, you can greatly reduce the need to clean out the pump basket. If you do clean out pump basket be aware the system will loose pressure and need to be primed again. Also take care not to damage or lose pump O-Ring. This is critical to keep a vacuum seal and allow pump to establish prime.