Pool Care & Water Chemistry
Salt Water vs Chlorine Pool: The Honest Florida Comparison
Salt water vs chlorine pool in Florida: the real 5-year costs, cage corrosion, maintenance, and what FL builders install now — an…
Jul 21, 2026
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Pool Equipment
How Long to Run a Pool Pump in Florida (the Real Answer)
How long to run a pool pump in Florida: 8-10 hours in summer for single-speed, near-continuous low RPM for variable-speed. The turnover…
Jul 18, 2026
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Pool Equipment
DIY Pool Heating: What Actually Works (Ranked by Honest Math)
DIY pool heater reality check: solar covers and rings deliver real degrees for cheap, coil rigs mostly don't, and gas is never…
Jul 18, 2026
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Repairs & Leak Detection
Pool Leak Detection: Find It Yourself Before You Pay Anyone
Pool leak detection starts free: the bucket test settles leak vs evaporation, dye finds the spot. Where Florida pools actually leak, and…
Jul 18, 2026
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Pool Care & Water Chemistry
Cyanuric Acid: The Number That Quietly Runs Your Whole Pool
Cyanuric acid protects chlorine from sun - until it climbs so high the chlorine stops working. The Florida guide to CYA: testing,…
Jul 18, 2026
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Pool Care & Water Chemistry
How to Lower pH in a Pool (Without Wrecking Your Alkalinity)
How to lower pH in a pool with muriatic acid: dose amounts by pool size, safe handling steps, why Florida pools drift…
Jul 18, 2026
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Pool Care & Water Chemistry
Mustard Algae: The Pool Problem That Looks Like Dirt
Mustard algae looks like dirt, brushes off in a yellow cloud, and resettles by morning. The kill protocol, the gear-washing step everyone…
Jul 18, 2026
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Pool Care & Water Chemistry
Black Algae in a Pool: Why It’s So Hard to Kill (and How to Do It)
Black algae in a pool digs roots into plaster and shrugs off normal shock. Here's the removal protocol that works, and how…
Jul 18, 2026
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Pool Care & Water Chemistry
How to Get Rid of Algae in a Pool (and Make It Stay Gone)
How to get rid of algae in a pool, start to finish: test, shock to kill level, brush hard, filter 24/7, vacuum…
Jul 18, 2026
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Pool Care & Water Chemistry
Why Is My Pool Green? (It’s Not Always Algae)
Why is my pool green? Cloudy green means algae, clear green usually means copper. Diagnose the exact cause in five minutes and…
Jul 18, 2026
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Pool Care & Water Chemistry
Cloudy Pool Water: Find the Cause, Clear It in 24-48 Hours
Cloudy pool water comes down to chemistry, filtration, or weather. Find your cause in minutes, clear it up in 24-48 hours, and…
Jul 18, 2026
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