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Here are the results of the water tests. Keep in mind that I am just opening the pool for the first time from the winter. Free Chlorine: 0 pH: 7.2 TA: was 40, now at 80 after adding baking soda TH: 80 CYA: 30

The "small amount of copper" comes from the Caribbean Clear system. I have had my pool for seven years now (built it myself). Never had any trouble with the pool chemistry, but I kept ruining clothes that were splashed with bleach from WalMart. 2 years ago I switched to a Salt Water Generator...

Thanks for the reply. I don't have any test results. I noticed the white raised areas before I closed the pool for the winter. I swam down and felt that the white spots were raised and very hard. I just removed the winter cover this week and saw that the areas are getting larger. I would...

I have rough areas in the deep end of my pool. The white areas are very hard. It seems like there is now some algae that has formed in these areas. Does anyone know what causes this and how to get rid of it?

Thanks for the response Jason. My copper level is between .15 and .20ppm. Do I really need to do anything with my copper levels? The Intex SWG at WallyMart has a copper ionizer and SWG. Sunshine Pool Products also offers a product with both (http://www.sunshinepool.com/ac1.html). Can't I...

I have read about everyone's thoughts on copper ionizers, so I really need some help with a step-by-step procedure to get out the copper and put in the SWG. I can not find a procedure in this forum. Can anybody help?

Hello all, I stumbled on this forum by accident and I am glad I did! My question is does anyone have a step by step procedure for moving from a Caribbean Clear (copper ion) system to a SWG? I am thinking about getting a 30K gallon CompuPool SWG. After reading quite a bit about copper...