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    Don't Want a Repeat Scenario Next Spring

    After reading the post you listed and the in-bedded link to the Orenda website article, I had what they showed in the photo of the wall and fingers. They call it calcium crystals. The sides of the pool felt like a very, very course sandpaper. The particles were very small, like less than a...
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    Don't Want a Repeat Scenario Next Spring

    Thanks for the references. So does anyone know if the nodule production will ever stop?
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    Don't Want a Repeat Scenario Next Spring

    So in April 2021 we had our 26 year old pool re-plastered after a make over the previous Fall (View Picts Here). Several weeks after filling, I converted to Salt and the only issue I had was a constant fight a rising pH. Other than that, everything was fine that summer with the pool. I...
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    Are My Levels OK?

    Here in central MD the daytime temps are starting to fall. I'm still getting a solid 6 hours a day but as the sun angle changes, I suspect it's not as strong as it was in July. Except for yesterday's early morning test at 5ppm, I had been in the 7 +/- .5 range for weeks when testing in the...
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    Are My Levels OK?

    Thanks for the reply, Pat. I wanted a sanity check for the FC at 7.0 which is slightly higher than recommended. Hoping someone can reply wrt the expected length of time for the pH rise to slow down.
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    Are My Levels OK?

    I’m finding it a bit tricky to set up our new RJ-45+, which I installed in June, six weeks after it was re-plastered. Since startup, I’ve been running the VSP for 20 hours a day at 1,350 rpm, which provides 23 gpm of flow and turns over our pool’s water 1.9 times a day. Running the VSP at this...
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    Pink Slime In Filter Grids At Closing

    Thanks, cowboycasey. I was thinking that I could do that. Demo was done last week. Deck will be removed tomorrow.
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    Pink Slime In Filter Grids At Closing

    Hello everyone, I'm kinda closing in a strange manner this year, cleaning the filter before doing anything else, because my pool will be renovated this Fall and next Spring (Pool demo, new coping, tile, pool deck demo and re-pour this fall. Plaster applied in the spring then refill) Pool demo...
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    Where oh where is the Cl going?

    Will do. Thanks Marty. Gary
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    Where oh where is the Cl going?

    Oh, one more thing. In the spring, I'd bought some phosphate lowering liquid. I know it's not a TFP recommended item but does anyone see any issue if I just use it up to get it out of the chem box?
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    Where oh where is the Cl going?

    Ten Days Of SLAM. Finally there! Zero chlorine loss overnight. :party: Started aeration to raise pH back up. Thanks for the help. Gary