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    Salt test and misc questions

    In short is the silver reagent supposed to clump? Thx
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    Salt test and misc questions

    Bartlett, tn FC 1.5 CC .5 TC 2 (added bleach per pool calculator) Ph dropped to somewhere between 7.0 and 7.2 TA 70 (added 1 box 20 mule team borax... Considering borate pool but as of right now 0 borates and can only handle so much at a time) CH 280 CYA 45 It only took less than a week to...
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    Newbie shock process help please?

    Ok I found that suggested fc value line finally thank you I'm not sure what kinds of algae we have. We used copper algaecide a few times in the last few years because of pool store recommendations for stubborn algae treatment
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    Newbie shock process help please?

    Yes color matching showed it was between .5 and 1 FC so it was a guess And ok I'll look for those The water has a greenish tint to it I was reading the pool school article on how to shock your swampy pool lol and it said lower the ph to 7.0 or 7.2 before taking the water to shock level and...
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    Newbie shock process help please?

    I live in a multigenerational household and we've all been waiting for someone else to figure out how to take care of the pool and letting the pool store tell us what to do. Fail! They sold us tons and tons of chemicals, especially tricolor and algeacides... Wonder why the cya was so high...