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I primarily use bleach. I occasionally use tri-clor pucks for long weekend or vacations.

Sorry, I have adjusted my values..my original ones stated were not correct (higher). Approximately how much muriatic acid should be added to get the TA down to 80?

I added borates to my pool last week hoping it would help my battle with rising PH with it's buffering properties, I was wrong. I checked my PH and it has gone from 7.6. to 7.9 in the matter of a few days.Without intervention the pool will usually top out at around 8.1-8.2ph. My TA was 90...

Hi All- Purchased my house and it came with a pool. I believe the current age of the deck is about 20yrs old. It appears that it can use some sealant, areas in the sun seems a bit faded and there is some small sand that comes off the deck, evident when sweeping. I was looking for options to...

My pump motor is oversized for my pool. I currently have a 1.5hp, I would like to go down to the 0.75hp. My question is, can I replace the pump motor while keeping my existing housing/strainer? I read somewhere that I will have to change out the impeller to match the smaller pump size. I would...

I would say within a matter of weeks things were looking much better. I used the pool store for maybe one week for sample testing and that was only because my test kit was being shipped to me :)

I have been following the BBB method for sometime, I mostly lurk around here, there is some great information on the site. I want to thank everyone for the wealth of knowledge available. Here is my before and after, after courtesy of the BBB method :) What a difference! Before After

My CYA level is at 60 and my Calcium level is around 250. This is a old pool, 20+yrs. It's been really hot in central Florida the past month. I am guessing that's whats driving the PH up?

I have been using BBB for sometime now, things seem to be good except for my PH levels which seem to be at 7.8- 8.0, always rising in a few days if I don't add dry acid. In noticed my TA is getting lower from all the dry acid I have been adding over the course of a few weeks. My TA is around 80...

Awesome, thanks for posting the link!

Pretty cool. after reading about NASA in the news lately I started reading into the pool they use for testing, it's proportions are pretty impressive. Does anyone have any info on what they use to treat water, chlorine? Some specs below I found. 202 ft. (61 m) in length, 102 ft. (31 m) wide...

I have my pool timer set to operate during day. I usually test water samples and add bleach as needed at night (after work), but my pool pump has turned off at that point. Am I doing any additional damage by not circulating it. Should I run my pump for an hour at night just to get the added...

I believe it's a 1.5hp pump.