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    high phosphates???

    Well, I guess I got lucky because Sunday morning my pool was blue... I'm so happy! Just waiting for it to totally clear now
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    high phosphates???

    I ordered a test kit and some instant liquid chlorine from In theSwim and was hoping it would be here today but it's not. So yesterday I bought a 5 lb. container of "super soluble" from pool store. It's 99% chlorine. Put the whole thing in this morning and according to test strip(which is all I...
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    high phosphates???

    Ok, I'm slamming all day today and will see where my FC level is by morning. Once the pool maintains the correct level, will my water be clear or should I expect a few more days of cloudy green until all the dead stuff filters out?? One more question: the phosphate remover seemed to take a lot...
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    high phosphates???

    i can post test results from the pool place: FC=0, TC=0, CC=0, Ph=7.4, CYA=30, total alkalinity=100, same for adjusted total alkalinity, calcium hardness=100. the water is light cloudy green, can see to third step of ladder, filter runs 24/7, cartridge filter that i take out and hose down once a...
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    high phosphates???

    I've had a green pool ever since opening in May...one pool store sold me Staintrine. Didn't help. They said my chemicals were perfect. Today I took water sample to a different pool store. Told them my story... they said my phosphate level is 1000. Sold me commercial phosphate remover and calcium...