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nuklhead - I was going to order Boric Acid from DudaDiesel in a 50lb tub. Total with shipping would come to about $100. With Boric acid, you don't need to balance Ph with Muriatic acid - so you save the expense of that and the worry of getting the numbers right. I figured the price would work...

Fair enough, thank you. Being that tomorrow is the start of August, I'm wrestling with a partial drain and fill to lower CYA. I don't pay for water, but I'd also rather not have a freezing pool for the remaining few weeks of its use. I think I've got the algae in check now. OCLT shows zero...

Thank you. I have, however, read on here that CYA will more than likely return to zero over the winter months due to bacteria, etc. I live in the northern climes. The pool is shut tight and untreated all winter. As for chlorine, I've been using the pool calculator to ensure I've got enough...

Hi all -this is a terrific site. I've been renting a house this season that happens to have come with a pool. My landlord didn't seem to know much about pool maintenance. "Just put these pucks in this floater and keep it full". Um, ok, I'm sure there's a little more to it than that. So, me...