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I have been following the TFP method for some time initially using chlorox but recently changing to liquid chlorine from Lowe's. I had an unusual problem come up today. I socked my 13000 gal IG gunite pool yesterday and noticed this morning a sooty looking stain in the area where the GLB shock...

Thanks for the reply about the change in Clorox formulation. I had no idea. As stated above I found some Chlorinating Liquid which I will switch to.

I'm in Central MS. I did find some HDX at Home Dpot. Thanks.

I'm in Central MS. I just checked and Home Depot close by does have HDX Chlorinating Liquid. I'll hit it this pm. Thanks.

This is a surprising statement about Clorox to me since when I studied this several years ago on this site it seemed Clorox was the go to chlorinating agent. Here is a recommendation from Pool School: "Household bleach and liquid pool chlorine are the two common sources. They are identical in...

I'm in the same boat as cody21. I have been using 1 gallon of bleach and 1 puck per week for several years in my 13000 gal pool after learning about it here. Now I can't find Clorox or any Chloronating Liquid anywhere due to the virus. I'm thinking about substituting some shock once a week to...

Need help, please. I have year and half old Pentair Superflow VS pump. I went to check the time since we had a recent blackout. The pump was running but the display was bland and all the LED control panels are lit. After I turned it off I can't get it back on. I tried factory reset and...

I had very slow flow in my Liquidator lines with a lot of WS buildup. I used dilute muriatic acid to dissolve everything including the float valves. Then I had problem with air in lines. Found the flowmeter has a tiny crack allowing air in. Removed it from line and still had low flow. I...

Cool. Glad I asked. I don't want a mushroom cloud over central MS. Thanks, guys.

I have a Liquidator working and now find I need to increase my CYA. Any reason not to put some of the chlorine tabs (since I still have some) in the Liquidator to add the CYA or is this a no no?? Thanks.

Yes, sir.

Bruce, I checked when I got home and pH looks around 7.8 with a TA of 90. I added some muriatic acid based on that to try to get to 7.4 as you suggested. Still running a FC of around 6-7 even with LQ at 1 or a little higher. WIll cut it back a bit. Surprisingly my CH doesn't register. It was...

Yes, I have WS but it is mainly in the "out" side. I have a fairly small pool so I am running my flow around 1 or so and still keeping FC at 7. As I understand the way the LQ works it should not matter how slow the flow is. If the water level gets too high then the "in" float should stop the...

I have an in-ground pool and the LQ is above that next to the pool equipment. The check valves will make no difference if the float is "open".

Bama, My pump runs 24/7.