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Goal: 7.2 to 7.8 Given TA of and Borate of : Add by weight or by volume of washing soda or soda ash or add by weight or by volume of borax. Add of 15.7% - 10° Baumé 28.3% - 18° Baumé...

Hi Texas, Is the pH test in the TFT 100 the small plastic box with the color key? My pH color is off the chart so how do you set a number to that? Should I just choose the highest number like 8.2 and put that in the Pool math calculator-add the muriatic acid and retest and see if I made any...

I am deficient in the math department so bare with me. Pump broke and hope the plastic repair of JB Weld will help, waiting for it to cure. The pump was loosing suction after a few strokes of vac I think it was a loose connection but I broke the sand filter plug tightening it. Pool has pond...

yep my signature has all the info. Thanks for the 1/4 turn note. I gave up and hoped the laterals are ok. I bought new pool sand and gave up on zeolite and pebbles. Now the vacuuming won't hold suction. sigh

Help : ( I can not figure out how to dismantle the laterals from the central pipe to even check if they are cracked. There is a notch to line up something on the lateral where it connects to the central pipe. I tried to rotate left or right and get it a half turn on a few but it's like there...

This is our 2 nd or 3rd season with our set up. Pre opening the pool I opened the sand filter ( had pea gravel at bottom and then zeoclear) to check for status, didn't need to even clean but it disturbed the contents as the head would not come free from the central pipe. I carefully unloaded...

ok, 2 years ago we bought a used ( ?10 yrs old) I think a Doughboy 18 ft diameter 4 ft high. We had a 35 ft x 35 ft almost area with 8 " of gravel round rock and prairie clay/sand under it. I did 98% of the renovation and install with moving the gravel and soil and I have a spine fusion 20 yrs...

So that's why I should have adjusted the pH pre SLAM? My brain doesn't always work well. So should I assume the pre start pH of 8.2 was accurate and just add Muriatic acid based on that? The pool is getting clearer. Thanks

The pool is clearing better than I had hoped. I added more bleach to bring it back up to SLAM. It dropped to 16 and by the math it should be 20. I scrubbed walls and vacuumed it once yesterday and today-very tiring. Back washed, rinsed and added more water to pool. The pH is not the best...

This is my first time getting algae in 2 yrs. Due to health I was not keeping up with the nightly chlorine but the dogs continued to swim. The algae isn't too bad. I have some questions. Here are my test numbers FC 5 CC 0.5 TC 5.5 500 TA this never changes and it's a factor of our city well...

I just a newbie here too but I also bought a used doughboy off craigs list so I have a soft spot for them. It's 10 yrs old so it seems a good quality pool. I live in high mountain desert on Colorado prairie so water is an issue. It's often dry ( 16") of rainfall a year but we have super clay...

I joined last year and it made having a pool possible. I got answers to so many questions. Best idea was get the pool test kit they recommend. I paid $60 ish. The test strips don't seem to be able to tell you how much of the chemicals to add. On the site some where is a page( pool math...

duraleigh, I could arrange a photo shoot lol. She has loved being in the pool. My 13 1/2 y.o. lab is in his glory, loves to asks me daily to swim. I think family access is important topic even if the kids have fur. We did some pool therapy with the old dog. The young one was keeping my son...

I read as much in the archives as possible but I need more advice. This could possibly be the last weekend it's warm enough to remove the pool stairs ( Amazon.com : Confer Plastics Access Pool Step : Swimming Pool Ladders : Patio, Lawn Garden ). They are not filled with sand. I did put holes...

Bingo it's duckweed. lol any water the birds find here in high mountain desert is fair game. The lab pup also could bring it in from the creek at the park. Dom I did the test this morning. I didn't add bleach last night as I was sick. CH- 450 that won't change TA 140 pH 7.5 FC-3 I added...