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    Lawn equivalent to The Pool School

    First I am not sure if this is the right place, apologize if there is a better place to start this thread. Our Pool School is a great webpage, I spent couple hours reading it, then I know most I need to know for my pool. My question is: did you find any webpage explain and teach you about Lawn...
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    Pump loses prime

    Some observations: If I keep the pump running, it won't lose prime. If I shutdown the pump for several hour, it loses prime. There are lots of air in the filter, when I fill the water under the pump lid, all water goes to the filter. When the pump is running, I see lots bubbles out of return...
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    Lost 2x 184oz bottles worth of Chlorine in 6 hours

    Opened the pool yesterday, before I put any chemical, the test results are: FC 0, CC 0, pH 8.0, TA 90, CH 170 I didn't test CYA, CYA is 30 at the end of last season, I think the current number is much lower. shock with 3 bottles of walmart 184oz (1.42lb) 6% bleach and 1lb of 70% trichlor. pump...
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    solar cover size, slightly smaller than pool?

    My pool is little larger than 16x32. Shall I choose the solar cover size 16x32? Is the solar cover supposed to be floating on the water surface? Or should it be larger to cover the coping? Also, how about the stepping area? Just leave it?
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    Automatic feeder for bleach

    I know, I am lazy. Pouring bleach 2 minutes per day still seems too much for me. :sleep: I am wondering if anybody tried or think about setting up a automatic feeder for bleach. Then we only need pour bleach into a larger container every weekend, or something like that. Any idea? :cheers:
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    Polyquat60 50% off, worth stocking up for next year?

    Got an email from Leslie's their Algae Control (polyquat60) 1Qt for 50% off, regular price $25.99 Is it worth stocking up for next year closing? Will it degrade considerably over time?
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    frighting green aglae CC 5.2, TC 0

    Greetings, I am new pool owner. Long story short, the pool was neglected by previous owner last fall, they do hire people to close the pool, but my guess is they didn't vacuum it nor check chemistry. For some reason, I just opened the pool 3 days ago (yeah, not too much time left, hehe), the...