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I am wrapping up an ascorbic acid treatment on the pool at my recently purchased home. The treatment has gone very smoothly & chlorine demand is now close to normal. Though this is my 1st AA treatment on this pool, it is definitely not my 1st adventure with AA but this has been the easiest by...

I am coming out of my AA treatment and added 1/2 of the amount of washing soda that was recommended by pool math. Checked PH 30 minutes later and the reading is higher than expected. Based on pool math the PH after the addition should have been in the 6.6 to 6.8 range; however, I am getting a...

Just bought a new house with a pool and am doing an AA treatment to correct the past owner's negligence. Not my 1st pool & not my 1st AA treatment. My question is, should I run my nautilus CC Pool cleaner during the treatment. Will this harm the Nautilus in any way?

I sold my house with a pool a few years back & have just signed a contract on a new home with a pool. It has been about 4 years without a pool & I want to refresh my knowledge. How do I access the Pool School articles. I click on the pool school menu on the left of the page but it does not take...

Visiting a friend with a pool this weekend. Chlorinates with pucks. (Working on getting him over to TFP ;)) Has a waterfall water feature. Tests with strips weekly. PH consistently drops below 6.8 and his TA is 180. He doses with PH up to 7.5 weekly. I am not familiar with falling PH. He is...

I performed an Ascorbic Acid treatment about a month ago & the water is now very clear and though all of the staining initially lifted, I do have a few light spots re-appearing. Truthfully, I expected this because the initial staining was very bad. My plaster was a dark tan giving me an emerald...

Should I perform an ascorbic acid treatment? Bought this house with a pool about 18 months ago. Pool was a total wreck at the time of purchase but got it straightened out after a couple of months using TFP methodology. All has been great except a general brown color of the plaster and some...

My 1.5 hp pump is beginning to sqeal and will likely need replacment soon. Considering that I may ultimately want to upgrade to a SWG I would want to replace this with a variable speed. I have one floor dran with 2" piping, one wall skimmer with 1-1/2" Piping, and run a barracuda on the wall...

My water has been extremely stable for the past 2 months with this morning's test being the norm. I am losing 1 FC consistently per day & the PH creeps up about .2 weekly. I am currently targeting a PH of 7.2 - 7.6. I have a little bit of staining / tough buildup in some areas & I am keeping PH...

My pump died last night :grrrr: (Monday) & I ordered a replacement motor that is supposed to arrive Wednesday. Worst case scenario is that I will not get the motor replaced until Thursday evening. Are there any precautions I need to take during the 2-3 days without filtration or circulation. My...

First I want to say that the support here is outstanding! Thanks to everyone that has helped me along with my 1st pool. I Just want to reach out for confirmation. I drained approx 75% of my water, cleaned the pool of a LOT of gritty debris & have refilled. The water is now a clear yet green...

I recently purchased a home with a pool that had cloudy water. The previous owner was elderly and pretty much just fed the pool steady diet of chlorine tabs and did little else to the pool. Initial Testing revealed very high CYA. I posted the results here and received some advice on the next...

New to pool ownership. Just bough a home with an inground pool. The water has been cloudy since we moved in about 30 days ago. The previous owner added three tabs twice per week regularly. I measured the PH and Chlorine using the kit left by the previous owners and the PH was 6.8 and chlorine...