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May be a stupid question: If I plan to drain the pool in a few days, can I stop adding any more chemicals? been dumping in tons of acid and not able to bring down TA for any significant amount of time. also has low grade algae. FC 5-9 pH rises quickly to 7.8, been unsuccessfully trying to...

numbers: FC goal 4-8 CC 0-0.5 pH 7.8-7.9 CH 680* TA 80 CYA 50 I noticed more MA requirement and more frequent algae breaks. Pool has natural aerator that increases pH. Is higher MA demand due to high CH? Does this pool need to be drained? Any specific instructions as to how much to drain...

Had a little bit of algae in the pool, CC=0.5. shocked to CL=18 with CYA=50, overnight CL loss was 0.5 with the very first testing. So I let the CL drift down. On next testing, CC is still 0.5 with normal within range CL level. Brought CL back to 18, brushed pool better this time. let CL...

I found the flippers on the left and right sides of the Navigator coming off in pieces. Instead of a semicircular shape, each has chucks missing. The navigator has not been moving very well. So recently flow was adjusted by a professional pool man so that it is moving at adequate speed to...

If trichlor is used as a source of chlorine (vacation), does the pool calculator take into consideration of its effects on pH in the acid needed section? In other words, is the amount of MA calculated lowered because of using trochlor?

I will be using Tri-chlor 1 inch tabs while on vacation for 10 days. I've never had any experience with tri-chlor. I got an Aqua chem floater which contains 4 lbs of 1" trichlor tabs. http://www.aquachem.com/mp/v/index.jsp? ... mt=default I need to raise FC by 10ppm, lower pH by 0.5 to be...

Here are the most recent test results: FC 2.5, CC 0, pH 7.7, TA 70, CH 400, CYA 40, temp 81 2 months ago, some of the numbers were: TA 100, CH 360, CYA 60 Goals according to pool calculator: FC 3-7, pH 7.5-7.8, TA 70-90, CH 250-350, CYA 30-50 Since taking over pool maintenance, all I have...

Preparing pool for 1wk of vacation. avg chlorine loss/day is 2ppm, pH rises on avg 0.1 per day. I don't want to bother other people to add chemicals in midweek. I only have bleach. Is it bad for the pool and equipment to start the vacation with a pH of 6.8 and Chlorine level of 17 so that at...

Chlorine demand of the pool has been going up. FC has been decreasing by 1.5-2ppm per day. I thought duck feces in the pool had something to do with it. However, no feces today, but still lost 2ppm FC. has been using 6% bleach, just switched to 10% liquid chlorine. FC level has not been going...

Ducks have been around the pool for more than a month. I chase them away, they come back. I just deal with the mess they make on the deck. This morning I woke up to lots of poop in the pool in addition to the deck mess. Chlorine demand has been increasing (which i couldn't figure out why), FC...

After manually vacuuming the pool, I found a small amount of pebbles in the leaf trap that's connected between the skimmer and the vacuum hose. The pebble tec finish is only 4 years old. Should I be concerned?

Is there any recourse to a plastered over cleaning line in the pool? There are pipes set up for a cleaning line at the equipment side, but no opening in the pool. It's most likely mistakenly plastered over when the pool was resurfaced with pebble tec some years ago. There is no hope of...

I just started taking care of my own pool, to decrease pool service expenses. Owned a pool for a total of 5 months only. A pool service took care of the pool until now. So everything is NEW to me! I will read all the great info, but here are some urgent issues. I just got the TF100 test...