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Hi All. I'm having a dilemma. My pH is reading 8.1 and my alkalinity is reading 56, how in the world do I get these two reading in sync. When I raise or lower one the other is adversly affected. I have a 30,000 gallon in ground pool with new plaster.

Hi all! I was wondering if it's possible to paint over a plastered pool? The pool is about 18 years old, In Ground and looking kind of dingy. I don't want to spend the money on a replaster job so I was wondering if it's possible to just fix any surface imperfections and just paint over...

What is causing my chlorine to lock up? I have put A LOT of chlorine in my pool this year but still cannot get a FC chlorine reading. My testing over the last 2 weeks says my TC levels ranged from 3ppm to over 10ppm for a couple days at a time but nothing in the FC levels. I've taken my water to...

Has anyone tried Easy Acid from United Chemical. It is supposed to lower Alalinity Strongly and Lower pH only moderatedly. link http://www.poolstore.com/store1/welcome ... index.html

Hi everyone and thanks for all the great advice, I recently had a pink algae problem and had a hard time getting rid of it, I shocked the pool and it disappeared but came right back so i went to the pool store and bought some "Pink Treat" from united chemistry and followed it up with 2 lbs...

Still having a problem holding chlorine in my pool. I had my water tested at a different store and they checked for phosphates and said my phospahte level was really high (above 2500 ppb). What is the best way to get rid of this problem? I found stuff called Phosfree and PhosPhloc which is...

I've had an IG pool fro 3 years now and never had a problem holding free chlorine, this year has been very different. My water is clear and all of my other levels are fine but my TC and FC levels are zero. A pool store employee asked me if I had a lawn service and if I do he thinks some of the...