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    Pool store is recommending Phos Free???

    My pool is currently algae free, but a tinge cloudy. current test today as follows : FAC 10 TAC 10 CH 220 CYA 60 TA 110 PH 7.8 Copper 0 iron 0 TDS 1000 Phosates 300 They said my phosphates where high. ?'s: does Phosaphates contribute to the cloudiness? Is there some other (less expensive)...
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    Crack in filter body - Need to locate replacement

    Hi, Cam home to my pool equipment are soaked, tracked the leak to a hairline crack running vertically for several inches on the lower body of the filter housing. Questions: What is that piece called so I am referring to correctly? My model number is Hayward C7020STAMB. My sticker says it was...
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    shock question

    Had my water tested at a pool store. I told him that i have green spots on my walls but my water was clear. He said my chloring level was good, but recommended shocking it. I was under the imrpession shock was used to raise chlorine levels and is just high level of chlorine. Is that not correct?
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    Korky auto filler....is there a trick.

    I have a korky autofiller on my pool. Since I recently refilled my pool its constantly running. Not sure if one of the kids got ahold of it. Is there a trick to locking it in place. I have set it to the level and turned it clockwise? I am trying to determine if its broken or if its user error on...
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    newly filled pool -start up chemicals.

    I drained and refilled my pool 2 weeks ago because my hardness and dissolved solids were very high, and it it was advised by my pool store. I dropped the ball and it was 2 weeks before I got in to get my start up chemicals. My water tested as: Free Chlorine 0 total available chlorine 0...
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    black algae on calciaum

    just above my water line, i have some build up of white scale which i believe is calcium on my pebble tec. on that build up i have black splotches that turn bright green when the chlorine dips a bit. then i typically raise the water line to cover the green then boost the chlorine. i was told...
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    Salt cell chlorine

    Hi, I have a Shasta Pool built in 2005 with a quickclor salt system.  Recently, the pool started tinting green and I checked and there was no chlorine so I cleaned my salt cell with muriatic acid as it was encrusted in calcium and got most of it off. I returned to a Shasta store and they...