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My pool looks great, but it uses about 3.5-4ppm/day of FC. I'm trying to get it down to around 2ppm/day so I'm thinking about raising the CYA. I've done the OCLT many times over the past few weeks, and it always shows no loss of FC overnight and 0-0.5cc, depending on the day. The pool gets...

Any ideas on how to keep ducks from using my pool as a toilet? We don't have a dog or a solar cover...

Hello, I just completed an ascorbic acid treatment on my pool yesterday, including adding a full dose of polyquat 60 and 2qt metal sequestrate. This afternoon I'm going to start to rebalance the pool and add chlorine (using bleach). I just opened the pool 2 days ago so my CYA is <20 (according...

Is there any harm in filling my pool with the winter cover on if I won't be able to take the cover off until next week? I know algae won't grow since the cover is blocking the sun, but will the water stain the walls of the pool since it's not being circulated? Thanks for your help!

I've been having circulation problems all year on the bottom of my pool. I have a 28ft 17,500 gallon round above ground pool with only one return jet. I've tried aiming the jet in all directions possible (except up) to improve circulation on the bottom of the pool, but nothing has worked...

I'm going to do an ascorbic acid treatment this weekend. My FC will be around 7 (CYA 50) by Friday (I would lower FC now, but I'm going out of town until friday). I know I want my FC to be close to 0 before adding the ascorbic acid. My question is should I wait until my FC is 0 to add the...

I'm having an algae problem...again. I had a problem about a month ago with fine green algae covering only the floor of the pool. I shocked for a few days until I passed the OCLT, and had less than 0.5 CC. I wasn't sure if it was mustard algae, so after shocking was complete I brought the...

I have the TF-100 test kit, and my label fell off of the CYA dropper bottle. Can anybody that has the same test kit measure how far from the bottom of the bottle the label starts? Thanks for your help!

I'm planning on doing the ascorbic acid treatment to remove some iron stains, before I close my pool in September. I live in michigan so the water that is left in the pool over the winter will freeze. The water will be drained below anything in the pool that contains metal (screws, skimmer...

I shock my pool last week to a FC level of 30ppm because of the beginnings of an algae problem on the floor of the pool. After the water cleared up, and I passed the OCLT, and the CC's dropped to 0, I started to let the FC level drop back to normal. Today (a week later) FC level is finally...

Just switched to the BBB method from tricolor. For the past week, I've been trying to figure out how much FC my pool loses/day. It looks like it normally is 2ppm/day. However, It's lost 4ppm FC since yesterday. The weather yesterday was cloudy with heavy rain and thunderstorms from yesterday...

I travel a lot for work (usually gone 4 days/week). I have just switched to the BBB method to keep my pool clear, but my work schedule doesn't allow me to add bleach every day or even every other day. I'm in the process of figuring out how much FC/day is lost during a hot sunny day (i'm...

I've just switched from using tricolor tabs to the BBB method. My TA is around 150, however, PH seems to be maintaining normal around 7.6. Should I lower the TA into the normal range, or leave it where it's at?

My pool started to get some algae earlier this summer while I was out of town. I took care of the algae as soon as I could, however, it left a yellow/brownish stain on the liner around the edges (2ft wide), and a little in the middle. I also have a little scale spots on the walls because of a...

Anybody have any reviews of the Polaris 65 above ground auto pool vacuum?

18,400 gallon pool. I added some bleach to shock the pool (green algae just starting to grow on floor of pool), however I added too much. I just checked the free chlorine and it was at 30ppm (should be around 16-20 for shocking). CC is 0.5, and CYA is around 47. It's supposed to be very hot...