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Backstory: Bought house in Las Vegas with Pool 6 years ago, immediately started using BBB and learned as I go. Did that for about 3 years and what was happening is I would always have pool issues, no algae that you could see but tests would show issues with the water. I would shock with tons of...

Hey everyone been awhile since I posted. In Feb I drained my pool, it has taken me awhile to get everything right as far as balancing goes. I finally have everything in there including borates and I can't understand why my TA is constantly dropping. TA was down to 30 and raised to 100 about 2...

I think it's about time for me to do my first drain of my pool. Had pool for 4 years and been doing the BBB thing, water has been great. Well anyhow the pool has lots of staining and I want to make it look nice and new again, the only way I know to do this is to drain and do acid wash. I heard...

Okay this summer the pool chemistry has sucked. I know I need to drain but need to wait for another month for weather to cool down. Currently you can see lots of white buildup on the blue tiles by the waterline. I am assuming this is calcium buildup. BUT the strange thing is it appears to be...

With the current state of my pool I am unable to test the Calcium level with the TF100 test. The color turns clear before anything else. Is there a way to test a higher amount of calcium? like double the red drops? half the water?

Okay this is probably a really dumb question but I am thinking about doing a partial drain to lower CH levels and the salty taste. But I am not sure how to drain it? where does the water go? I live in Las Vegas and know how to turn the big levers to drain it but if I wanted to drain 3,000...

I have had this Navigator forever, it came with the house. Last year we replaced almost all the parts (ebay was cheap). I am now having an issue with it that I cannot fix. I hate bringing it to leslie's because their parts are EXPENSIVE! Issue: Plus it in and turn it on, works fine for maybe...

Okay so my pool is odd shaped, right in this section it bumps out for a low palm tree, the palm tree hangs over the pool. I noticed that the concrete around this area of the pool is buckling. Check out the picture, any ideas what to do? how to fix?

I have to say by far the BEST addition to my pool as been borates. This is the first summer and in Vegas we have EXTREME heat conditions. Last summer was impossible to maintain pool. This summer is incredibly easy to maintain, have never had an issue with organics or algae or anything even when...

I have been trying to figure out how to most efficiently turn my eyeball returns. I can't find anything on here that this has been talked about before. I have a fairly odd-shaped pool and the water all goes in one direction, it is generally clean but I was wondering if there is science related...

I just finished my first summer with a pool and it seems winter is pretty easy since my Chlorine level like never drops lately. So I did BBB last summer and it was okay, What I want to know is what equipment is out there to make maintaing the pool easier. What is your favorite product/addition...

I am curious as to other Vegas or extreme heat cities as to what they maintain their pool temp to be in the summer? Last summer was my first and I think I did good with Bleach, but I have a feeling the high temp during the day of the water was causing some serious chemical usage. I have a...

I am first time pool owner and never done anything but BBB and I am starting to realize that maybe this BBB thing is not for people in some states. Las Vegas! My pool has cartridge filter and never winterizes. Issues doing BBB 1) Constantly adding stabilizer to keep CYA levels up because of...

Okay after 5 days of shocking yesterday I brought the level up to 30ppm to try to get this issue resolved. I had been maintaining it most of the day then at about 6:00 I raised it to 30ppm again. It held. I check it at midnight and it was 29ppm with 0 CC. I woke up this morning and checked it...

I have been shocking for 5 days now and going through TONS of the titrating solution, I'm afraid I will have to make another trip to Leslie's since my TF-100 refill won't be here until Tuesday. Is there anyway to use less? Can I put in 5ml and count each drop and 1ppm? Or how would it work?

I was a little confused about shocking previously and so I think my problem got a little out of hand. I assumed if CC was 0 that there was no problems in the water, that is not true because I was losing 7-8ppm overnight of chlorine. I started shocking 2 days ago and STILL not able to hold my...

Okay there is something wrong with my calculations and I cannot figure this out for the life of me. I have been testing very frequently to try to understand my pool trends so I can manage it easier. Every night at 9:00PM I have been checking it, last night was 3.5pp FC according to Pool Calc I...

I am not sure if this is crazy or not but does anybody use bleach daily and trichlor pucks as well? My issue is I am going through a ton of bleach, about 100oz daily for my 12,000 gallon pool. my CYA is 40-50 so I bring chlorine up to 8ppm at night everyday. I am losing 4ppm daily. Could I...

I have been doing BBB for a couple of months now, all of a sudden there is yellow stains around the return jets and on the sides of the pool where the water circulates. I don't have any vitamin C to check it yet but is it common to have this issue? Is there something I should be doing regularly...

I know this has been asked and I have read the stickies but I have no idea how to figure out the amount of Head that my system has. I know I have a Hayward Northstar pump rated at 2HP and a 12,000 gallon pool. I have the performance chart but without knowing the head I can't figure out the GPM...

Okay I have been doing the Bleach and Acid thing for a couple of months now and there is a good trend going on. I just want to make sure the trend seems right to everyone else. Trend: 2-3ppm chlorine loss per day, pool gets 8 good hours of sun in Vegas pH increases from 7.6 to 8.2 within a...

I have tested my water every 3-4 days with the TF-100. What I have found is my pH goes from 7.5 to 8.2 within a couple of days and my TA is going up 10 every 2-3 days. My TA is now at 150. Will this number consistently go up? Will it go down on its own? I am not understanding how to aerate...

I find it hard to read the pH level on that little OTO daily test. Is this the only pH test in the TF-100 Kit?

Here are my readings: FC 1.5 CC 0 TC 1.5 pH 7.8 T/A 130 CH 470 Okay, here are my questions if I am going to be doing this myself instead of the pool store. I know I need to add Acid to bring the pH down. I haven't had to add Chlorine for over 2 weeks, we have used the pool a few times already...

I bought a house in Las Vegas and have been messing around with the Solar System on the pool. It was off all winter, water temp got down to 45 degrees in January. I have been running the panel for a few weeks now. Our temp outside has been 70+ mostly. The pool temp seems to get up to about 70...

I am a new pool owner and new to BBB. I bought a house in Las Vegas and have started by bringing water to a pool store, they are very helpful with any questions that I have and I have learned a lot from them. But of course I start reading forums and some information is conflicting. 1. Liquid...