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  1. cacciato2006

    New well water being drilled

    Hello everyone. The driller for our new water well got started in the last few days and at 210 feet hit a good sand seam and started getting artesian flow at about 20 gallons a minute. This morning water was still flowing and it was crystal clear so I grabbed a sample for testing. Well: Ph...
  2. cacciato2006

    Stenner Pump

    Morning, I'm looking installing a Stenner pump/tank to help me keep my Ph at or just below 8.0 and was wondering what you think? I'm averaging near 2 gallons a month of acid but I expect that to go higher once summer gets here and my high TA (340ppm) makeup water starts going in. I would have...
  3. cacciato2006

    Boric acid and muriatic acid

    Hopefully a quick question. Our tapwater here has a high pH and high alkalinity so I frequently add MA up to a couple of gallons a month I’m considering putting borates in the pool using boric acid. I’m not sure how the chemistry works but when I go to Pool Math to lower ph and input 50 ppm...
  4. cacciato2006

    Acid additions

    Hello, been managing this pool for 4 months (my first pool) and everything seems to be good. The water is beautiful and the temperature is warming up here in Texas and we are getting anxious to jump in the pool since this is our first year to own it. PH 8.07, FC 8.5, TA 80, CH225, CYA 60, salt...
  5. cacciato2006

    Pump RPM -Pentair Intelliflo VSF, 3hp

    Morning. Yesterday I had a new Intelliflo 3hp pump installed and two IC60's. My question revolves around the pump speed. Since we dumped a 1,000 lbs of salt in the pool yesterday the pool company asked me to run the pump all night before turning on the SWGs and running the rpm faster than...
  6. cacciato2006

    IC40 or IC60

    I'm about to parallel either two IC40 or IC60 on my 50,000 gallon pool. I have an older 2008 intellitouch system i9+3 for automation. Should I spend the extra money to get the IC60? Thanks,
  7. cacciato2006

    Lowering PH

    Hello everyone. New to the site. Just purchased a pool that came with a home. ha I've spent a full work week cleaning and trying to understand the pool mechanicals and chemistry. I dropped CYA from 115 to 50 with a partial drains. Water is clear but the Polaris is not doing a good job so I...