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    Can you Shock too long?

    so I have read the how to shock your pool article and pool school... but I have been shocking my pool and placing Tons of bleach in it and after about a week of keeping my FC above 20 and still losing about 5 FC over night, I decided to raise it to 30, and it still lost 5 FC overnight, then...
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    ph 201

    can someone give me a little more info on PH... what are the key factors that affect increases and decreases? I seem to be having a little trouble keeping mine in check... I have been using the BBB method for the 1st year and love it, Thanks TFP! I seem to need to drop my ph from 8.0 down...
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    Filter off, now cloudy

    so My power went out last night due to a thunderstorm... usually its only out for a few minutes, but this time the power was out all night turning my filter off... after 12 hours my pool was milky/cloudy... before the storm I raised my FC levels to 6 like I do every night(6% bleach)... all other...
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    Robarb Super Blue Water Clarifier?

    anyone know if this stuff works and if it is recommended? http://www.aquasuperstore.com/products/ ... =327044949
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    bugs!?!

    for about the past week I have had THOUSANDS of tiny bugs that sit on top of the water of my pool... they are very small and only visible as the sun starts to set. they are very tiny, the size of a very small ant... barely visible to the naked eye... anyone have any ideas what these could be...
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    how much Bleach?

    so I hear under normal conditions that you can lose about 2ppm of FC in your pool... Using the pool calculator to raise my FC by 2.6 that takes 1 96oz jug(6% bleach) and to raise it up to 10 to shock it I would need just under 4 jugs(96oz 6%)... thats like 10 jugs a week... assuming all other...
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    Chlorine not registering on Test strips...help

    Hey I have reviewed a few posts here and I have a few questions about my pool... I don't know how many gallons it is but its an inground 16x32 3ft-8ft. I just opened it last week and have been putting chemicals in it, but no matter how much DiChlor I put in it, its not registering. I have...