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Hi all! I’ve taken over pool maintenance from my husband after a few years, and I’m trying to get everything back on track. It was green/ black and swampy with debris covering the pool floor. Here’s what I’ve done lately: 26 Apr: measured pH at 7.8, which is what comes out of our tap also...

I found green algae on the bottom of the pool yesterday, so I went and got some bargain bleach last night. This is the first time I've SLAMed. CYA was 70, shock FC = 28. Somehow I made an error using PoolMath, and I thought I was supposed to add 633 oz 8.25% bleach instead of 605 oz. Five...

Our new AGP is going to be installed in a week or two. We'll be running a SWG system. I'm brand new to pool ownership, but I've read the Pool School documents a time or twenty. My TF-100 kit arrived yesterday. I've got a few questions. 1. Can I go ahead and test for CH using water from the tap...

Hi! I completed purchase yesterday of our first ever pool. We live on a few acres in the deep south and have a whole passel of kids who need to learn to swim, so we thought hey! Why not just buy a pool we can use here at home anytime! I fear we may have overpaid a bit at the pool store, but my...