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I have been following the BBB method for 1 year now (I guess it's my anniversary) but I have never needed to adjust my TA, it has always been in the acceptable range for a manually chlorinated pool. We have had more than 3 inches of rain here in the last 24 hours so I knew that the water was...

I am currently slamming the pool because I have been neglecting it since school started and developed algae in the bottom and sides of the pool. It is looking much better now. I joined TFP at the beginning of this season so following the methods here for 5 months now. (My husband always...

I have been using the TFP methods for 6 weeks or so but my pH has been running on the high end of normal. I still had some pH down from the pool store so I used it but now need to add something I've never done before-muratic acid. I looked for some at Lowes the other day (because I knew I was...

I woke this morning to a low pool level causing the skimmer to suck air and air bubbles coming into pool. It was fine yesterday evening. My husband backwashed the filter before we came in for the night. I checked to o-ring seal at the basket at the pump and there are no leaks anywhere that I can...

I used PoolMath to calculate how much CYA was needed to raise it from 30 to 50 and it called for 28oz of stablizer by volume. I added 3 cups of grandular stabilizer in a sock in the skimmer on Friday and last night the sock was empty so I removed it. Tested the CYA this morning and it was only...

Now that our pool is in maintenance mode (looks great) I am trying to decide if I should raise the CYA level a little for the upcoming sunny hot days to make it easier to keep the free chlorine level stable. I can keep it anywhere from 30 to 50 so what will make my life the easiest? I did add...

I printed out the info "Borates-How and Why" and decided that I want to try them. This morning my levels were: FC 4.5 CC 0 TA 90 CYA 34 pH 7.6 Do I need to do anything to the pH if I am using Boric Acid from DudaDiesel? I have them in and am ready to go. Thanks!

Ok, this is the first time I have ever posted. A little history-We have had our pool for 15 years. 3 summers ago, we had a new liner installed and fresh well water filled. This began 2 summers of dealing with a pool that consummed enough chlorine to make us wish we didn't have a pool and yet...