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    Help! New pool owner

    Great points! Going to walmart today
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    Help! New pool owner

    I have been to aqua leisure and leslies for supplies before joining this forum. I have found 10% bleach at Walmart on sale. Are there better places with better prices I should check out for pool chemicals? I have to buy some stabilizer and according to the pool math, so calcium chloride...
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    Help! New pool owner

    Thank you! Will do!
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    Help! New pool owner

    So should I just continue to add bleach? 1/2 gallon sufficient? Thanks again
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    Help! New pool owner

    Good evening! I haven't had a chance to test this weekend. Here is what I have today: FC= 5ppm CC=1ppm pH=7.4 Alkalinity=180ppm Calcium Hardness=90ppm CYA=35 My daughter had added granular shock this morning (per my husband who is no where nearby) Advice???
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    Help! New pool owner

    Thank you!
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    Can you use an above ground vacuum for inground pool?

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    Can you use an above ground vacuum for inground pool?

    I happened to see an intex pool vacuum for sale. The seller said it can be used for an inground pool as well. Is she right?
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    Help! New pool owner

    Can you use an above ground vacuum in an unground pool? I saw one for sale
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    Help! New pool owner

    It's a little cloudy and I can almost see deep end. I can def see a couple of leaves in the deep end. Vinyl inground Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
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    Help! New pool owner

    Thank you! [emoji4] Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
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    Help! New pool owner

    I switched to 5 ml sample and used 23 drops of reagent. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
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    Help! New pool owner

    I finally received my kit! I first tested the free chlorine. So I was upwards of 50 drops to try and get the solution to go from pink to clear and it never happened. I started all over with a smaller sample and got 23ppm. Does that sound way off? Here are the additional readings so far this...
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    Heavy Rain. Floating pool liner.

    ok. thanks! I hope it isn't as bad as I think it is.
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    Heavy Rain. Floating pool liner.

    I have been trying to get my pool right since my husband is deployed and it was finally showing major progress. Just a bit cloudy. Then it rained heavily for 2 days straight. My neighbor came over to turn on the waste function of the pump so the pool does not overflow. I was able to turn off the...
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    Help! New pool owner

    I updated my signature. Still a bit of a mess but trying to clean it up. Thank you so much!
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    Help! New pool owner

    I already had it on hand and applied it to the pool before I joined the forum. I added it about a week ago.
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    Help! New pool owner

    Yes. Sand filter. So just keep scrubbing and adding bleach, nothing else? Will do. Thanks! Hopefully my kit will arrive tomorrow. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
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    Help! New pool owner

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    Help! New pool owner

    Trying to figure out photo upload Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
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    Help! New pool owner

    Still waiting on the test kit ( I suppose the long holiday weekend is the reason). I have been adding bleach for days and scrubbing daily. Yesterday and today the water was no longer green once scrubbed. Now it remains blue but cloudy. I have only added bleach since our last post. ( I had added...
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    Help! New pool owner

    Will do. Thank you
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    Help! New pool owner

    25,000 gallons - - - Updated - - - Sorry.. 25,000 gallons
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    Help! New pool owner

    Hello! I am so happy to join Trouble Free Pool forum. We bought our house with a pool last summer. My husband seemed to have no issues with taking care of the pool. It was great. Right now my husband is deployed and so its been left to me and I am struggling. I am putting an order of the test...