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Hi - I'm a new pool owner and opened a swamp earlier this year. I have the test kit and have been using it. I've been using bleach and trichlor tabs for chlorine, baking soda for alkalinity. A pool guy came out yesterday to look at my sand filter because I've been getting sand in the pool at...

Hi. I've almost got everything in order. I'm still reading CC 1.5 so from what I've read I need to shock the pool. Do I do this first? My pH and TA is reading a little low so I was going to add baking soda to the skimmer to raise it. Also, what is bromax for? Do I need to add some to the pool...

K from what I can tell we are swimming in plain well water! FC 1.5 CC 1.5 pH less than 6.8 T/A 20 The CYA test didn't work I could always see the dot. Not sure what I did wrong there, I did it 3x. I dumped 5gal 12.5% chlorine in on Wednesday and have 6 trichloroethane tabs dissolving in the...

Hi - So glad I found you! We just bought a short sale house with a pool and a pond in the backyard, both of which were green/black and hadn't been maintained in over 2 years. With the help of the local pool store I've gotten the water in the pool a pretty blue/clear color, although my test...