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Over the last several weeks had a pretty good bout with mustard algae. Had to raise the clorine level up per the calculators instructions but everything soon began to clear up nicely. Upon returning recently from out of town I found the water crystal clear and looking as good as it ever has...

What I am attempting to ask is "when is it safe to swim". According to that chart, my target FC is 7 and my shock level 24. When I have successfully "shocked" the pool and I have maintained the shock level, how long before it is OK to swim. For example, if the next day the reading is down to...

I'm still fairly new to the site but I can't seem to find the answer to safe chlorine levels. I understand the recommended levels and how certain factors require more FC for balance. But I've also read that one should avoid swimming in levels above certain thresholds. When I look at the...

I wish I could be more specific but the first thing I did was adjust my PH with Muratic Acid. I then used a product recommended by the PS that gives pretty specific directions on amount of clorinating product to add with it by volume of water. Product raises alkalinity so I backwashed the...

I use the clorine pucks in the auto clorinator but since reading on this site have started to introduce liquid clorine to maintain during fluctuations in use, weather, etc. In the past I tried to adjust the level by increasind/decreasing the valve on the aoto clorinator, but I guess after...

The first reading was the baseline and they have moved to the second reading as of today.

During the last several weekshad to repair my pump. In the days it was down, the temp jumped to 90 degrees and algae turned my pool into a green pond. I've alwat seemed to battle getting my pool just right so I was on the web and found this site. I read several posts and I ordered a new test...