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    Best Practice to Completely Drain AGP?

    Due to really bad water and improper closing last fall, my water was so green and full of algae that I've drained my pool. My problem is with the last inch or so of dirty, algae-filled water on the very bottom of the pool. I used a water hose to siphon it all off except for the last inch. I...
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    Algaecide first or Metals Out

    Hi all..... many issues with my pool last year, most of all I was unable to take care of it properly. That said I drained it as low as I could last winter, put in the required chems and closed it. Opened it last weekend, it's green - no surprise. Took a week to fill it with well water that I...
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    Extreme disappointment!!!

    Opened the pool to cloudy water - but didn't see any algae. Added water from the well, started the filter running and it started clearing up a bit. Took a sample of water to pool store to check for iron/metals in the water, and got the 'all clear'.... I immediately came home and added...
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    Can anyone recommend pool steps for an above ground pool?

    I am getting rid of the disgusting hard to manage ladder and want to buy some nice pool steps but I don't know if one type is better than another. I've heard sand-filled bags can be cumbersome, and if anyone has nice steps in their above ground pool, please let me know. Thanks!
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    coffee anyone?

    where to begin .... after months of cloudy baquacil water and switching to chlorine, I haven't had completely clear water yet ... pool store said it was metals, so i did the metal magic and that turned it from green to blue, but it was still cloudy. almost got it clear this week, when the pool...
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    to switch from baquacil to chlorine to salt .... advice?

    I'm currently using Baquacil for my new 24' round AG pool. It's only been up since April 2011. Started out clear and beautiful....after about 8 weeks started clouding, got algae .... cleaned the filter, added more chemicals, got fairly clear.... then intense heat - several 100+ days, had to add...