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  1. BrentATL

    Oil film on top of water....new as of this morning.

    I have been maintaining my pool for a year now (thanks to TFP and the FT-100 kit) and all has gone darn near perfect. I swam last night and nothing was out of the ordinary, but when I went to check levels this morning, my pool is covered with an oily film. Please see attached photo. I have a...
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    Chlorine went from 2.5 to 22.5 after adding 28 oz. of bleach....Why?

    This is my first week of doing my own pool maintenance and I'm not sure where I went wrong. I use the TF-100 kit. 10,800 IGP SWG set to 70%, pump has been running for 24 hours since adding items listed below. Prior to adding what was recommended by the Pool Math App, this is what my number...
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    CYA is 0 - Pool service says it's okay and left it at that.

    Bought our new house with a SW pool and continued the pool service the previous owner had. Water was always clear and never saw any issues, but I wanted to learn how to take care of the pool too. Bought a TF-100 kit and started testing every few days. I thought maybe I was doing the CYA test...
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    Does anyone use the Oakton CTS tester to check salt levels?

    I have an Oakton CTS tester and am curious if anyone uses one to check their salt levels. The unit measures in ppt and I get 3.80 ppt....way off. Pool store tested it at 2700 ppm. A bit confused as this is a new calibrated unit.
  5. BrentATL

    My first pool! Well, not counting the 6' plastic kiddie pool I had when I was 8. :-)

    Hello everyone! My wife and I just purchased a beautiful home in Homosassa, Florida with a salt water pool. I have lived on or by a lake all my life and knew NOTHING about pools (other than you swim in them ;)), but now I'm trying to learn all I can about our pool. I continued the pool service...