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Hi, everyone. We were late in opening up, so just did it yesterday, and for the first time ever water was green! Yesterday's readings: FC=0 ph=7.2 CYA=23-25 Color=light gross green. A good amount of debris got in also when we were getting the cover off. So according to the chart, I added...

We just opened our 27' AG pool yesterday. My husband has shoulder problems and will have surgery soon, so he's having trouble doing what we'd need to do to allow the pump to run on high (apologies, I'm not sure if it's called priming, or what. It's unscrewing the clear lid off the place where...

Hi-- We just got the AG pool ready for closing, and put the cover on & all was going well until our golden retriever came up on the deck and boom, jumped on the cover. There are about 8 small holes we see from his nails. Will a pool liner patch kit to work on the holes, or do we need to rip this...

Hey, everyone. Thanks for everyone's help last year. We just took off the cover yesterday, and for a few glorious seconds the water looked crystal clear. Then the cover, which we hadn't cleared of leaves like we should have, got a little out of hand. We managed to pull the cover off, but that...

We have cleaned out the pool. Ladder out. Skimmer plate is on. All that's left is taking it to shock level and circulating that through the pump, then covering (also disconnecting pump & hoses, etc.). Here are today's chemistry numbers (obviously pre-shock) FC: 4 CC: 0 Ph: 7.7 TA: 60 CYA:45...

Yes, the water's pretty cold here in Kentucky...what can I say. I am proud of our sparking water, if I do say so myself. :)

We're starting our first closing tomorrow. Is there a preference as to whether we drain below skimmer & return or use plugs & leave water level up? Thanks!

We are finished swimming for the season. I'd like to go ahead and close, but for the sake of a good opening next spring I will let it go for awhile until water cools down. But in order to access the pool and stir things up well, I need to be in the pool--which is now a temperature problem. Yet...

It's been so hot this summer we haven't needed to use our solar cover (this is our first summer with pool). Silly question, but does the cover draw in heat from the sun & then retain it, as in should we put it on this morning to get sun all day and take it off right before swimming at 5 pm...

I'm fine tuning some things in the pool, and my question is: at night, when I come home from work, is there a "best order" of adding chemicals? *I need to add more ProTeam Supreme Plus to get my borates up to around 50ppm. Right now they are a little under 40 because I was adding in two...

The pool is almost three weeks old now, and it's going well. You have been so helpful. Early on, we got CYA readings of 50-55. Then, I'd say it read more like 45. We went several days without checking, and now it's more like 35-38. My husband and I each independently read it the other night...

I'd say the water in our nearly two-week-old pool has been just "crystal clear." For me that means on a scale of 10 the water is maybe a 9.5. (since I haven't added borates, I'm holding out the .5 for that :wink:) Tonight we got in the pool and it felt a teeny tiny bit slimy on the bottom only...

Got it yesterday. LOVE IT. I am truly scaring myself. :-D

OK, so pool went up Friday, was filled by Saturday afternoon. It looks great, and water is nice and clear! (thanks to you all). I do have a couple questions, but first, here are my average numbers: FC: runs from 3-5 (I usually add liquid chlorine at night to keep it in the 4 or 5 range) TC: 3-5...

It'll probably be 2-3 hours before the water gets high enough for the pump to be turned on. Should I go ahead and add liquid bleach, or just wait for the pump at this point? I know that I have a big priority of bleach, cya and ph adjustment based on my initial test this morning. Is there an...

We're at 39.5 inches deep now. Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel :P And I left a floater with a puck in it last night. Today's first test reads: FC=.5 TC=3 CC=2.5 Ph=8 TA=90 CH=90 Heading to the pool calculator now.

I posted this photo on another post, but I wanted to show it again for my deck question. Our pool was installed today, and neither I nor hubby thought of what is now obvious: why didn't we have the pump put on the back of the pool? We are going to do a deck in the fall, so it's just a couple...

[attachment=0:3sv4z098]SSpooldogswtf.jpg[/attachment:3sv4z098] Dogs, meet pool. :shock: I think they took one look and wanted back in...

I hear so much about putting CYA in a sock, but is there anything wrong with using liquid stabilizer? Pool is being installed NOW!! I'm at work, with my mind not on the job today...

It seems like not a good sign that the Before U Dig person came out today (while we were at work), the day before install of our pool, and marked four flags inside the 27' perimeter. This can't be a good thing, right? :cry:

Newbie here, hello all-- Despite having lurked here for quite a while (meaning I should know better), my husband and I fell for the pool store package deal. I hope you guys can tell me all is not lost. We are awaiting install probably late next week (July 5 or 6). We did get the AquaSmarte...