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    Extremely high alkalinity after refilling pool

    I just had a new liner installed in my pool. After refilling, I am having a heck of a time getting the alkalinity down. I have added about two gallons of muriatic acid over the course of a week and the reading is not budging. Should I keep adding acid slowly until the alkalinity levels off? I...
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    Advice on balancing chemicals after draining and refilling

    I just went through the painful process of draining my pool Through the help of the kind folks here, I was advised that I had too much CYA in your pool last Summer. I had to keep my chlorine above 10ppm all Summer (expensive). We have a ton of iron on our water here, so my pool water started...
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    Japanese beetles and pill bugs in pool

    After receiving some tips on this board a few months, my pool has remained crystal clear. However, I am having to vacuum out hundreds of Japanese beetles and pill bugs from the bottom of my pool every day. Is there any way to stop (or reduce) these from getting in my pool? Thanks, Shannon
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    Cloudy pool - test results

    I opened my pool two weeks ago and the water was crystal clear until this past weekend. Algae started to takeover, so I brought the chlorine up to around 10. The pool turned green until about two days ago, now it appears to be slowly clearing up. I ordered the TF-100 kit and did my first test...