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    My battle with Mustard Algae

    I am at work right now, so I don't have the numbers for our pool, but we have been battling mustard algae off and on for several weeks now. I do know our CYA level is about 50, and on a daily basis I try to keep chlorine at about 4ppm, due to dirty kids, lots of wind and what were incredibly...
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    Loosing Chlorine, added Borates and high PH

    I hope this post makes sense, it feels like a lot of numbers! We have had our intex pool for about 3 weeks now, so far so good, except for the awful filter. We have added a skimmer to the pool, and have been manually pulling out as much as possible of the dying honeysuckle vine that has been...
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    1/2 inch off level, Ladder placement?

    I have been checking the water level in our newly set up intex 14x48 ultra frame pool, and it is staying within 1/2 inch of level on all sides. I was worried about major settling of the added paver area, but so far so good. If we have to drain for any reason I will likely pull it further onto...
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    dumb intex question

    We finally got our patio addition finished and the pool up today. So far so good, but what is the triangle shaped piece for? It is made out of the grey liner material and.we couldn't find anything about it in any of the instructions??
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    Opinions on placement options.

    This is my first post here, we are going to get my son an Intex pool for his birthday in a couple of weeks. I am going to start prepping and leveling the area tomorrow but I am having some issues deciding on the best placement for the pool. I am kind of overwhelmed, but trying to figure out...