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Help.... We have had so much rain this summer, it is throwing my pH and TA out of whack!! My water every year holds steady at a ph of 7.5 and the TA is 60. All other parameters are balanced. We have had so much rain this year my pH and TA have dropped to 7.2 and 40 respectively. The water...

;) Hi I am looking for suggestions for the red filter pads that come with Pentair deck jets. I am tired of having to replace them every year I open and sometimes twice a year. They get flat and the water doesn't shoot that high in the air. I have tried to clean them with no luck. I do have...

Hi I cannot find any info in the archives or the manual..... I need help with my Intellibrite 5g pool lights. They are 2yrs.old. One in deep end and the other in shallow end. Last year when we opened, they worked great!! Then after a few weeks, they went out of sync with each other in a...

Hey Hey... Can someone please tell me what is the average time for a SLAM? I am on day 10. My pool was not that green to begin with. I am trying to keep it up to my FC shock level to 35. The lowest it gets to is 22. It seems to be consistently being there. I am using my Dolphin to clean it...

Hi All: This morning I woke up to a green pool... not totally green for I could see my bottom drains but green all the same. Yesterday it was clear. Numbers are : PH 7.5 TA 120 FC 4 CYA 90 Last week my CYA was 20 so I added the calculator's recommended amount to get it to 80-90. I also added...

Hi TFP people... Don't post much but read, research and listen to all advice. I couldn't find much on what I need to know so...... I need to raise my CYA from 20 to 80. As per calculator, I have to add 10lbs. I was going to take a trip to Lowe's but realized I have trichlor pucks someone gave...

Hey... I am buying my first test kit. I read the differences between the 100 and the 2006. I think it will be testing alot this first "whole" year. So I am apt to get the 2006. But, I am residential. So..... what do you think?

I got my pH up to where it belongs and I went to the pool store to get a free water test: FC .93 pH 7.1 Hardness 5 TA 18 CYA 20 They want me to add 50lbs of calcium. Apparently it can cloud the water and not very fun to pre dissolve.....????? The "school" says to sprinkle it in the deep...

Hi I am a newbie. Just turned the filter on 2 days ago..... We have a SWG but our contractor doesn't want to start it up before the concrete deck is on...???? I don't see a problem but he is fearful that the salt will interact with the concrete...??? So we are starting with chlorine. He...