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    Drained waaayyy too much water -- Now what?

    Thanks for the quick reply. What about the liner tearing after it's restretched? Is this a common problem or am I mostly seeing other people's horror stories?
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    Drained waaayyy too much water -- Now what?

    I started a siphon with a 2" hose while trying to fix an inherited CYA problem from this summer and got called in for an emergency at work that took the better part of 6 hours to resolve. By the time I back home there was very little water left. It's a Doughboy pool with a 28ga liner that is...
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    Drain it or fight it?

    Thanks for the welcome and the advice. That's what I assumed but needed to hear it from an expert. I should have done more research on the trichlor tabs, the CYA and pH issues never occurred to me. I'm going to go to the BBB method this summer, it looks like a much more manageable system...
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    Drain it or fight it?

    I got a little lax (understatement) with my upkeep this winter and tried to maintain the status quo by using trichor tabs. Needless to say, my CYA is well over 100 and the pH dropped to below 5. I pulled the floater, added ~50lbs of sodium carbonate and got the pH in line (7.4) but of course the...