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Ok. Let me start with chemistry. Taylor K2006 tests PH - 7.6 CC - 0 FC -26 TA - 90 CYA -50 Pool water looks dirty. Its clear... but dingy. Pool is still covered. I hooked everything back up last week and got it circulating. As im sure you are all aware, temps in the south (im in Oklahoma...

So we bought a 18-ft x 42 Bestway pool from Sam's which we are loving. automatically of course I scrapped the crappy pump that came with it and ponied up another $160 for a better sand filter / pump combo going with the 2400 gph xtremepower 3/4 hp with 26 inch sandfilter. I also blocked off...

6500 gallon intex. Sandfilter. FC - 3 goal is 7 CC -0 CYA- 50 TA 60 PH 7.2 Water crystal clear and feels great. I use TFPM and goals Overall very happy with the chemistry in my pool other than the ph keeps staying at 7.2 despite many times ive used borax to bring it to 7.5. Possibly due to...

Normally do the TFP method with 10% bleach added daily. But we are going out of town for 4 days and i dont want to come home to a lost pool. My thoughts were - 1. Full tests right before we go - make sure everything is good before we go. 2. Bring it to shock level. Thatll cost me a $5...

Been out of the pool game for a few years I'm getting back in. on the TA test when it goes from green to clear and then slightly pink is that where we count it or is it where it goes full red? How red should it get for measurement? I forget. Thank you

Moved from here. Hey. Im here looking for same information. I have an 18x48 Bestway pool I'm putting up and I've already bought the Hayward skimmer. I've done this twice before on the Intex version of the pools and I imagine the skimmer itself is going to be no different on the install what...

So I have a coleman/ bestaway 2-4 person spa it's 200 gallon. Fill from well 4 days ago Running bromine and I've never done bromine before so that's probly on of my issues. I started out with a packet of leslies bromine cloride and put 4 pucks in jet despenser I have read the pool school on...

We are planning a new build. 18x42 inground vinyl 3.5' to 7' deep. We would love a faux rock waterfall in the deep end but due to current budget, its something we would have to add later, and in fact, something I believe that I could do myself as most of these faux waterfalls come in kits and...

Thought I would see what you guys thought of this bid I got on our pool. I dont want the ozonator. Im gonna stick with the TFP method that has worked for me for so many years.......at least at first and then I might switch to SWG. maybe. undecided on that, but for sure TFP method to start...

tested today on our little 14 ft intex at 8.0... I thought that the rule was that for vinyl its not as big a deal to have high pH unless you are running a SWG. So do you vinyl guys do anything about a pH of 8.0 or just wait to see if it comes back down? This was after a top off of water...

after being a BBBer (Troublefree pool method) for so many years, I im considereing a SWG on this next pool, 18 x 42 vinyl inground. We are shopping around with pool builders. First, I know to start out a pool it will take several hundred lbs of salt, but after that, will I need that much...

its amazing how much of this you forget in just year and halfs time of not doing it. We had to sell out last house and build a bigger one (our family keeps growing) :D So we dont have the doughboy buried 16 x 32 anymore..... man I miss it......:( Its going to be a few years before we can...

We just sold our house with our lovely doughboy pool that we already miss. We are renting a house right now until we finish contstructing our new house. :cool: My little ones have to have something for the summer so I bought a 49.99 intex summer scapes pool. 10ft x 2.5 feet ~1500 gallons and...

Water is still at 55 degrees, chemical numbers: FC - 3 CC - 0 pH - 7.2-7.3... its kinda in the middle... tested it twice. CYA - ~25ish... hard to tell as the tube maxes out a 30... Obviously I need to slam, the wife is grabbing me 8 bottles of bleach as I type this... Ill slam it til it goes...

just got my pool uncovered, pump going... she is crystal clear with 10 ppm FC left over from October.:D got all my test results on my K2006... went to input them into pool calculator but I keep getting error that my browser (Chrome) cant find the page. Tried it on my droid phone and got same...

just got my new Nautilus in about an hour ago. unpacking it, I discovered this... is this a problem? im thinking its a problem..... [/URL][/IMG]

After spending the last couple months reading reviews about cleaners, for the price, its dang hard to beat the Dolphin Nautilus. It says it cleans all pool surfaces. But it is "recommended" for in ground pools. So will it work on my partially buried Doughboy rectangle pool or no? Anyone using...

Wanting to get a robot after the first of the year for my 16 x 32 buried doughboy with deep middle. Really like the dolphins, seem to have good reviews, under a grand for most of them which is where I would like to stay as far as $$$. Seems there is an M4 Deluxe Premium Triton Nautilus...

Do you guys leave water on top of cover during the winter or keep it pumped off? I've got 4 inches of water on top of my cover, it is doing a good job of keeping it weighted down. Any harm in leaving it til I open next year? Thanks!

Been trying to figure out how I'm going to anchor cover on this pool.... Stumbled across this idea on a whim.... Using rail caps to secure cover. Allowed enough extra inside pool for expansion when cover fills with rainwater/ snow so it won't rip. Thoughts? [/URL][/IMG]

this pool is only 18 inches above ground on a slope, so I cant drain it at all. in fact, im actually going to fill it to just an 1/2inch or so below top of skimmer openings. i bought the Aquador skimmer plates for my doughboy pool and im going to order the dryco pool cover drain that flows water...

instructions in pool school say to store pump and multiport valve inside for winter. Is this really necessary? my pump and sandfilter are hard plumbed so that will make that difficult as I would have to cut the pipe. If I drain the pump and sandfilter, blow all the water out of the lines...

I have saw these drains that install in the center of the winter cover and have a line that runs through the return opening to drain water outside the pool, and am curious if anyone uses / has used them and how well the work. Also, for an oval pool like mine, would i do one in the center of the...

and the kids are still hounding us every day to go to WhiteWater (water park) so to appease them, we found some discount tickets and are about to head out for the day... 'sigh'....I can smell the CC already......:pale:

I know the consensus is that its safe to swim up to shock level. Does that mean if my shock level is 17, i can swim at 17, and just not at 18+? also, what would happen if you swam at over shock level? Chlorine will just dry out your skin or what?

both times now that I have performed the SLAM process, I have gotten 0 ppm CC when I test. I can smell it. Even on my hand and arm after taking a sample. Its pretty strong. So how is it that it tests at 0 ppm during a SLAM. If ever was CC to be present, im thinking it would be during SLAM...

or am I being picky? it just has this hazy look to me... especially in the deep middle. Test results this morning: FC: 6.5 (goal is 4 -9) CYA is 55. Pool has never dropped below 6 TA: 80 pH: 7.5 perhaps I should do an OCLT tonight.... [/URL][/IMG] [/URL][/IMG]

We all know the strips are not as accurate, but I had to buy some to get by when I ran out of R0871 reagent. Now that my Taylor kit is full of R0871 again, I decided to do a little experiment to check the accuracy of the Aquacheck strips. I did this comparative testing over the last few days...

I usually set it to 8.25%, because that is the bleach i use (Great Value from Walmart) However, I just noticed on the bottle under the 8.25% it actually says: "Yields 7.86% free chlorine." do I put in 8.25 or 7.86? does the pool calculator account for the yield or does it assume the %...

how many seasons (years) will this reagent last stored indoors, climate controlled? i read somewhere that storing it in my fridge will prolong its life. is this true? I ask because I bought a 16 oz bottle. obviously that will last me 4 or more seasons, depending how many times I mess up and...