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    why is my water cloudy?

    trying to figure out why my water is cloudy all the numbers look good any advice, my TA is high but is usually always is, any suggestions? FC 8.0 CC 0 PH 7.5 TA 140 CYA 50
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    Keep adding chlorine

    I seem to be adding about 2 gallons of shock per day. I just tested my water with the tft test kit. Here is where I am at Fc 0 Ph 7.8 Ta 130 Cya 40 Have a 40,000 gallon liner I ground pool. I added 2 gallons of liquid shock 10% And when I test it again tomorrow the fc will be zero. Should I...
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    Help high ta

    Ok I screwed up today. And added baking soda to my pool thinking I was raising my ph. My ph was at 7 and my ta was at 120. After adding the baking soda my ph went up to 7.2 but now my ta is 250! I am using the Tft test kit. Pool has a sand filter thanks for any advice
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    need a little help no cya & low fc

    woke up this morning to a cloudy pool, and tested the water and here is what I found fc 1 cc 2 ph 7.8 ta 180 cya 0 pool is 40,000 gallons. I added 5 gallons of liquid shock early this am, its still show 1 or less on the fc last week my cya was around 50. where did it go? also i am going to add...
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    skimmer not covered by winter cover any suggestions?

    I have an in ground pool and it has an auto cover. My pool has 2 skimmers but the cover only goes over 1 of the skimmers. the other skimmer is on the outside of the cover. does anybody have any ideas on what I could do to keep the exposed skimmer covered during the winter? thanks John
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    Bleach in skimmer

    I have a cover on my pool. Is it ok if I need to add liquid chlorine to put it into the skimmer?
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    Just fisnished slamming have a few questions

    I just got done with the slamming process started on 6-20-14 started with fc of about 1 and cya at around 80. did some drains & refills to get the cya down and ended up putting in 93 gallons of liquid shock during the slam! I finally lost 0 fc overnight and pool is looking good! here is where...
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    whats a good cya level to shoot for?

    My cya level is getting pretty high from using pucks for the last 5+ years right now its about 70-80 what is a good number to hold the cya at? my pool is 38,000 gallon with a sand filter. I live in indiana & the pool does have an auto cover on it. I was going to start draining & refilling this...
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    first time slamming have need help!

    this is my first time slamming my pool. this started on 6-19 water was really cloudy. I have a 38,000 gallon in ground vinyl liner pool first test results on 6-20 fc 1.5 cya 55 since 6-20-14 I have followed the slamming procedure and have been testing & shocking with liquid chlorine at least 2...
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    Help cloudy water

    My pool has been cloudy for about a week. Please help me I have no idea what's wrong here are my test results Fc 1.5 Cc 1.5 Ph 7.2 Tc 3.0 Ta 200 Ch 180 My alkalinity seems high & my calcium seems low what should I do? Thanks in advance John
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    How often to change sand in sand filter

    Having a problem with cloudy water, chemical levels seem good the sand in my sand filter is about 8-9 years old could this be the problem? Also what sand is best to use