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Just looking for a bit of advice fighting algae that is growing around the lip of my pool, JUST above the water line. The pool was SLAMed a few months back and has stayed clean, but I started to notice some algae blooms just above the rim of the water. Problem is, since its just above the...

Hey all, Went to the pool store today (don't worry, I just went for skimmer socks) and decided to ask the girl if they sold liquid chlorine in bulk. She, of course, told me that I shouldn't be putting liquid chlorine in my pool because "it is 90% sodium" and will raise the TDS, which will...

Hey all, Since I've switched to the TFP method to care for my pool, I've learned more about my pool than I would have ever thought. The water looks great, but I have several questions with regards to chlorine consumption and pH. First, the important data: Test as of 30 minutes ago... FC - 4...

Hi all... So I came to this website and forum about 6 months ago due to my green pool. All my numbers were good, except my CYA was WAY high. As much as I tried to "de-green" it, bottom-line was I needed to drain it and start over. So I did that, and for the next 5 months, I've had a...

Hi all. I searched pool school and read through some of the forum posts, but didn't find an answer so I figured I'd just ask. I recently drained my pool due to algae issue (and CYA around 100) and refilled it. After refilling, I ran tests to ensure pH, alkalinity, hardness, and FC were good...