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    Borax or Boric Acid

    I think its probably about time I add borates to my pool. Question is am I better using borax or boric acid for salt water pool?
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    Cloudy pool and slam

    Ok guys I need make sure I'm doing things right. We opened pool few days ago and saw little algae. We slammed it on Thursday and the water is still little bit cloudy. Here were my readings today: FC. 17 CC. 0.5 PH 7.6 TA 80 CYA 100 CH. 40 Is the high cya the reason why the water is...
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    Winterize pool in South

    Ok guys, I'm little confused on what's best to do. We live in NC and my fiance doesn't want to completely winterize like in the pool thread. He wants to keep the pump running year round. Is this something anyone else does? If so, do you still add any winterize chemicals even though we have SWG.?
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    Odd question re maybe breach

    Guys I wasnt sure where to post this but I have a question. Has anyone else here had a problem with pool contractors installing pool and promising to show how everything operates and give chemicals and never comes thru on the promise? He completed the work but completely left me hanging on...
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    Fas-dpd testing

    OK guys easy on me here I'm woman lol so little bit clueless. I just tested water using Taylor k-2006 fas DPD kit. I used the 10 ml sample water because my little dipper said 0.05 on it so I assumed this was correct thing to do. After testing and multiplying drops x 0.5 I came up with 8.5 ppm...
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    New pool ground water

    New to the forum and have a question. Is it normal for a pool builder to want to elevate your pool just a little to keep from hitting ground water? Thanks in advance