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    High ph issues

    OK, so I live in an area that has had high ph issues in years past, and it appears is starting to again. Maybe it never stopped, and I just wasn't noticing it. Fresh out of the tap, my ph is around 7.5, which it was when I refilled and restarted my pool earlier in the summer. I figured ok, a...
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    above ground pool - to close or not to close?

    Thank you everyone for the wealth of information on this site yet again! I have a 18 ' above ground Intex metal frame pool. I have had to continue using the filter that came with the pool, although I suspect it is smaller than is really needed. After fighting all last summer with algae, I...
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    Another CYA question

    After resolving the issues from my previous thread, http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/83657-New-pool-owner-weird-readings?highlight=weird+readings, my pool has done amazingly well! I ended up adding about 2 lbs of stabilizer, contents read 100% CYA. Resulting CYA level was 50 by TFPK-50...
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    New pool owner, weird readings?

    As you can see in my post, my pool was filled 2 days ago. My teenager girls were swimming in it as it filled. I do not have leaves anywhere near my pool, and it is in full sun a lot of the day. I will be ordering a better test kit asap, but in the meanwhile all the local stores had at this...