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    Slam - need help!

    Ok, so we started slamming about a week and a half ago because of what looked like algae growing on the sides/bottom of the pool. Looks like a copper/light sand color...pool was a yellowish tint. Not a terrible case of it I thought...so we started our slam. I dosed the pool with acid to bring...
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    1st time SLAM - New algae!!

    I'm trying to slam our pool to take out some algae that just started. Having trouble using the pool math calculator to figure out how much bleach/liquid chlorine to add... We're using liquid chlorine 2.5 gallon jug that's 10.5% active chlorine. What number to put in next to weight/trade box that...
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    Can't get the chlorine levels balanced...

    We have an SWG and have been running it about 6 hours a day. Having trouble figuring out how long to run it to get the chlorine up around a 5. We have been adding liquid chlorine from the pool store to keep the levels up there. Yesterday we tested the FC and it was 0. :( So we dosed according to...
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    TA levels and SWG??

    Ok so we've had the pool a couple weeks now and we've done LOTS of testing. At first we used bleach until the SWG came in. TA levels were in line with the bleach pool recommendations. Well now we're transitioning to the SWG and trying to find the sweet spot of how many hours per day to run the...
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    Stabilizer at walmart?

    Is the stabilizer at walmart any good to purchase?? Or should I be going to the pool store for this? No ingredients listed on the bag so couldn't tell if it was straight CYA or if there were any unwanted additives mixed in. Thanks!
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    Pentair Kreepy Krauly?

    When we ordered our soft sided pool (Legacy brand not intex)...the company asked if we wanted an automatic vac. We had them bundle it with the pool and send it to us. It's a splash a round leisure vac and in my opinion works terrible. Plus they overcharged us as I found the same unit on amazon...
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    T-100 Test results - new pool

    Vinyl AG pool - just under 8,000 gallons calcium - 250 ppm alkalinity - 120 ppm cya - not registering yet - dosed the pool about 3 days ago to get it up to 40ppm fc - 2.5 ppm cc - 1 ppm tc - 3.5 ppm I followed all the directions with testing - hopefully results are accurate. Also, the SWG was...
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    New Pool Need advice!

    Just finished filling the pool yesterday. Don't have a test kit yet. Please help me to decide which one to order as I'm not sure everything I will eventually need to be testing? We are getting an SWG so we will need salt strips as well? I have seen the kits on TFtestkits.net but not sure which...