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    Debris in pool. Is this normal?

    I will preface this post - I'm very anal with my pool water so I might have unrealistic expectations. Is it normal to have debris (small bugs, dog hair, grass, etc...) in your pool all the time? I knew before our pool was completed dog hair would be an issue. Have 2 black Labs. In the shallow...
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    Manual pool timer is off schedule

    Not a major issue but I don't know how the internal clock has gotten off schedule. The pump is scheduled to turn on at 8am and run until 2pm. It's come on approx. 8:07am every morning and just noticed that it turned off today at 1:37pm. Is there a way to reset the clock?
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    Tested chlorine w/ FAS/DPD test for 1st time.

    Not sure if my results are right. After adding 1 scoop of powder the water turned bright pink. I had to add 37 drops of R-871 for the water to turn clear. So, if I use the formula given on the sheet that means I've got a FC reading of 18.5ppm??!! I added the 5 drops of R-0003 and the water...
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    Pentair Great White gets stuck on main drain

    Does anyone have any experience with this pool cleaner? Our pool was completed last month and the cleaner worked great in the beginning. Recently the darn thing keeps getting stuck on one of the main drains and doesn't move. I've got to manually push it away from this one drain but eventually it...
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    What I am doing wrong?????

    My pool builder recommended for me to put in 2 gallons of Muriatic Acid in weekly to help with the white streaks or "creaming" on my pebble plaster finish. When I did that today it has messed up all the levels. I wasn't going to test the water today except there's been a very strong odor since I...
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    Can I trust the results from my pool kit & why all the bugs?

    Ok, I've got 2 sets of questions and hopefully I'll get some great advice. 1. Pool has been completed almost a month ago. We've got approx. a 23K freeform pool w/ a Intellichlor SWG. PB gave us a basic pool kit and after reading the recommendations on TFP I purchased the pool testing kit at...