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I've accumulated 15 boxes of 20 Mule Team and 5gal of MA figured I'd try to shoot for the low end of 30ppm borates Current test results: FC 5.5 CC 0 pH 7.3 TA 80 CH 175 CYA 35 I rarely have to adjust pH or TA but want to test out the side benefits of borates i.e. Algaecidal properties and...

Ordered over the phone from Atlas in ATL just couldn't find the time to get over there and pick one up so Matt hooked me up and shipped it. Has a $125 rebate right now so not bad overall. Dropped it in the pool for a maiden voyage ~1145. Pool was full of caterpillar doodie and some leaves...

I have lots of trees around unset acorns rain into the pool throughout early summer and now the Katydids & caterpillars doodoo on a daily basis. Pine needles and a few leaves after every thunderstorm. I've always manually vacuumed every day or two depending on the severity of debris load for...

I've been trying to stay away from my Cal-hypo and strictly bleach for sanitizing & SLAM.(10+yrs of pool ownership) - adopting the TFP mindset During opening I did shock with Cal-hypo until I had time to get bleach and over the course of two months my CH dropped from ~225 to ~175 through...

Apologies if this topic exists somewhere already. I removed what I determined was a horsehair worm from my skimmer basket today - looks like a long thin parasitic worm that apparently hatch from beetles/crickets when they hit water - not harmful to pets/humans but freaky to find in a pool...

Ran out of original bottle mid test this evening and grabbed the new bottle. At first the drops came as a stream - chocked it up to a full bottle then several dribbles. No control of the drop Grabbed the old bottle and swapped dropper tips and it is working perfectly. The tips look physically...

Had two algae outbreaks after testing Sunday CYA 30. First algae bloom Tuesday morning with FC 1.5 cc 1.5 beat it back slamming to 15fc Passed OCLT Wednesday morning only wake up Thursday with the pool coated in algae again with FC 9. Brought FC back up to 13 after vacuuming everything brushing...

Preface of this test: My well doesn't have high iron, but I have copper piping in the house. Previous owners used copper based algaecide and I've always had yellowish stains on the sloping surface of the deep end with some darker stains on the vertical sidewalls. I did a direct ascorbic acid...

Bought a bottle of Vitamin C to test on my steps and it was wiping stains away so easy I decided to pour some pills in a sock and try it on my vertical sidewalls and it worked so well I kept going until the 75F water was getting to me. I know Ascorbic acid treatments will do the job "right...

Over in the Deep End there are a few individuals dealing with the possible side effects of propylene glycol breaking down and consuming chlorine at a rapid pace during opening. @Chem Geek suggested a high saline (salt) water concentration as an alternative to propylene glycol, but as noted it...

I had to grab some CYA to adjust up after refilling from winter. There was woman in the aisle with bucket of Clorox 3" trichlor pucks - she looked a bit confused, then asked me if they were the same as the Walmart brand of pucks on adjacent shelf. I glanced at active ingredients and confirmed...

Opened up last week and just did a normal Cal-hypo shock. Finally got some time today to run a full test. The K-1000 kit color scale was showing >10ppm FC. DPD test yielding 3.5ppm consistently with what looks like fine pepper particles floating in the sample tube. Granules look like a...

I tried the deep clean procedure yesterday and after 30mins it was still all kinds of nasty. Drained the filter and found a bunch of twig bits and pine needles. As I shop vacuumed the heavy stuff off the top(wouldn't float with the hose on) it was evident how deep the debris went. Realized what...

Hey folks first post. Been a pool owner for 9yrs, never ever even looked at borates nor do I think my pool store tested for them until recently. My borate level at the bottom of the report was measured at 207ppm I've never added any borates to my pool? I'm on a well and refilled from...