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I am just coming out of the winter mode where I drained the water from sand filter and removed plugs on the filter pump and the Pentair automatic pool cleaner. Now I am trying to get to pool water balanced but I can't get the main pump to pump water. Only air. I have not changed the position of...

The pool temperature is in the low 80s which means it is time to put on the solar cover to extend the swimming season. We do not have a reel for the solar cover. In the past, before I switched to BBB, the trichlor tablets would cause the solar cover to deterioate in a couple of years. With the...

Adding Borates for the first time and have some questions. Here is a brief recount of my actions: 1. I have finished adding the 20 Mule Team Borax and muriatic acid according to the procedures waterbear provided in April 2008. 2. Right now I am in step 8 of his procedures where I let the pump...

Yesterday morning: Water temperature 75 and pool is uncovered. Water is crystal clear but FC is 1 ppm and CYA is less than 20 ppm. Used the Pool Calculator and decided to add 364 oz bleach to get the FC higher. Added tri-chlor tablets to the auto chlorinator since we are going out of town...

I think the chloramines in my indoor hot tub need to be reduced. The water smell like chlorine. Here are the results of testing the water: Early morning of 17 Oct: FC: 2.5 CC: about 0.7 pH: 7.8 TA: 80 CH: 150 Borates: 50 CYA: 30 The hot tub was filled (300 gallons) on 12 Oct. I have been...

I am getting ready to fill my indoor hot tub and was wondering what the CYA level should be. What are the recommended levels and rank of importance of CYA, calcium hardness, TA, pH, FC and CC? I will probably pump water from the pool directly to fill the hot tub. Where are the water...

I've heard the saying if you live long enough you will probably see or hear just about anything. Well here is a new one for me. After church this morning we decided to let the grandkids swim in the pool. I have had the solar blanket on the pool since 2 Sep. We took it off long enough on 12...

I did the Chlorine Drop Test at 8 AM this morning and got questionable readings. After adding the R-0871 powder to the test water the solution did NOT turn pink. It stayed clear. I thought maybe the R-0871 powder was old so I tried some I had recently purchased. Same results-- clear. What...

Looks like the pool will be unattended next week for 7 or 8 days. I have finally gotten rid of the previous algae problem and don't want a repeat. Problem is how do I keep from getting algae? I have no tablets/pucks to put in the chlorinator and have no di-chlor. I do happen to have several...

What is the best time to operate the filter? At night or during the daylight hours? I run my filter pump 12 hours each day. Since I am going to test daily and add necessary chemicals the pump filter needs to be operating. Should the filter pump be operating when swimmers are not in the pool...

Is there a way to do a search on a particular topic/words and then be able to read the post on that topic? Yesterday I thought I generated a post on sodium bicarbonate. Can't find it today. Maybe I had a senior moment and did not actually post the comment only typed it.

Now that I have made the switch to BBB what should I do with my several pounds of potassium monopersulfate? Can it be used when I am out of liquid bleach as an oxidizing agent? Are special test reagents needed or will my TF 100 test kit be what I need?

Just found this website and hope to use this forum to clear up the pool water. On 26 June returned home after being gone for two weeks. Had a major algae bloom. Water was green. Measured water parameters with test strips: TH 500, TC 0, FC 0, pH 8.2, TA 160, CYA 30. I backwashed sand filter...