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Sad story... I had to leave my pool for 32 days unattended. I'm new to the area and know no one that could look after the pool. The trip was sudden and no time to hire a service even if I thought I could trust one. When I left my numbers were: CC 7.5 CC 0.5 PH 7.6 TA 85 CH 280 CYA 70 Borates 80...

I did a quick search and didn't find an answer to this. I've been away for 3-4 weeks and letting the SWG take care of the pool and it looks great. Before I left I added borates and overshot a bit. The strips indicate 80ppm. I had no trouble other than that and the pool looks and feels great. I...

Hello all. My pool has a very simple pump/filter system with no dedicated pressure port, but I do have a side vacuum port. The pool is wide open and gets mostly wind blown debris, grass, small seeds, worms etc. on the bottom. Currently we have a barracuda g3 that came with the house and it...

I added borate to my pool using 20 mule team and acid. I had no problems lowering my TA down to 40 using the advice of others here. Thank you all. Now the borates comments. The 20 mule team borax I bought in Walmart is now in 4lb 1oz (65oz)boxes. Another post lists the boxes at 4lb 12oz...

I am getting ready to add Borates to my pool. I would also like to lower my TA a bit more as part of the process. I am concerned that the addition of a working SWG will cause my PH to rise more quickly than I want. I know that adding the Borax will raise the TA as well currently I'm at a TA of...

This has worked for me so I thought I'd pass it on. I had new to me pool last year with a dead SWG. I ran it on bleach and learned a lot! I also took the time to figure out what I wanted for a replacement SWG. Now that I had a new IC-40 to replace the IC-20 I have no idea where to set it...

I opened my pool this yar and everything has gone quite well. Cya was 0 so I used dichlor to shock and raise cya at the same time, water cleared up nice, but still has ever so slight cloudiness. It's just not crystal clear. The numbers are: FC 6 CC 0 TA 100 CA 260 CYA 50 SALT 4000 TEMP 65degF...

For all those that have Iron problems I thought I'd share my first time AA treatment for Iron stains. This was my first year with a pool in a new house. Many things conspired keeping me from moving in as soon as I'd like to. As a result I had difficulty getting the pool in balance. It didn't...

Hello all. I have sorted out most of my issues and been through the SLAM process with your help only to discover that my SWG is toast so now I am using Bleach to maintain my FC. my current complete test results are below: FC 8 CC 0 PH 7.6 TA 70 CH 270 CYA 75-80 SALT 4000 My CYA is high...

Can iron in the water cause the SWG to be less efficient? My SWG can't keep up with loss from the sun let alone swimmer load. Current numbers are: FC 5 CC 0 PH 7.6 TA 70 CH 270 CYA 75-80 SALT 4000 If I run 24hr a day at 100% it will maintain FC of 5 to 6. I am currently trying 12hr run time...

I have finally completed my first SLAM and pool looks great except for some tannin stains that lightened a bit during the slam. Now the issue is that I stopped bleach and turned on my ic20 swg at 100% at 8pm last night fc was 5 cc was 0.5. 7am today fc was 2.5 cc was .5, I put it in boost mode...

I've been slamming the pool for 3 days now and it looks much better but still very cloudy, and my oclt was 0 losst FC, and CC 1, but one drop lost clear the solution (without a white table I wouldn't have seen the slight pink ). Filter pressure is rising slightly so something is being filtered...

Hello All, I am new to pool ownership and learning a lot fast! A little history first. I purchased this new home in the winter and the pool was covered. Because of work travel and moving I wasn't able to open the pool until late May. It was BLACK about 3in of oak leaves, and lots of tadpoles...