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Hi All, First, I'd just like to thank the members of TFP for being so incredibly helpful. After buying a home with a pool 4 years ago, this website/forum has saved me and helped me manage my pool. There was a point where I felt like a total expert. But then... I developed this staining in...

Greetings all, We just returned from a 3 night trip. Before leaving I brought levels up to what I believed would cover the duration away. Sadly it did not. When returning this morning: FC 0.5 CYA: 40 PH 7.6 I had some algae lines just under tiles in some areas of pool. A year or two ago...

Hi All, My pool guy came to open the pool last week. Shocked the pool then left it to do its ting for a few days. All algae died and fell to bottom. I put in some pucks in a floater. I had to leave for a business trip for a few days. When I came back water was crystal clear but needed to...

Is there any other way to test for cya that is a bit more exact? I love the kit and how precise all the other tests are via droplets/mixing, but I'm never fully confident on the little black dot test. Is it still there? Can I really see it any more? Is it "just" disappeared etc.

Hi, My pool company opened my pool several days ago. It's been cold and I hadn't done a proper kit test till this morning. My readings were OK, except light on FC which I added. I've never dealt with CC before. Is a 0.4 reading OK or do I need to do anything? Readings before adding...

Hi All, I've never had any experience with algae before. My FC has been running fairly low the past few days - around 1. I just added 1 large bottle of Chlorox regular bleach. I've had pucks in a container in the pool non-stop, but only one floater with 3" pucks. The timing here is perfect...

Hi all, This is my first year with a pool and going into the winter. I know it's bad to store bleach and muriatic acid together, but is this only if opened? Is it OK to keep two, 1 gallon, un-opened bottles of each of these in a medium-sized outdoor plastic storage bin? I have other chems in...

If I don't have a Polaris hookup, can I still use a robot vacuum? This may sound like a dumb question, but I've never owned a pool before, so there you go. ;) Thanks.

Hi all, I have a couple questions, but first some info. My PH spiked, likely as I have new plaster, so last night I put a gallon of muriatic acid in and today we're good. Here are my morning readings. FC = 1.5 PH = 7.2 TA = 90 CH = 170 CYA = 30 The CH has been low for some time now so this...

Greetings everyone! :handwave: My name is Steve. My wife and I just bought a new home with an existing in-ground pool. It is an 18 x 46, Sylvan cement pool, installed around 1964. We've just had a brand new Quartz finish applied, plus new tile and new brick coping. Our pool contractor is a...