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Hi team, Thanks for your work as always here on TFP. 🏊‍♂️ I’m wondering if it might be possible to add some alternative options for chemicals. E.g. sulphuric acid and different percentages don’t seem to be available. I appreciate that sulphuric acid isn’t generally recommended but occasionally I...

Does anyone know of any type of small container / dispenser for MA? I have to dose my pool 1-2 times a week and dread the task because of the struggle with the gloves, mask, & goggles, before measuring out everything then slowing adding in front of deep end return. Part of the challenge is my...

I check my pool regularly with test strips, and occasionally take a water sample for testing to my local pool store. While the pool is balanced as verified by both test strips and water sample, the various brands of test strips I have used never show a reliable acid level - that is, the sample...

Anyone else using ACID Magic in place of 31.5% HCl in their IntelliChem? Any issues? This topic appears periodically, but now from me because Leslie's Pool no longer stocks 31.5% acid and sells this instead. Leslie's was the only place I had been able to get the 31.5% acid, a concentration I...

Hello All, Looking for some info to see if I'm doing things right and second to see if this is normal. My pool was built and finished April 2021. It is approx. 25k gallon. I always used 31% Muriatic Acid, but recently changed to Powdered Acid to see if it changed anything and still the same...

Hi All, Prior to adding 50ppm of borates to my pool (I used boric acid from Duda Diesel), I had very high pH. This was probably due to my SWG and spillover spa. However, the acid demand was always quite low. Sometimes a single drop would take that sample (K-2006) from a fairly dark red back...

Hi all, I just had my pool resurfaced with Noble's Designer Series aggregate (Marina Cay). The guy who did the job (the boss) recommended that I put 4 gallons of muriatic acid in right away, and brush it very well, 2+ times a day. I was planning to brush, and I was planning to generally follow...

Hi, I am slowly but surely starting to add automation to my pool to make the maintenance a little easier on me. It started by installing a simple Sonoff Dual R2 device so I could automate the timing of my pool pump & lights & control them both via Wifi. I've been really happy with this setup...

Hi Pool experts :): I have a quartzite surface pool (25K gallon). I am keeping my Alkalinity between 60-80. The problem I have is that I feel like I am adding a lot of dry acid every month to the pool. I actually finish 50 lb of dry acid every month. I am not sure if this is too much, or this...

I do a full T-100 test weekly on my pool here in Florida, where it is 93* daily with 100% humidity. I make any/all additions that are called for. I go in the pool early in the day for a few minutes to cool off after our morning walk, so not a lot of bodies in the water. I do a pH and FC test...

I replaced my Hayward AC-035 peristaltic chemical feed pump. The way it runs is the voltage relay within the Prologic system controls the power to it. If you plug it into a normal jack it runs constantly and continuously feeds acid into the pool. The problem I have is I plugged it into the...

Hi all. We didn’t do a good job closing our pool for winter. We had a baby at the end of August and it was pretty green. We chucked bleach in it and called it good. It stayed uncovered for the winter. We opened it a bit early this year Since we knew it was going to be a beast. Since it was...

Hi, I have a homegrown chemical dispensing system that has 2 15-gallons tanks. I originally set it up as 1xChlorine and 1xMuriatic acid pumps. However, after last season I found that my Intellichlor easily took care of the chlorine levels in the pool but I consistently needed more acid...