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Currently my chemistry reads: 3.0 for chlorine; 6.2. on ph. I am heading into town to get a test kit that will give me more accurate readings rather than test strips. I will also get CYA, bleach (8 to 10%), and borax. I believe that I need to keep shocking the pool until I begin to see the...

I'm sorry that I wasn't clear. The pool is gunnite and is supposed to be a dark blue plaster. Now the plaster appears to be white. We do not have a heater and stained the pool when it was built a dark blue to attract warmth (Central Texas). This is our third summer for the pool. When it was...

Is it possible to do the following: 1. My pool has been shocked but still has algae. However, we had a "pool company" come for a about a month and work to get the pool clear and leaves out. They were inconsistent in their visits and finally drained the pool. I noticed that the pool plaster...