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I've read about using "floc" and then vacuum it. Is that an option? So refills today and tested. 500 ppm calcium hardness, pool filled December 8th 2020. The test strip shows 1000 ppm "total hardness". Not sure what that other hardness is. Do I not worry about that and just calcium? TA...

I dont remember the exact number but it was very high when filled. The pool company gave me the kit and we went through the kit and tests as he did them. We did hardness and it was super high......said "that's just our water". Its so bad the shower head plugs after two months.

New pool, and my first, filled December 8th 2020 here in Arizona. Convert to TFP a few months later after wasting money on Crud I didn't need. Anyway the standard answer is drain and refill. I have a Taylor test kit but ran out of hardness fluid but it was high when I initially filled. Now...

So the pool math has a pull down for pool type. Three choices vinyl, fiberglass and plaster. I have a gunite pebble tech pool. Since my pool type isnt there is does this affect the calculations at all? I picked plaster guessing it was closer than the others. Does it matter?

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Hey. Just found this site cuz I am completely freaked out by all this pool chemistry. Just finished a pool build and it was turned over to me a couple days ago. First pool. Came with a Taylor test kit. So confusing. Hopefully reading here and watching more videos will help ease this...