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    Black Stains Not Sure if from CYA or more

    Thanks, The pool guy did ad copper a long time ago before I fired him and there is small copper stains all over the pool surface about 1/2mm in size. I will try to the metal removal this week. The stain does have a purple look.
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    Black Stains Not Sure if from CYA or more

    Hello, I have a pebblec pool and an issue started after my EX pool guy(I do all stuff with TFP now) dumped 2 pounds of CYA and let it sit in the deep end. After wards a dark stain/damage appeared where the CYA sat. The strange thing is that the dark spots are showing up more as time goes on. I...
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    Chlorine color match way off after using Home Depot liquid chlorine.

    That's what I am doing with a new tf-100 test kit. The HD test kit is a year old but has been stored well and matches the TFP OTO. my family is dropping our pool service this month to do it TFP style and they couldn't even measure right with OTO. I will just order the XL size FAS/DPD Reagent...
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    Chlorine color match way off after using Home Depot liquid chlorine.

    What brand/type of chlorine are you using?
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    Chlorine color match way off after using Home Depot liquid chlorine.

    Correct, I am following the instructions as you stated and also using my magnetic mixer which makes it so easy.
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    Chlorine color match way off after using Home Depot liquid chlorine.

    I have 2 test kits, a simple Home Depot one with color match and the good TFP one with the powder/drop test for chlorine. Before I did a SLAM recently with HD liquid chlorine, all the tests would match, HD CL/PH daily test, TFP CL/PH test, and TFP drop test all matched really well. No though...
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    Dead Alge, cartridge filter, removal recommendation

    Hi all, I searched through the database but didn't see a good response yet for my issue. My family switched to TFP a month ago for our pool but before that our pool service allowed black/green algae issue to bloom. Before we could stop the pool guy added a dose of copper algicide and it helped...