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great thank you so much

So we opened the pool and because they pump broke we ended up with algae. I have been shocking for 3 days and looks clear :) What should the borate be at? Also my Ph went up to 8.2 will this come down. here are my numbers this morning FC 14 CC 1.5 TA 50 borate 15 PH 8.2 CYA 50 Not sure if...

awesome I did my first season pool opening! water is crystal clear. we had a few leaves in bottom when I opened it but that was it. This is only my 2nd year with the pool and last year we struggled with algae learning because even with the expensive kit I wasn't testing the FC. I was using that...

I opened pool and balanced attempted to balanced Chlorine with Bleach method and now have FC 7 CYA 50 TA 90 PH 7.5 Should I leave this alone now????

I made sure my chemicals are right. I did read the closing of the above ground pool but I see people talking about blowing out the lines is the for in ground pools and did not see that in closing of the pools section for above ground pools???? Do I remove the skimmer from the wall fully or...

hmmmmm thanks I will try this today

I don't know where, I don't have lighting, waterfalls, I have cleaned every inch of that filter pipes, behind the ladder, we pulled the whole ladder out of the pool scrubbed it with bleach, scrubbed every part of the vac and supplies. I scrubbed every inch of inside and bottom of the pool with...

Yes I have done all that. I have taken those steps out several times weekly, vac daily, cleaned that filter I just don't know. Thanks for the hug - - - Updated - - - Can we swim with a level of 20? LOL

2 nights ago crystal clear - - - Updated - - - This morning Algae forming

At the end of my rope with this pool for 4-5 weeks of this now. I have kept this pool at slam shock level and its fine but as soon as it drops to level of 10 algae begins to grow back. Now I have slammed this pool for 2 weeks now begin to let the levels drop and this morning here are my results...

So we checked out all the lines today no clogs, there was one small leak we fixed that, the spider gasket was totally intact, the sand was fine no channeling and I did a deep cleaning anyway since I was there, the laterals seemed fine Any other advice??? before I call for service

yes we always wait for the 25% its sitting at 5 pressure now and we always rinse after backwashing it. - - - Updated - - - our manual says before switching to backwash position make sure filter is turn off so that is what I meant we turn the filter off before switching it to backwash is that...

So before I take any advice from outside parties I am asking here. Outside advice = trouble. So turning on my filter is still blowing dirt in my pool. The same dirt it seems like that I am vac everyday. Someone told me to take the multiport valve off to see if the spider basket was out of...