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thanks, my question is do I need to drain my pool or is it ok to have that high of a salt level in a non SWG pool,

Hello everyone, I have been using only liquid chlorine in my pool since I remolded it 4 years ago, the pool has always looked perfect, never any alge or problems, I performed the Sodium Chloride test with my Taylor test kit and my salt level is 3500, am I ok with those levels? Thanks in...

Hi everyone, I have been using only liquid chlorine since I remodeled my pool 5 years ago, salt is collecting on my solar pool cover, I am sure my salt level is super high, will that damage anything and should I drain the water if so do I need to drain the entire pool, Thank You in advance

it's ok now, I drained the spa into the pool and recirculated the water. maybe all the chlorine got boiled out. I tested the FC level in the spa before the pump came on and it was real low, pool is good, FC-7 CYA-60, water in spa is blue again

Hi, I turned the spa on last night to 101 degrees and noticed something different when I got in, this morning it's green!, the rest or the pool looks fine. the water temp was in the 40's when i started to heat it. I did drain the spa the day before to get a lot of dirt out of it due to high...

hello, can anyone let me know if calcium level of 400 is acceptable. pool remodel is almost one year old, first mistake i made was having the pool store test my water, the had me add calcium powder, I'm not sure if that was the right thing to do. I no longer go to the pool store and do all my...

Hello, My question is in regards to my Jandy 7305 check valve. the spa leaked down about 2 feet the other night so I replaced the flapper with a new one and the next morning the Spa leaked down about 4 inches, Is it possible that the whole valve housing needs to be replaced as that the flapper...

Hi, not that I use or plan to use a pool service but to help educate my friends and neighbors how can a weekly pool service possibly maintain proper FC levels when only tested weekly? (if they even test) Thanks Dave

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Hi, if my CYA is 40 and the minimum FC is 3 , target is 5, would FC of 7 cause any problems? Thanks, dave

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Hi, my CYA level is 40 and target FC level is 5, my question is should I get FC level to 5 in the evening so it won't get below 3 during the day or higher than 5 in the evening ? thanks Dave

Thanks everyone, I am planning a vacation in June for a couple of weeks and I will use that time to let the tabs raise my CYA level. I will also check that my tabs don't have any metals

thanks, my CYA is at 40, can I let rise using the tabs and then stop using them when CYA reaches 60?