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When I moved into my house the pool already had landscaping around it. We currently have 4 doubles of Christmas palms and 3 triples of dwarf date palms about 1-2 feet from the pool, these are mature large palms for the type they are so they've been here for years. I stay on top of cutting...

I just received mine this week and it seems I still have to brush the steps and sun shelf too. I don't believe the steps are wide enough for it to stay on and the sun shelf is too shallow. I've been doing the same as you, a quick brush on the steps and shelf to get debris into the main area for...

I’ve been busy enough that I haven’t been able to do then OCLT and instead added chlorine and then set the SWG at 100%, that has gotten me to today. I checked the chlorine levels and they are at .5 and my CYA is at 30. I added 4 pounds of CYA last week, any reason my CYA is still reading so...

I tested my FC today and it read .5, we’ve been getting a ton of rain in South Florida to the point that I’ve had to drain the pool quite a bit, multiple times. My CYA even dropped down to 40 and I was getting a low salt indicator on the SWG the other day. I’ve since added CYA and salt. My...

I have two simple questions. My pool was re plastered around two months ago and I am currently thinking of getting a robot cleaner, is a robot safe to use now or should the plaster cure longer? My second question is what is the best option when buying? I'm looking at the S300/Active 30 Model ...

Same thing for me, no overflow. We've been getting pounded with rain and still have almost a week of rain left to go. I actually bought more CYA because of all the draining I'll be doing. I've been draining by opening the filter pressure relief valve, is this ok or is there a better way?

Checked my levels this weekend in the evening. FC: 2.0 (Added Chlorine) CC: .5 pH:7.4 TA: 60 CH: 250 CYA: 30 This weekend will be 4 weeks since start up and we can start SWG. I check my pH and FC everyday, but only run the whole test about once a week. I'm going to start raising my CH to...

I mixed up about 5 pounds of Calcium Chloride Snow Joe Pellets in a bucket with water and poured it slowly in front of one of the return jets yesterday. I know I need to do more but I was hesitant to do the whole batch all at once, I'll do more today. My question, is pouring it into a bucket...

I've been testing PH and FC everyday and adding the appropriate amounts of bleach and MA per pool math, yesterday I checked all the numbers again and this is what I got. I do my tests in the evening near sunset. 04.03.18 PH: 7.8 FC: 3.5 CC: .5 CH: 175 ppm TA: 90 CYA: 30 I noticed my CH went...

Tested the water today. PH: 7.8-8.2 (Added 20oz of Muratic Acid) FC: 2 (Added 128oz of 6%) CC: .5 CH: 125 ppm (Ordering Calcium Tonight) TA: 80 CYA: 40 I added the chlorine first and waited 30 minutes to 1 hour before adding the acid. I’ll test PH and Chlorine tomorrow. This daily...

Thanks, I’ll order it tonight.

Would this stuff from Home Depot work? I can have it delivered to my local South Florida store in about a week. Snow Joe: 25 lb Professional Strength Calcium Chloride Pellets Ice Melter

Thanks, I’ll re-test the calcium tomorrow and repost numbers. What’s the best way to increase calcium? On the Pool ABC article both items they recommend need to be bought at the pool store. Is there anything that can be purchased at Wal-Mart; I have one about 5 minutes away.

Hi guys, I've been reading TFP for about a month now in anticipation of the pool renovation being completed. It was completed this weekend and the pool was filled this Saturday, I'll be handling the pool maintenance. I'm estimating the pool to be between 15-17k gallons. It's basically a...