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    Gas Heater...stay on or turn off?

    We just recently installed a gas heater. I teach swim lessons to infants and toddlers in the evenings and the ideal temp is 90. So, I'm wondering if it is more cost efficient to leave the heater running or turn it off every day and make it work harder to get to 90. We are in Texas so right now...
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    Gas heater bill

    It's a jandy JXi 400N heater
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    Gas heater bill

    We just installed a gas heater and was curious as what to expect as far as a bill. I know there are many factors that go into but can anyone give me an idea of what the their bill is like and the usage that accompanies that Bill.
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    Pool heater

    I am looking to install a pool heater for the cooler months here in san antonio. I am looking to get any feed back on the best way to heat a pool. Hydro-solor using panels that mount on the roof in which water flows through to heat the water or install a gas heater. Any information would...
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    Pergola Build for Hammock

    What are the dimensions?
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    soda blasting

    Anyone else have any input?
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    soda blasting

    Has anyone ever used this process to get rid of the white ring or calcium build on your pool tile? If so what the outcome, good or bad? Would you recommend doing it? Any side effects? Does it mess with the water balance? What process did you follow when doing it? Thank you in advance for...
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    bio active

    Has anyone used this product? If so any success? How long should I wait to test cya after use of this product?
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    Water fall

    Can anyone help with this?
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    Water fall

    Starting to notice little bit of algae that has a green color on parts of the moss rock water fall, not bad. Is this common for moss rock water falls? We have no issues with algae in the pool. Should I be concerned? Best way to get rid a of it? Brush it? One more question, we just...
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    giant water bug

    We did find one in our pool after 8" rain and we do have a retention pond about 200' away.
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    giant water bug

    Google a pic
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    giant water bug

    Not sure where to post this but anyone ever had a lethrocerus water bug in their pool? Do they come around often? Anyone know much about them they can share?
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    phosphate levels

    The for the info. Leslie's tried to sell me a product to keep our phosphate number down after taking in a water sample. We were at 1000 ppm. Our water looks great and chlorine level fine but they wanted us to purchase a phosphate reducer. The for the info. We do not have any algae issues
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    phosphate levels

    What exactly do phosphates do to pool water? What level is acceptable? What level is too high?