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"I am at a loss as to what to do. Its been slammed multiple times, Replaced a lot of fresh water and new pump and filter but it is still green looking." You have not slammed your pool at all. That requires keeping the chlorine level high for a prolonged time, until all the algae is dead. It...

You probably go through those 10 jugs on the first day!! After adding the first 5, test about 30 min later to see what your number is. Test several times (about every 3-4 hours) during the day and top off to slam level. My pool is about 12000 gal, it took about 40 gal to finish my slam. It takes...

Selling .... probably not Giving it away ..... maybe

Granular shock adds more CYA. The more CYA the more chlorine you need to kill the algae.

This only works when you buy the matching vial. It doesn't work with the vials that come with the 150.00 deluxe testing kit.

I ordered the deluxe kit since all my reagents were pretty old. The only downside is: my taylor SampleSizer doesnt work with any of the test vials in the kit. That's pretty disappointing. I'm using the old vial that came with the sample sizer, transferring the pool water into the vial that...

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Backwash only when the pressure indicates it. Dirty filters trap more particles

How pliable is the liner? Depending on the age, it might be too brittle & just tear further.

Well, I ordered a spider gasket. Hope it is the correct one. Will try to plug all the lines to the filter and open up the top of the valve. Any tips, hint, help ..... to find out if I messed up the inside of the multi port selection when I took it apart?

yes it is But I have not balanced the water, I could drain, or plug the return lines

My multi port valve developed a leak under the handle last year. After winterizing the pool, I took the multi ported valve apart, reset the spider gasket and put it back together. I also took apart the handle assembly, but did not pay attention on how I put it back together. I suspect I have the...

That rolled up hose is needed as well when you back-wash the filter. Might keep the algaecide 60, and the floater for vacation.