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Unbeknowst to me, a group of kids who were in the spa at our BBQ tossed out the floater containing our bromine tablets. We then went away on vacation for a week and came back to a very cloudy, not so great spa. I have retrieved the floater from our garden and put it back in the water, but I am...

Thank you all so much for your responses. I am sorry, I was away this past week on vacation and didn't take my computer with me. I will investigate all your suggestions.

FC=1.5 CC=0 TA=80 pH=7.2 CYA=40 We had spent a fortune on pool chemicals earlier this spring to try to clear up our (algae first), then cloudy water. Finally drained about 80% of the pool and scrubbed, scrubbed, scrubbed, vacuumed to waste. Filled with new water, but when the pump was...

Re: Is it OK to get in the pool to vaccuum/brush after shock My long reply that I wrote this morning somehow didn't post after I clicked Submit. Oh well, I will have to reconstruct it. After a month of frustration and depleting my bank account at our local pool store, I got fed up and...

I realize this is an older post but I wanted to respond in case it helped any future users who are just looking through old forums. We had cloudy water for a LONG time one summer a few years back when we used a sand filter. NO ONE could figure out why since our readings seemed perfect. It...

Hi, I am a new member and LOVE this site. I have learned so much, bought a great new test kit that you recommended, and have converted to the BBB philosophy (wish I had discovered this 10+ years ago and I'd be richer for it). My question is... is it OK (i.e., healthy) to be in the pool...

I just paid $5.99 for two 1-1/2 gallons (total=3 gal) of Chlorox . They come as a set from our local BJs or Costco (Ellicott City/Balto MD). This was better than our grocery store prices, where it was $2.99 for 1 gallon of Chlorox or $2.49 for generic label.