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    Fiberglass Pool blistering fixed by increasing CH and removing Salt water?

    Hello, I have an 18,000 gallon all fiberglass rectangular pool installed in 2008 manufactured by a company out of Louisiana. At 14 years old, the gelcoat on my fiberglass pool just started blistering this year all over the steps and along one of the long walls of the pool. Over the last 14...
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    Correct Stabilizer level for outdoor covered pool

    I was able to fix the issue. It appears my stabilizer level needed to be higher. I added 8 ounces. I also noticed that when I placed the stabilizer in the skimmer after removing the basket, a lot of the stabilizer cystals got hung up around the suction opening. I took a hose and cleared that...
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    Correct Stabilizer level for outdoor covered pool

    Hello, I will run an overnight chlorine loss test this weekend and get back to you on the result. Some additional information on recent tests: a nitrate/nitrite test that I ran showed we have nitrates of 5 and nitrites of zero on the test strip kit that we used .Phosphates are under 100. I dose...
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    Correct Stabilizer level for outdoor covered pool

    Hello, I have an outdoor in-ground pool with auto coverstar pool cover. I'm using all hayward equipment: aqualogic goldline controller, hayward T-Cell-15 chlorinator. My current stabilizer level is between 45 and 50. Free Chlorine is at about 3 to 4 and combined chlorine about 1. Water is...