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    Hardness in Puerto rico

    Thanks. Also wanted to note that the pool is a salt water pool. We never really had algae issues since switching over. Here’s a shot of the current state. We noticed it’s just a little cloudy compared to usual. Pool drain is about 9’ deep for reference. Haven’t vacuumed in a few days. The...
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    Hardness in Puerto rico

    It’s a fiberglass pool coated in aqua guard 5000. Should I use calcium chloride or sodium bicarbonate?
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    Hardness in Puerto rico

    All, the most recent results are from a liquid test kit, not strips. What should we do to get the pool balanced again?
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    Hardness in Puerto rico

    pH is at 7.5 Total chlorine is 3ppm
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    Hardness in Puerto rico

    Circling back on this. Hardness - 50ppm Alkalinity - 50ppm CYA - Near zero Would Sodium bicarbonate work to raise both the hardness and Alkalinity or should I use Calcium Chloride as well? For the CYA - i was thinking just adding stabilizer
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    Hardness in Puerto rico

    Hi All, We have a 22k gallon pool in Puerto Rico with a salt system. The pool is usually always perfect but I started noticing that the CYA and hardness is off. We previously had issues with the pool turning purple. I suspect it was the excess CYA from the previous chlorine puck. I can’t tell...
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