Recent content by LHarpernj

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    Green Pool Water and nothing is working, Help please

    Last year when we had the high CYA issue, I called a local pool water fill company and (a brother of a close friend) they quoted me $2,200 to fill the pool. I got a $25 discount per load due to friend. I decided to fill with the well water. No real significant Iron in water, less than 0.1 ppm...
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    Green Pool Water and nothing is working, Help please

    I've been using tri-clor shock and tabs from Leslie's for 25 years. I'm on my second liner now. It's about ten yrs old and has faded in the shallow end. We have a great pool supply company that we use, but at times I think they are just guessing on what to try next. The copper Algaecide and...
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    Green Pool Water and nothing is working, Help please

    It was a 90% drain. I rented a 2" pump from Home Depot and it drained the pool in a couple of hours. My submersible would have taken a day. I got the CA down to about 50 ppm and it was Okay for the rest of the season. In NJ there is a very long season to begin with. Why would the CA come back so...
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    Green Pool Water and nothing is working, Help please

    I have a 40K gal pool filled with well water and it is green. I brush the pool and a green cloud brushes up. Here is my latest's pool chemistry. FC over 15.4 TC over 15.4 CC 0ppm pH 7.8 Hardness 94ppm Alkalinity 93 ppm Cyanuric Acid over 195 ppm Copper 0ppm Iron 0.1 ppm I have added 4...
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    Draining the Pool 40k gal?

    I am having trouble with my pool water. It is cloudy, has some pink slime and the test results at below. It is also eating up the chlorine tabs at about 25 tabs (1" tabs) a day. Free Chlorine .14ppm Total Chlorine 1.26ppm Combined Chlorine 1.11ppm pH 7.1 Hardness 88 ppm Alkalinity (w/...