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Hi, I just opened my pool this week - opened it before the water temp hit 50 to beat the algae. The water is looking clear/good and my chemicals all look good (30cya, 6 FC, 0 CC, 7.5 PH 80 TA, 30 borate) but when I first turn on my pool pump in the morning it emits a stream/cloud of dirt from...

Does anybody know why the pool calculator doesn't update the "GOAL RANGE" when changing the CYA? I changed the CYA from 25 to 80 just to see it change the GOAL RANGE but it never did. (Note: I normally keep my CYA at 40, I'm just testing the calculator) You can see at the bottom the MIN and...

I'm in process of repairing my "Aquaslide N Dive" pool slide. Eventually I'll get to resurfacing the slide itself, but right now I'm trying to replace the deck flange mounts which were plastic and cracked pretty bad - so I bought replacement aluminum ones. Of course while removing the nuts on...

I know it's been a few years, but that's a great price - where did you purchase it from? Thanks, Jamie

Update: 11 gallons of MA later and I'm at 70ppm. I added 55lbs of Boric Acid from DudaDiesel and I'm good. Had 3.13" of rain last night so the PH is actually low right now 7.2, so I had to send some water to waste and I'm aerating a bit to bring it back up. It did *seem* to make a...

Thanks! Will get it a try. Got ya. I plugged in my numbers and came back with 139oz with 0 borates and 188oz with 50ppm borates. Update on the TA. I added 4th gallon of MA before going to bed last night. This morning PH was at 7.5 and alk at 225 - dropped a whopping 25ppm. Continuing to...

It's 31.45 Interesting, I do see it in pool calculator as an option. Where do I buy that from? Looks like I'd need 57lbs of that. Yeah, it's almost like it's in some sort of TA lock or something. I'll just keep adding - I bought 3 cases of MA so I'm ready for this fight. Are you saying...

LOL - yeah, I usually buy 3 cases at a time to fill up my 15gal jug to supply the Steiner pump, they don't flinch at the pool store, which is the cheapest place around here to buy it at 2.79 a gallon for 12% ---- 128*0.12=15.36 ------- 2.79/15.36= 0.1816 or 18cents/CL Oz. I do like the ski...

Tap water came back at TA=350. PH =7.0 (that blows my theory that the test kit is maxing out at 250 - lol) Ok, I'll continue cycling down to 7.0 and attack the TA monster. I usually just leave the TA alone, but figured I'd give the Borates a try this year. fyi, haven't added any borates...

Hi guys, I changed my pool liner myself two weekends ago and it looks great. Now I'm trying to balance the new truck delivered water (3 tankers @ 5800 gallons) and the remaining from rain/filtered well. ph: 7.4 TA: 250 FC: 5.0 CC: 0 CYA: 40 CH:150 Temp: 82 My water looks great, crystal...