Recent content by meestahmarc

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    Experimenting with preopen prep?

    Yes, I think that's right. Similar when I closed it and a month later I still had good levels. Thanks all. I'm excited to get going.
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    Experimenting with preopen prep?

    Yes, understood. After my shift open, should I run my Stennar chlorine pump and main pump daily to keep chlorine level in my usual range? I guess logic says why not.
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    Experimenting with preopen prep?

    Ooooh yeah. Enough said! Good idea to get my cya dialed in too!!! That's great.
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    Experimenting with preopen prep?

    Hi all, getting things lined up for the summer. Would appreciate some thoughts on this idea. My opening date usually varies depending on life and travel. I was thinking maybe, leave cover on now, but pull plugs and run my equipment in circulate, and put in 12 percent chlorine until I'm ready to...
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    Educate me about chlorine level and loss

    Hi, I'm trying to find the sweet spot for my liquid chlorine pump and considering sometimes I might be away for up to 2 weeks at a time. So this is what I'm trying to better understand (mainly using liquid chlorine 12.5%) 1. Is it bad if I overchlorinate the pool, aside from wasting money...
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    Should I change pool companies?

    I have the TFP kit, but will admit have not used it. Until last year was using ColorQ 7, but that thing is so flaky and annoying. Got the pool company this year bc I was away with my sick mom. Not at the pool for weeks on end. So the pool guy at least kept it good enough, but not like I have...
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    Should I change pool companies?

    For 5 years I've maintained my pool myself. Decent success, typical setbacks here and there, but generally ok. This year used a pool guy, mainly bc I was away taking care of my sick mom. I also didn't want to leave the pool shut, so got a pool company who my friend uses. So here's the...
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    Keeping sump pump in pool over winter

    yeah... so I'm not nuts...
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    Keeping sump pump in pool over winter

    Hi, pools closed and it's cold out here in north NJ. so I've owned my pool 5 years,. for some reason, and I have no idea why, I have this fear of leaving my sump pump in the pool to automatically drain as needed. Is this nonsense? It's a simple Everbilt black pump. Will it stain my 3 year old...
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    Where on the forum should one post questions about stains?

    thanks. I'll try the dry acid. Finally called my pool construction guy, asked him about it and sent photos. will see what he says. That stain eliminator product I believe is similar to Bioguard Erase. I bet it's just very expensive ascorbic acid. Unfortunately, it didn't remove these stains...
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    Where on the forum should one post questions about stains?

    a few better photos without the reflection.
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