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its a blue devil testing kit. i retested after leaving in the house, same results. there are no ladders or anything in the pool currently. i am using bleach. Though now that I think of it, I did toss in trichlor shock weeks ago when it first turned green since at that time my cya tested at...

If it matters, my salt is at 3400, ta 80, borates approx 15

Ok, I have a small 6000 gallon above ground pool. I have a swg and sand filter but my salt cells died so it turned green. With spring coming I’ve ordered new cells and need to kill the algae. so my cya is low, at 20 but I don’t want to raise it while slamming thinking it’s cold and not too...

I know this is really old but is there another (affordable) system available for small (16’ round by 4’ High) pools if I end up having to replace my Intex? its very hot here, before we got the sw system, even with perfect water we went through soooooooo much bleach and forget going on vacation...

We let it rest for 24 hrs after adding the salt each time. Maybe I'll see if unplugging it for a day will reset it, sometimes that works with other electronics

I have an index swg. At the beginning of the season I put in the amount of salt the manual says and then I added more to bring the salt up to 200 above the recommended amount (it measured 3300). In past years that has always carried me the entire season. But we've had a lot of rain so when my...

So will it effect my ta and ph? Because I know I use borax to adjust ph and. Iraq has boric acid so a tad worried. Just want to make sure to have everything on hand I need. I already have boric acid because we live in the south so use it to curtail bugs from taking up residence in the house...

Isn't adding vinegar or dish soap going to mess with your water balance? I ordered a fountain but while waiting I'm going to keep trying things just in case something works. So tired of being stuck inside

Reviving old thread because I am at whitts end. I have followed the bees and they leave my yard so the hive is not in my yard so eliminating that isn't an option. Called exterminator and it's illegal for him to kill honeybees. Tried alternate water source and they aren't interested, my guess...

Thanks, I did check pool school first but my pool was too big to be considered seasonal and we leave it up all winter (though we don't swim it really doesn't stay below freezing here) and it didn't have the salt info. Thanks for the steps, that helped me with weather to do ph or stabilizer...

I swear there used to be one because I thought I remember regretting not doing it from the start. I finally got my pool worked out last summer after 2 years of struggling to learn tfp and upgrading my filter systems. Anyway, I just refilled the pool yesterday (had to get a new liner) and want...

So we took down our pool (intex metal frame 15'x48" so 5000 ish gallons) the end of last summer to have the ground releveled . We just set it back up on Sunday and our saltwater system finally arrived today (7000gallon system, intex). I'm setting it up and looking at instructions and it sure...

Ok, so we're setting up our pool, 15'x4' round metal frame intex. Last year even using this method was a pain once the water got warm (we live in the south) so was going to get a swg. I calculated my pool at 5600 gallons. So I'm looking at the intex swg and they come in 7000 or 15000. I have...

So we were out of town, pool turned green, cleared it up but during the week of recovery it started to turn green again so I tried just keeping the chlorine levels high like you're supposed to and it wasn't working. But the weird thing is I was maintaining chlorine levels overnight so not sure...