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Refill work and re-balancing are completed. Final results Replaced 7300 gallons based on meter readings. As of this morning, readings are: FC=12 CC=1 pH=7.3 TA=60 CH=325 CYA=30 Borates=~25 The pool gets hit with sun pretty hard most of the day, so I will keep an eye on the FC drop off and...

An interesting update: I drained approximately 3200 gallons from the pool and refilled based on the water meter readings earlier this afternoon. Out of pure curiosity and thinking it couldn't hurt, I ended up buying a 5 micron high flow KDF+Carbon RV water filter from a local walmart that...

The previous renters before we moved in "maintained" the pool themselves and it was a cloudy mess when we first looked at the house a year ago. The actual owners were very meticulous with the home and decided that was enough and they just just had a pool service handle it while we were renting...

Thanks for your reply and advice Texas. I turned the pump off for about 6 hours last night and things got cloudy fast with visible sediment floating around (it had been about 30 hours since the stain treatment)! Turned the pump/filter back on before bed and all is clear again this morning...

Hello, First, I want to say thanks for the wealth of knowledge available here. This post may get long, but in an effort to provide the full picture, here is what I have: We recently purchased the home we have been renting over the last year that has a 9 year old 9500gal IG exposed aggregate...