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To report back, picked up 4 gallons of 4% bleach this morning and was consumed in no time, as it was way to expensive since that was all that was available today I did not buy any more, knowing I was out of bleach and at 0 FC left I had nothin to loose, so I set the SWG to shock (I know it...

I am in montreal, canada and here it seems like all stores will be closed for easter, not trying to boost CYA as it is at 30 or so now, going higher will require more chlorine to keep at SLAM level and risk feeding CYA to the monster living in the pool at the moment. just got back from adding...

thank-you for the input, at pool opening (monday CYA was 0, wednesday evening I added 1 lbs dry stabilizer and tursday evening I added 1 lbs, Iwill go to the pet store tomorrow to get a ammonia test kit hopefully they will be open, and the critical question what happens if I run out of chlorine...

To reply to mknauss CYA was at 80 when closing, was at 0 when I opened I just re-checked CYA and I lost the dot halfway between 30 and 40. for the FC test do I stop as soon as it gets clear the first time?

Opened my pool last monday with lots of leaves in the bottom, scooped them out and got the pool going, color is good but water has been cloudy since than, I can barely see the bottom in the shallow end. I doubt it is algae as the water is at 54'F and none when I closed, most probably leftovers...

Out of curiosity I brought a water sample to the poor store to test for iron and the level is at 0, does this make sense? I would expect to see some indication of it in the water if it is all over the pool, if it possible it is not iron staining but something else?

My water is chrystal clear, so I will try that, add some AA to get it in solution and add some polyfill to the basket, and see if I can catch it. would my cartridge filter not catch some also? last time I rinsed it, it was white. Finally the main question does that Dazzle eliminator really...

Good Day everyone, Iron staining has showed up in my fiberglass pool in the last few weeks, confirmed with a vitamin C pill, rubbed on the stains and was erased, threw the pill in the bottom of the pool and made a nice long line where it moved due to the water flow. I have read up on AA...

Since the beginning of the season parameters have been good, Ph slowly creeping up, until middle of last week where is started going down, and then dropped on the weekend from 7.5 to 7.1, Aerating will bring it back up, but than drops afterwards, up to 7.6 and then fell back to 7.2, today got it...

Started up my pool this week, and noticed that if I put the setting of the Hayward AQR100 SWG to a low value the generating chlorine is on steady, if I bring up the setting to 4 or higher the LED will flash, the manual does not differentiate steady vs flashing generating chlorine LED light. Any...

After seeing all the posts about different ways of closing the pool and freezeproofing all the lines, here in Canada ground freezes solid and deep and I question myself what is the true risk of damage to the pool plumbing/skimmer what if I did the bare minimum such as opening removing drains...

thank-you MGTFP, it confirms my thoughts, up to now I would always use the estimate the effects to get the quantity of chemicals to add to the pool (MA, calcium chloride, stabilizer) now I know to use the 'log page'

replying to an old post but the original issue/question does not seem to be answered and I have the same issue, in the App, setting the SLAM button on sets my SLAM target FC to 14 from the actual 4.5 I have now. This suggests to add 233 oz of 2.88% bleach by volume to reach target (increase of...

My Led light is now hanging in the bottom of the pool for the winter and found out that I don't have as much extra wire as I expected/hoped to keep the wire up and out of the water, I see that C-M-P has a cap that you can install, I have done all the stores in my area and no one is able to get...