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    Opening a green pool with a lot of leaves in the bottom- to shock or not to shock?

    I just wanted to say THANK YOU so much for the advice/support. The pool people who came out were so rude that I literally cried after they left. It took about a week but our pool is now crystal clear and ready for swimming thanks to this forum. And I feel like I have the tools I need to keep...
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    Opening a green pool with a lot of leaves in the bottom- to shock or not to shock?

    We have a very similar pool net so I can definitely start with that. I will also pick up the test kit. We have a 22k vinyl gallon pool with a Hayward sand filter and pump. We also have some liquid shock on hand (12%) so it looks like the Pool Math app says that one gallon will raise FC by...
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    Opening a green pool with a lot of leaves in the bottom- to shock or not to shock?

    Some context: We just bought our house with a pool a year ago so we're still new to this. We purchased a safety cover last summer but it was backordered until after we closed the pool. The pool company that we bought it from showed up out of the blue in February without telling us and installed...