Recent content by schlud

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    Taylor test results questions

    Finally got my test kit in the mail. It wasn't terribly hard, but I'm a newbie so I questioned if I did it right, lol. Anyways. Here are my results.. Fc 2.2 Cc. 2 Ph 8.0 Ad 4 drop took it to 7.4 Ta 90 Ch 120 ca 60/70 not positive if test should be completely white with no visible circle at...
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    Low ph, acidity, and calcium hardness.

    Thank you! Yes I will be ordering it very soon! I added enough stabilizer to get it to a 50 reading. I had probably about 2 feet of water in the pool from last year and at they point the stabilizer was in the normal range, tested from the pool store (I know better now). So it was a guess, but i...
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    Low ph, acidity, and calcium hardness.

    I should also add that the pool is crystal clear. Intex ultra frame 16x48. 2nd year NEW Intex Sand Filter 3000 GPH NEW Intex SWG (7000)
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    Low ph, acidity, and calcium hardness.

    We opened our pool a couple weeks ago, filled it, added salt, and have the chlorine maintained. However, the other 3 levels never seem to go up. I didn't do a slam process Per say because the first time I added bleach to get it to a 12 it stayed there over night. It now stays up with the salt...
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    New inlet/outlet in intex 15x48 ultra frame questions

    Ok, so.. I'm new.. so please bare with my newbie-ness.. I just installed the hayward in wall skimmer.... and WHEW.. that was intense, lol. But so rewarding when there was ZERO leaks. I now feel like I can conquer the world... So on I go. I want to install the hayward eyeball that came with the...
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    Hayward eyeball and Intex Robot

    I'm actually trying to figure this out as well... I'm new here, so bare with this newbie pool language. Lol I THINK, haven't tried, that the piece that came with the hayward skimmer ( there was 2, 1 I used to connect to the bottom of the skimmer for the hose to connect. Threaded on 1 side, not...