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I took a water sample to a trusted pool store primarily to check for phosphates. They tested and came back zero. They also checked everything else and the 1 number that didn't match mine was CYA. I was showing 70 before the 2 lbs Trichlor shock, and they were showing 63 AFTER. I went home and...

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Hello everyone! I have been a pool owner for about a year and found myself coming back here multiple times for tips and pointers.

It's zero, that was a typo. I have never seen it over .5. I actually just took a reading for my OCLT and FC is currently 14.5, CC is 0. That's with 2 bags of shock about 3 hours ago.

Yes, T15 - I just updated it. I just cleaned the filter including removal of the grids about 3 weeks ago. Pressure is unchanged and flow is still normal. I will do a OCLT.

I have a 1 year old SW pool that I am struggling with to maintain the FC level. No problems in cooler weather, but when the water temp is over 80 I start bumping up the SWG from its normal 20-30% setting to like 40% (12 hr run time). It holds for a few days, then I have to bump up again and...