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18x33 above ground pool...17,800gallons. about 15years old. seems there were 2 holes in liner (right in front of this buttress support). the Buttress actually "moved away" from pool wall, 6 inches. I patched the 2 holes to stop water from leaking. Pool is currently about 1/3 full. I was...

Good evening all. test results tonight: FC 6.5 CC 0 TA 140 CYA 55 CH 50 PH 7.8 TF 100 TEST KIT wATER has been crystal clear, but over the last two days have noticed some green spots at bottom of pool, not on walls, few here and there. tonight went in and bottom felt a little "slippery/slim". I...

So, I am still amazed at how easy it is to maintain my pool. It's been two weeks since we opened the pool....and as the weeks go by I am waiting for something to be off/go wrong.....but nothing. Water is crystal clear and am getting the hand of just how much bleach I need to add on a regular...

FC 2 CC 0 ph 7.5 TA 180 CH 50 CYA 40 Pool up and running. Clear water. Have borax and muriatic acid that would like to add. What if anything should I do next before that?

Also a lurker (although daily visits over the past month). Had a new liner replaced last week, pool filled and now beginning to treat. The information here is AWESOME. Have been reading Pool School and bought TF-100 test kit (love it, other than the wife's remarks "there's the chemist again at...