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    Testing tap water on my new Pool.

    This is a new pool no chemicals have ever been added to it. And I want to only use the BBB method. My test results of the city tap water that is in the pool.(Sample taken at elbow depth) PH 7.5 TA 100 CH 120 I did not test FC, CYA because the city water had been in the pool for a month before I...
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    30ft AG Pool adding second return and pump sizing?

    Thanks mas985 I reread your Hydraulics 101 and got a little confused on the foot of head section. It seems that if the system is not already installed, I can not find my total foot of head, but without knowing the total foot of head, I can not buy the smallest energy efficient HP pump for my...
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    30ft AG Pool adding second return and pump sizing?

    First thanks for the quick responces. I may be thinking of this wrong, but I thought that the 2 inch suction line may help with the total head loss from the 42 Ft of return line to the second return line 180 degrees apart from the orginal return line (30 ft dia pool circumference (94 Ft)...
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    30ft AG Pool adding second return and pump sizing?

    I will be ordering (by the end of the month) and installing a 30ft AG Pool. I was wanting to put an extra return (180 degrees apart) on the pool, to help water flow around the large circumference and help with potential algae problems around the ladder areas. I have read TFP Pump Basics and...
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    Arm and Hammer Super Washing Soda vs. Soda Ash

    The info was just what I needed to know. I knew that I would get the right information at TFP. Thanks to all.
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    Arm and Hammer Super Washing Soda vs. Soda Ash

    http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/FAQ/sodaash.shtml The above link is were this come from. Some forms of soda ash (e.g. that labeled as 'washing soda') contain more water molecules than others, which makes them weigh more and be larger for a given number of sodium carbonate molecules - this means...
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    Arm and Hammer Super Washing Soda vs. Soda Ash

    I am new to the forum. And new to using forum all together. So I hope this question is in the right place. It may need to be in "The Deep End". I think this pool site is the best around. :-D I was wanting to know if Arm and Hammer Super Washing Soda and regular soda ash should have the same by...