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Thanks. Yeah, I have no stains anywhere else, other than on those two connection points.

where would I get a paste of Vitamin C?

Closing my pool. Just took off the hosing, and my return and skimmer box adapters have a bright yellow stain on them. The pump / filter / heater adapters are not stained like this. Any idea what this is?

Sounds about right. It was from Ocean State Job Lot. Great place for shock, but also stuff like this. Felt like a Sea Monkeys kit with the 3 easy steps.

I used one of those kits last year. It did NOT say what was in it. Was very vague. I didn’t know any different and just followed the instructions and dumped it all in. It turned out fine and I opened to a nice clear pool, despite a couple sticks/branches breaking through my pool cover during a...

Great. Less stuff to buy! I’ll just shock it, run the pump overnight, bring it back up to shock level the next day and cover it up. Sad to say goodbye to pool season for sure. Had it at 93 today (with the heat pump) for a final nice warm swim.

Working on closing down for the winter. My ph is currently at 7.2 and has been there for a couple weeks. TA is at 100. Should I raise the ph before closing?

So the advice is that "little extra security" should probably be done by adding the algaecide rather than having over-chlorinated water break down your liner all winter? If that's the case, how much Algaecide 60 should one put into a 10,000g pool for winter algae deterrent purposes?

In the past before I found TFP, I'd double "shock" the pool. Granted I wasn't really aware of my CYA levels so I never factored that in, but I do know I've opened up to crystal clear water. I have my CYA at 40. When closing do I really only need to bring the chlorine to 16ppm and keep it...

That’s my plan this year. Thanks!

Glad I was able to “give back” a tiny little bit!

Thank you. I short, algaecide is optional and just keep topped up at shock level for 24 hours, then close as usual? Wanted to make sure I didn’t need to add anything else.

I’m trying to plan ahead for my first TFP winter closing but the link appears to be down? https://www.troublefreepool.com/content/145-closing-winterizing-your-above-group-pool