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    Help with Closing Pool

    We had a great year with our new pool ,the SWG is wonderful .Now sadly its time to close it for awhile and we are having trouble capping the small filters. we unscrewed the round piece off and thought the winter cap would just screw right in ,but it seems like something else has to come off...
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    Flying ants?

    Hi there, we live in south carolina too and have had the same problem , not sure if they are coming from the tree line outside the fence or the new thujas we planted inside the fence next to the pool. But they are driving us crazy and they bite. I sprayed an all natural bug repellent around on...
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    Do you need a float with chlorine tabs with SWG ?

    Thank You ! the pool is looking great and everything is at good levels now . We had a swamp when we lifted the cover but with our Tf-100 test kit and some help on here we are all good .
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    Do you need a float with chlorine tabs with SWG ?

    We are new to the SWG , and loving it but we were wondering if you should put a float in the pool with the tabs like we used to with our old pool which did not have an SWG . Thanks !
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    Does a salt water get regular shock when first opened ?

    Thank You ! We are pretty excited .Lol, no the dog didnt go in ,but we had 11 dogs here yesterday ,we have 4 and my daughter has 3 and 2 fosters and my son has 2 and none of them attempted to go in .
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    Does a salt water get regular shock when first opened ?

    - - - Updated - - - Hi , so this is the pool ! its looking pretty good and we did go swimming yesterday. The liner was the hardest decision but we are very happy with the color . the yard is coming along and just a few more things to do .
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    Does a salt water get regular shock when first opened ?

    Thanks , yeah not sure since we had above ground before and seemed less complicated ,or maybe we were just younger !
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    Does a salt water get regular shock when first opened ?

    If we put it in the skimmer wouldnt it go through the filter and be recirculated out ,avoiding it getting it directly on the vinyl ?
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    Does a salt water get regular shock when first opened ?

    Thanks for all the help, the bottle has three different options to backwash first and then balance water ,then after adding circulate for 24 hours and do not backwash the filter for at least 48 hoursor skimmer application is the preferred application ,slowly add the product to the skimmer in a...
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    Does a salt water get regular shock when first opened ?

    Also do we usually need to add salt now at the beginning ? Sorry for so many questions but we want to do this the right way. Thanks - - - Updated - - - HI , Thanks , I am looking at manual for SWG and it does have the pounds of salt needed to and also CYA amounts .Now one more thing ,are you...
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    Does a salt water get regular shock when first opened ?

    So I guess that I will need to add the whole 5.5 lbs if there is no CYA in the pool. maybe more . but should i start with that? Not sure what the overnight chlorine loss test is, is that in pool school ? We had used the shockwave that the pool store had sold us (Iknow,Iknow) now going forward we...
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    Does a salt water get regular shock when first opened ?

    Hi ,Not milky at all ,crystal clear .
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    Does a salt water get regular shock when first opened ?

    Hi , I was able to get some better readings today. The cya is still throwing me because I can see the black dot when its filled all the way to the top so not sure what I am doing wrong with that one. The SWG is new to us , we had an above ground pool when we lived up north but no SWG . Just...