Recent content by vitruvian

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    Adding Calcium hardness increaser raises pH?

    It's true, recently I lose on average 1.5~2ppm FC daily, a reduction of 4 does seem to be too much--I guess I was used to FC dissipation but not to the sudden increase of pH. The TFP app shows the ideal target level range for CH is 350-550, with recommended safe range being 250-650. I was...
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    Adding Calcium hardness increaser raises pH?

    Greetings! I've been following the advice from TFP to maintain my pool for a few month now. It's been working great. The only parameter that's off is CH--it's been hovering around 240ppm or so. In the attempt to raise CH, I purchased CH increaser here Amazon.com (it says it's 100% Calcium...
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    Leak between skimmer box and cover plate

    As shown in the picture. It’s not exactly leaking water as water level never reaches that high. But I still would like to mend it. What kind of material can be used for this purpose? Looks like some kind of putty.
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    Cyanuric acid reading question

    The test kit says “transfer cloudy solution to small tube until black dot on bottom just disappears when viewed from top”. But I’ve filled it completely and can still see the black dot vaguely. Just wondering if the standard of “disappearing” is as strict as I think, or the pool is truly lacking...
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