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Welcome to TFP! Don't be discouraged. You have not harmed your pool in any way. We can help you fix things. We will need some test results to start with and then we can get you headed in the right direction. I would suggest going ahead and getting yourself a high quality test kit. I...

What part of the country are you in? If you are in an area where you can go without having to close your pool, you may benefit by doing the treatment then. Because cold weather decreases your chances of dealing with a huge algae bloom when letting your FC go to zero (required for an ascorbic...

Welcome to TFP! Getting yourself a proper test kit is the single best thing that you can do to prevent problems with your pool water in the future. I would suggest a TF-100 from tftestkits.net. :goodjob:

Re: Zodiac Nature 2 Vision Pro - Useful or Useless? Welcome to TFP! As a prior Nature 2 owner, I would say that the biggest drawback of the system is the cost it takes to operate. The cartridges are super expensive. Secondly, the addition of metals, needlessly, to your water not only stains...

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Do you have a freeze guard setting on your pump timer? If so, you can set that to turn on at about 35 degrees and it will cover you.

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Good information RobbieH! :goodjob:

It's hard for me to tell whether I am seeing it or not. Have you spoken to your installer about it? I would like to recommend to you, the purchase of a better test kit. You left out calcium hardness in the results and calcium is a notorious culprit in plaster not looking like it should...

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Welcome to TFP! If those are the pool store numbers, please order a good test kit from tftestkits.net. You'll need it to eliminate the algae from your pool. It is good to have a baseline CYA of 30 in your pool when shocking. It keeps you from losing your FC to the sun. As for vacuuming, you...

Welcome to TFP! Just keep using the liquid and you'll be good. :goodjob:

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Agreed. :goodjob:

Can you post some pictures to show us what you have going on?

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Man, I am going to try this THIS WEEK! Thanks for posting.

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Welcome to TFP! You aren't finished with the process. You know that you are finished with the SLAM process when your pool water looks sparkly and blue, your CC is 0.5 or less, and your pool holds to within 1 ppm of FC loss or less overnight. Here is how you get it done...

Welcome to TFP! Like Bama said, you should be able to clean the cartridge. If the paint was easy to remove from the tile, it shouldn't be too hard to get it clean from the filter.

Borates will buffer the pH changes and you will need to add acid less frequently than you do now. But, you don't want to add borates until you have your TA exactly where you want it to be because once those borates are in there, it is almost impossible to budge your TA at that point. Lower...

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My best bet would be a plumbing supply place. I don't think that Home Depot or the more common places would have the black pipe with a flange. You could check though. Some seem to have better selections than others.

Welcome to TFP! 1.) You should not use the feeder for anything other than trichlor really. Mixing chemicals, even when only a residue exists, can result in bad things happening. You can use calcium hypochlorite tablets (in a floater) though as long as you are prepared to change out water...

Re: Phosphates High, Pool Store says to Drain some water. HE Welcome to TFP! You need your own high quality test kit. Pool store test results are geared towards having you buy things from them. Not to fix your problems. With a proper test kit, we can tell you what to do to fix your...

I don't live there near you, but I would certainly think that with that type of sun exposure, you would get some benefit. And an economical heat source such as that would pay for itself quickly in your environment.

Welcome to TFP! Welcome to TFP! There are LOTS of pool owners around you. My suggestion to is to go for a walk around your neighborhood and knock on the doors of people who have pools. Tell them who you are and that you want to know how their contract and build experience was. They will be...