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It's been my experience helping so many others, that sometimes it takes quite a while (days) to clear all the dead algae out even though you have 0 cc's and your FC is holding as it should. Per the SLAM instructions, you should clean your filter when the psi is 25% above whatever the "Clean"...

If your budget can handle the extra cost, I fully agree with ajw. You will never regret having a large filter but you very well might regret the smaller one. Mine is a massive 420 on 13000 gallons and I only have to clean it once a year. Its all exciting when you have a new pool and you...

I like it. Ingenuity at it's finest!

I don't use the app on the phone, so I cant help you with how that one works. I use the original Pool Math. Here is a link. https://www.troublefreepool.com/calc.html 1. At the top, enter your pool size (gallons). 2. then in the NOW column, enter your current test results. 3. In the TARGET...

Oh No! Say it ain't true! :( No doubt you'll love these bags. I'll never go back to socks, T Shirts or stockings. A friend of mine is a bee keeper and he turned me on to these bags. I was helping him harvest honey a couple of years ago and this is what he uses in his 1st step to strain the...

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Hi, the pressure gauge will be on the very top of the filter. OR, if you have a multi-port valve at the very top, the gauge will probably be on the side of the valve.. I have never seen a filter that didn't have one and can't imagine a filter that doesn't. Here is what a pressure gauge looks...

Try Marina Pool and Spa. https://marinapoolspaandpatio.com/ They don't post prices online. You have to call and talk to Margaret on the phone or email them to get a quote. It might help to tell her you were referred by TFP. Margaret is well aware of who TFP is, and she knows her in's and...

If you increase the FC the TC should rise with it. If you decrease it the TC should lower with it. If you have CC's they should stay the same (within a reasonable period of time) no matter what you do with the FC It's very odd though, that with 2 ppm of CYA, and rather high FC, that your CC...

Hard tell which pipe you refer to as abandoned, but if its the one right by the pump, that's a reducer bushing with the pipe cut off? Stick a water hose down in it and turn on the water, find where it comes out the other end.

If accurate, those are some pretty high CCs. Question: How does the water smell? When you go into the pool room, does your nose instantly say YUK? If there is an unpleasant scent, then the CC are definitely very high. It is the CC's that a lot of non-savvy people call "chlorine" smell...

I'm no chemistry nut, and certainly do not claim to be an expert in the subject. Far from it. But I can tell ya, CSI fascinates me because it's so finicky in what effects it and by how much. If you have never played around with the original Pool Math, you can use it to see what the effects of...

Nice score on that filter ! (y)

You need plenty of liquid chlorine and maybe CYA and maybe some muriatic acid. Thats really all you need to worry about for the SLAM. Nothing else matters for now. Measure your CYA, Recommended to be 30-40 for the SLAM, but if it's a little higher or lower then just work with what you got...

I put CYA in a fine mesh bag, then tie the bag to the end of my pool broom pole. I then hang the pole over the edge in front of a return and let it do it's thing. Every now and then give the bag a squeeze. That's what I do. This bag is made of nylon and if you ask me, is the bomb for CYA. I...

I been there and done that too. I'm pretty confident I'll do it again before the day is over! :)

"For the stirrer in the test kit. I can't tell that it's actually doing anything" Put water in your test tube and the put the little metal pill in it. Turn on the stirrer, the little metal pill should spin round and round, mixing the reagents with the water. For what it's worth to ya, I...

This might be a hairbrained idea.... how about someday having a "ugliest patio" contest? That might be fun? LOL

I looks like a Chupacabra to me as Dirk mentioned, but I didn't know they had spread as far west as California.....

"You're more than forgiven being from TX, but overflows would need to be winterized" huh? Newdude man, I don't have the first clue what winterizing is !!! :) LOL (just pulling your leg)

Possible Cause other than ground water: Do you have an overflow line built into the pool? If not, then water in the pool can rise above the liner track and seep in between the liner and the wall. Solution: If this is what's happening, then install an overflow. It's a real pain to do that to...

I cannot stress this enough. Check with your HOA !!! Check with your HOA !!! Check with your HOA!! I don't know why you would, but if you absolutely insist on a plaster pool in the future, then an above ground pool might be the way to go. You can even have the AGP partially buried and...

Good point about automation systems that HermanTx made.

Hi, Like the other have said, the cold water temp is skewing some of your test results by a little bit, but not by a whole lot. The CYA is the most susceptible to the water temperature. Your test results are not looking bad. The water temp really impacts the CSI a lot too, so don't give any...

I don't have any personal experince with the Core, and have never seen one, so I'm hesitant to make a comment one way or the other. It looks like a cool concept tho, and simple. What I can't determine from their website, is how that thing is powered up, or what kind of information it shows the...