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If I plan to add slam level FC tonight, do I have to keep pump on 24/7 or can I let the pool run for 2 hours and then let it turn off until normal operating hours? I don’t plan to keep it at slam levels as I have no algae or unclear water. Simply trying to add a lot of FC at once for vacation.

Yeah I can do that. They have a pool so they can test PH.

I’m heading out of town for 14 days and my parents will be staying at the house. They can place FC and acid in the pool when necessary. I was thinking of placing SLAM level FC (currently FC of 16) the night before we leave with instructions to place the same amount of 238oz every 4th day. I have...

I’m testing my water this morning and doing a full round of tests. I took some photos of my CYA test because I’m stuck on what I should choose. Here are photos at levels 40, 30 and halfway between 30/20 which from my understanding would be rounded down to 20. Thoughts? I’m leaning toward 30.

I plan on using this product to get rid of some scale stains once the weather in FL cools down. It seems based on the instructions and this forum that my FC test will be affected for some time. So to clarify your experience, once the #2 product was used, stains removed and then chemistry brought...

Does it matter how soon I add MA after baking soda?

Tested my water today after some heavy rains here in FL these last two days and my results were FC 0 CC 0 P/H 8 TA 60 CH 200 Temp 92 I added bleach right away to bring to 7. I also added some baking soda because I have been wanting to raise TA to 70 to bring in line. How soon should I...

Does a product like jacks magic scale pink stuff help moving forward or should I avoid buying this product?

No I have just followed the instructions on the new pool docs from the PB as it states to clean every 2 weeks for first year. I’ll try it for 30 days. So I’m going to lower PH to where CSI goes to -.6. Should I be brushing every other day or something during this process? I have a metal wire...

How long should I do this for? In the event they don’t go away after ____ timeframe what would be your recommenced next step? I read that a no-drain acid wash would be an extreme step so should I contact the PB if I can’t remove it? In the event they recommend that option is there something I...

Yeah I brush twice a week. And vacuum weekly and wash filter every two weeks.

Well based on my last reading that’s making the PH at 7.3. I would imagine this will lower my ALK a little further. Should I raise it to 70 and then drop PH to 7.2? How long would I keep at these levels? 10-14 days? I know you and I have had discussions about bleach. The moment I joined this...

So I looked through and the more I look at the photos the more I’m convinced it’s not mottling. Those marks seems to be almost like someone dipped a brush and swirled the plaster unevenly. The photos I took show white sand paper like deposits which by definition make it seem like scale but I’m...

So this is normal? I understand when they blend this it’s by hand and in a wheel barrel lol but it seems to me it might be more spread out and not in random places. Tried to capture a few more this morning in the shade

I read a bunch of posts on here last night about scale and CSI and I’m having trouble understanding how this can happen. It seems to me based on going back and reviewing my entire 6 month history of the pool that I should have etching problems not scale. My CSI has been below -6 the whole time...

Not really.

Correction to original post CSI -.30/-.40 not positive.

What issue would come about from my current state? Latest test on the website through the app. I had to drain some water today as they were fixing some of the rock wall so I had to refill about 10% of the pool back. I will have to test agian but curious as to if something must be done as I’m...

I use the Taylor kit TF100. If I would like to keep PH lower then your recommending I raise TA a tad higher. Maybe 70?

So I was re-reading the PB docs that I received and I noticed they state to keep for the first year an ALK of 100 and PH of 7.4. I have found it extremely difficult to maintain this PH for any prolonged period of time without decreasing the ALK. I have found an ALK of 50/60 idea for keeping...

Well I keep it at 4.5 or so and each day about 1/2 ppm is used so in the logs you will see where I added FC.

I noticed these last few days there is small white sand like deposit around the corners of the pool in a few places. After reading ABC of pool school twice it sounds like it could be scale. However my logs (which can be viewed on my profile) using the app show I haven’t let me PH go above 8...