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Good to know! Thanks!

AMEN to all of the above. As a new pool owner just 2 years ago, I bought a floaty duck thing, filled it was 3" tabs and tossed it in the pool. A few months later the battle with algae began and no matter what I did I could not beat it. FC levels were good, etc etc. Until TFP finally...

Happy to read that its not a complete tragedy that my CH levels are 800+. The drops actually sizzled when I added them to my pool water to test for calcium hardness! LOL! It sounds like as long as I keep all other levels in check then the white powder on the bottom of my pool is an...

Re: A couple of tips I thought everybody knew. Anybody got I use a wire hanger bent over on itself using the "hook" end...the end that would hang on the closet rod...and i hook around the handle of the skimmer basket and pull it up. Developed this when I lifted the skimmer lid one morning and...

Hello... At Leslie's pool supply I bought a brush called a "wall whale". It has a funny looking fin attached to it which make it a little cumbersome out of the water...but when you are scrubbing walls it really works! The fin pushes the water against the back of the brush essentially using...

You are not done shocking until you have a free chlorine loss of less than 1ppm overnight. See Shocking your pool section. and I wouldn't use your Polaris until you can maintain lower FC levels. I had the same problems you are currently having and it took me a week of maintaining constant...

Twoolley, I had the exact same problem, with almost the exact #s you are showing! I gave in and drained the pool by 50%. I took the opportunity and scrubbed the tiles with 100% bleach and a scrub brush while the pool water line was lowered. (why not?) It helped tremendously with my algae...

I actually adapted the safety turtle for my pups. My husband and I bought our house last year and it was our first with a pool. The lady we bought from told us that her dog drowned in the pool the year before. We have 3 dogs, 2 who are scared to death of the water, and I found the safety...

OMG!!! I'm so glad I read this thread. I've been having the same issues and am also in South Florida. I had NO idea the tri-chlor tabs contained stabilizer until last week and have been fighting algae blooms for weeks now, not realizing why! I went to the pool store and they told me my 140ppm...