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    chlorine Pucks. Good or Bad

    Hi I am getting mixed messages. Are chlorine pucks good or bad. Thank you
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    Repaint pool

    Is there a material that would limit the growth of algae? I am planning or repainting the pool, it has some minor cracks and was wondering if there are a paint/material the limits or stops algae growth. Thank you
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    CYA level is very low

    PH > 8.2 "did it at night with house light so I can be wrong" CH 500 TA 150 CYA < 20 So my PH, CH and TA are high and CYA is low. I need to fix this. what is the best way to do it? I took a fast look at the pool calculator and looks like PH and TA are related/effect each other so I still...
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    raising CYA levels

    So pool season started a month ago and I been adding chlorine but it's going away as fast I am adding it. First I thought I had algae problem then it rained for a week and i thought it was the rain. last week no rain, pool water looks clear and yet I keep adding chlorine every day. So i came...
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    Help removing stains at the bottom of the pool

    Hi I have two kind of stains in my pool, one is the left over leafs that were at the bottom of the pool for a long time and the other is black marks where there is cracks in the pool floor, how/what is the best method to tackle each of them? Pic included for reference, I hope it's clear
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    My first test using TF-100, please help

    Background: my pool was green when I decided that I had enough advice from the pool store "3rd green pool this season" so I came here and started learning, I figured I needed to SLAM my pool and without drop test I had no idea how much Chlorine I need so I added 3 jugs of 8.25% every night, some...
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    Pool Cover: buy and install our self or get someone to do it?

    Hi We are looking to get a pool cover for the winter to keep leafs out of the pool, we had someone comes over and gave us a quote around $1500 to buy and install the covers, I checked online and I found pool covers from Swimming Pool Kits | Swimming Pool Equipment | Swimming Pool Accessories |...
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    New Owner, Please hellp, water cloudy

    Hi I am a new owner, bought the house with pool last Nov, knew nothing about pools and depend on the pool store for testing and advice, so far this didn't help much, pool went green on us twice. last week I found your site and started reading and educating our self, my wife was trying to fix the...