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    Help! Green partly cloudy water.

    We went on vacation last week and the pool was just brushed and vacuumed from Wednesday to Sunday. We used Chlorine tablets all of the time, but will be changing that now. Chlorine and PH were fine before we left. When we returned we had cloudy green water. There chlorine was almost non...
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    HELP! Fairly new pool owner, possible algae??

    Hello, we put in a 16,800 gallon gunite pool last Summer. It was very easy to maintain as we followed the instructions from our builder. He said to keep chlorine between 3-5 and the ph about 7.2-7.8. It was very easy to do with the tablets he provided and some muriatic acid. Fast forward to...
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    Pool Rookie, First TF100 Test

    I have a 20x48 Summer Waves Vinyl pool with about 8000 gallons. Just filled it up with water on Sunday. I have been adding about a half a jug of bleach every evening until I got my TF100 kit, which came today. Here are my first readings. The water is still crystal clear. FC = 0 pH = 8.2 TA =...
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    New owner, Summer Waves 20x48, have questions

    I just filled up my 20x48 Summer Waves pool this weekend. I am wondering if I need to leave the pump/filter running 24 hours a day. Any thoughts? Also, has anyone added a skimmer to one of these types of pools? It didn't come with one, but I could see one being very beneficial. Thanks!
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    Newbie here, need help getting started!

    Hello all, we are picking up an Intex pool this afternoon. Probably a 24x52, we think. The plans are to give an above ground a test run for a few years before we put in an in-ground. We've never had a pool, so I need some help getting started. I have read through Pool School a few times, but...