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    Unexpected foam on pool

    Last week, my water was getting a little green (algae bloom). I shocked it (not SLAM). The next day i added initial algaecide treatment (HTH Algae Guard) I then swept it and tested and PH was 7.5, Alkalinity 100, FC 0.0 Added bleach to raise FC. (test strips) I have to add bleach every day...
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    Is it normal to be chasing chlorine every day?

    Is it normal to be chasing chlorine every day? Yesterday i checked chlorine levels after topping off the pool level, first with hth test strips and followup with hth test kit (water sample,,,add drops, etc) It tested out at 1.0 on the kit and 1 on the test strips. Per the Pool Math table, I...
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    how much clorox to add

    I need to know how much liquid chlorine (Clorox) to add to raise my 8200 -8500 gal round above ground pool from FC of 1 to 2. I have the floating pucks. they don't seem to be doing the trick. That reading is from a test strip (HTH) with a count of "one tennessee, two...etc". I will be...